Film Land - 10 Found Footage Horror Films You Should Watch

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So, The Blair Witch has been a major success at the box office; a revitalization for a horror classic of dubious merit that no one really expected to be a franchise.  With everyone now caught up in found footage mania, it’s the perfect time to talk about my favorite entries in the genre and the top 7 found footage horror flicks I would recommend to newcomers interested in the style.  

I get that a lot of folks are kind of allergic to found footage horror, but I think that’s mainly because the found footage names tend to be the worst examples of the genre, stuff like Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity.  For every one of those flat, paint by numbers haunted house found footage features there are at least 3 weird, high-concept horror offerings that only manage to work because of the crutch afforded them by the found footage structure, and today we honor them.

Movie Monthly - Project Almanac

Previously in Movie Monthly I’ve stated my serious affection for found footage films.  However, I do realize this particular claim needs a bit of clarity.  When I say I like found footage films what I really mean is that I like found footage horror movies, mainly because the horror genre has a lot of interesting and engaging subgenre and elements that rarely get explored because they aren’t considered profitable.  So, if dressing up your Bigfoot horror movie in the clothes of a found footage flick both as a cost cutting measure and a way to convince investors and audiences this is a film worth their time I’m all for it (don’t worry, we’ll get to the Bigfoot films another time.)  However, I am aware that found footage horror isn’t the only aspect of this particular formatting tool in existence, there’s also the far less often employed Sci-Fi found footage film like Chronicle or today’s offering Project Almanac.  

Movie Monthly: The Dinosaur Project

Hello and welcome back to Movie Monthly, it’s week two of Jurassic June and we’re looking at The Dinosaur Project.  The Dinosaur Project is a British found footage film that revolves around an expedition to find the African cryptid Mokele Mbembe.  The Mokele Mbembe is an actual legendary creature that’s rumored to prowl the river ways of the Congo.  Dinosaur Project’s obvious take on things is that the Mokele Mbembe is actually a dinosaur, part of a strange section of the Congo jungle that’s full of prehistoric monsters.