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Found footage films featuring UFOs, aliens, abductions, government cover-ups and more.
- Erin Brady
- UFO Abduction/The McPherson Tape. Where to watch: Shudder. This piece of found-footage history is the film that arguably helped to kick-start the entire subgenre.
- Without Warning. Where to watch: YouTube. This film is one of the more unique found footage movies on this list, and that's because it isn't filmed in the traditional sense.
- Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. Where to watch: YouTube. This entry might be cheating just a little bit, as this is technically a remake of "UFO Abduction."
- Cloverfield. Where to Watch: HBO Max. To say that this movie was a major deal when it was released would be a massive understatement. After a year-long advertising campaign that sent people into online rabbit holes, "Cloverfield" didn't disappoint with its depiction of a real-time invasion by a devastating alien creature.
- The Blair Witch Project (1999) A found-footage film that needs no introduction, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's "The Blair Witch Project” claims to tell the story of three student filmmakers who disappeared after trekking into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, to film a documentary about a local legend.
- Paranormal Activity (2007) A watershed moment for the found-footage format, Oren Peli's "Paranormal Activity" first struck the festival circuit like a bolt from the blue, sparking audience walkouts; many felt too frightened to keep watching.
- Grave Encounters (2011) Gleefully sending up the "ghost hunters" reality TV craze of the early '00s while delivering surprisingly high-voltage jump scares of its own, "Grave Encounters" is one of the lesser-known found-footage films on this list, but earns its place through sheer commitment to its kooky-creepy bit.
- [REC] (2007) "The Blair Witch Project” spawned countless imitators, many of which mistook that film's shaky-cam style and abrupt ending as strengths that could be easily replicated through mimicry, rather than techniques employed by talented filmmakers with a singular vision.
33 years after the infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, three metal detector enthusiasts hunting for Saxon gold in the same region, capture incredible footage of UFO's whilst filming their expedition. As night falls and with their navigation equipment failing, they find themselves facing a terrifying encounter with an unforgiving alien ...
List of my favorite and notable found footage POV films I have watched. Keep in mind, that the star rating for Found Footage Horror tend to be tougher in IMDB than most other places. So I will be giving my thoughts for each entry.
To sort our guide to the 100 best found footage movies ever, we went by Tomatometer score, with Certified Fresh movies first.
Jul 31, 2023 · Whether it's the iconic extraterrestrial creatures or the eerie found-footage-style encounters, these 10 films have entrenched themselves in the collective imagination, bringing the scariest UFOs stories to the screen.
