The Found Footage Phenomenon
Directed by Phillip Escott, Sarah Appleton
The Found Footage Phenomenon tracks the untold story of the found footage film, from its origins before and within Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project and The Last Broadcast, beyond its boom in the late noughties with Paranormal Activity, Cloverfield and REC. The documentary showcases how found footage horror became a global sensation with films such as Kōji Shiraishi’s NOROI: The Curse, Shirome and Occult, The Paz Brothers’ JeruZalem, André Øvredal’s Trollhunter and also the differences between how the British and American film industries took to the genre respectively. Found footage spans four decades already and films such as Host, Death of a Vlogger and Spree have proven that it’s not done with us yet. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
A documentary tracking the history of the untold story of the global sensation; found footage.
Cast: Ruggero Deodato, Eduardo Sanchez, Lance Weiler, Stefan Avalos, Oren Peli
Member Reviews
- Decent overview of found footage, but nothing new to see. - Annoying and repetitive background music that in places became overbearing. - Clips used should really have captions of what movie it is. - Doesn't mention Dashcam, which is almost criminal.
Good overview but some of the background music is overbearing and quickly becomes irritating.
didn't like it
A fairly interesting amd insightful review of what has become the subgenre of found-footage horror, featuring a handful of the major contributors as well as academics of horror film.
For anybody diehard I don’t think there’s nothing new in here, but I think it was put together well and informative for anyone who is not versed in this area