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An "expert" on found footage movies

posted 9 years ago by canarinhosayres
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And that would be.... me lol
Well I love them so here is my list of favs....

1 The Blair Witch Project 10/10
The best found footage movie ever, also in my top 10 movies of all time.
2 REC/Quarantine 9/10
Carbon copies, both excellent, small edge to the American version
3 Home Movie 9/10
A GEM, if you like FF movie this one is a MUST SEE!
4 Paranormal Activity 1 to Marked Ones 9/10
What else can be said about this amazing series?
5 Lake Mungo 9/10
I don’t care how tough you think you are, that encounter at the Lake Mungo will creep, ANYONE, for good.
6 V/H/S 1 to Viral 9/10
Found footage anthology, highlights to “amateur night”, “honeymoon”, “safe haven” and “Dante the great”.
7 The Conspiracy 9/10
Another MUST SEE movie, truly one of the best.
8 The Den 9/10
BRUTAL found footage movie, one of my favorites.
9 The Devil inside 9/10
The really low rating on this one at IMDB bugs me, to me one of the best FF ever, just give it a try.
10 Chronicle 8/10
Super hero FF movie, awesome.
11 Cloverfield 8/10
The best looking FF movie ever, wished I had seen this at the big screen.
12 Willow Creek 8/10
Big foot meets Blair Witch, the tent long shot is just amazing.
Devil's Due 8/10
I admit I didnt want this one to end.... I just wanted more of it lol
13 The possession of Deborah Logan 8/10
Creepy FF movie, excellent acting by the leads.
14 Grave Encounters 8/10
Some consider this the best FF movie ever, really good movie
15 Paranormal Entity 8/10
Almost as good as PA, shame about the plothole in the end.
16 The Possession of Michael King 8/10
I don’t seem to get tired of possession FF movies lol
17 Noroi 8/10
Japanese FF, has a PA feel to it, really good
18 Cybernatural 8/10
Watch this one on a computer monitor, more fun like that.
19 The Sacrament 8/10
Jim Jones story, good FF movie, although I don’t care for soundtrack in FF.
20 Emergo 8/10
Another one with some hate to it, I loved it.
21 The Tunnel 7/10
Nicely done FF.
22 As Above/So Below 7/10
Decent FF
23 Area 51 7/10
Love the subject, fun FF movie
24 The Gallows 7/10
Fun movie.
25 Fourth Kind 7/10
Creepy FF movie, Milla is hot as hell.

If your fav is not here gimme time to watch it and update.
Waiting for suggestions.

[–] resmat-1 9 years ago

Wow. Are there any found footage movies you didn't enjoy? Anyway, I would put Noroi higher and give lower numerical ratings to a lot of the others. That's just me though.

2 REC/Quarantine 9/10
Carbon copies, both excellent, small edge to the American version

Are you familiar with this Youtuber and his thoroughly convincing video(s) about why Rec is much better than Quarantine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjV3aemVS0

[–] canarinhosayres 9 years ago

Yes, I have a soft spot for FF movies, what can I say, it is difficult for me NOT to enjoy one, EVEN The Last Exorcism, which was the weakest I have seen.

Yes I wished more people had seen Noroi, nice movie. As for rec/quarantine, I have seen quarantine before rec, and LOVED it, by the time i saw rec, i knew what the movie was all about, besides that, i disagree with the "youtuber" video you sent me, i think quarantine is better movie then rec is, and didnt even needed the subtitles... lol

any suggestions for the list?

[–] resmat-1 9 years ago

Fair enough. I can see why watching Quarantine first might affect your opinion.

As for suggestions, you've already got a far more comprehensive list than I could've made. You could try Rec 2, Rec 4, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Project Almanac, Project X, Apollo 18 and Unfriended.

[–] canarinhosayres 9 years ago

I have seen rec2, didnt update this list yet, didnt like how they "changed" to posssession, seemed out of place to me, Unfriended is the same as cybernatural isnt it? EXCELLENT movie BTW... Apollo 18 is another must see, conspiracy movies along FF work well, never heard of Project x thanks for that, and almanac is in my watchlist, heard it is really good.

I really enjoyed Quarantine 2, even more then expected, but it is not FF, so it doesnt go in my list.

Well at any case here is my list updated

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls079112016/

[–] mgreen9715 9 years ago

Yes, I have a soft spot for FF movies, what can I say, it is difficult for me NOT to enjoy one, EVEN The Last Exorcism, which was the weakest I have seen.

We'd make very good friends. I love FF movies.

My favorites are 1. Blair Witch Project 2. Paranormal Activity (only one I didn't like was 4) 3. The Gallows 4. Devil's Due 5. Cloverfield

[–] orangeftg 9 years ago

I'm also a found footage fan, and I would add:

The Bay (2012)
The Houses October Built (2014)
Evidence (2013)

I'm glad to see you included Lake Mungo on your list.

[–] sorensonjake 9 years ago

also the found footage bigfoot movie exists, which is one of my favorites

[–] freakinflax 9 years ago

M. Night's "The Visit."

[–] LinkGoku 9 years ago

There's also Episode 50 and Crowsnest, they weren't great but they were alright

[–] daniellediamond 9 years ago

While I don't love FF as much as you do, I certainly don't hate the genre and definitely have some I like! Off your list Blair Witch, Lake Mungo, Rec and VHS 2 would be some of my favorites. I do like many of the others, and there's a couple I obviously need to check out.

Recommendations would be:
Trollhunter
Creep
The Visit
Apartment 143
The Curse

[–] ZenRobot 9 years ago

VHS viral is one of the most terrible movies I have ever seen. I can't believe you enjoyed that one. It was so hard to finish.

[–] BlackLodgeNightmare 9 years ago

Good list, i've seen like 20 of those and like them all ☺
I agree about The Conspiracy, it is one of my favorites.
I hated VHS Viral.

I'm one of the few people who enjoy these types of movies.

[–] qfal 9 years ago

Did I miss your mention of "Devil's Pass"? That was my favorite. In fact, I wrote the imdb synopsis for it.