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Found Footage Horror movies

Presented as recorded material, using limited viewpoint and raw realism to heighten tension and fear.

V/H/S/99

1. V/H/S/99

Horror Thriller Found Footage Horror Mind Game Thriller
5.2
20221h 49min

Overview

A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

Themes

Found footage aesthetics, Hazing and coercion, Home video danger, Horror anthology structure, Cult rituals demon lore, Surveillance and betrayal

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V/H/S/94

2. V/H/S/94

Horror Thriller Found Footage Horror Investigation Suspense
5.6
20211h 43min

Overview

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

Themes

"movie: v/h/s/94. genres: horror, Thriller, Horror, Thriller main themes: anthology, Vhs, Found footage, Anthology, Vhs, Found footage full keywords list: anthology, Vhs, Found footage, Analog, Horror anthology. concept analysis: the film explores the voyeuristic nature of horror and the ethical boundaries of documenting violence. it critiques the desensitization to brutality in media and the consequences of commodifying human suffering."

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Overview

Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station.

Themes

Evidence manipulation, Media manipulation, Surveillance ambiguity, False leads, Dual perpetrators, Framing and betrayal

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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V/H/S/2

4. V/H/S/2

Horror Thriller Found Footage Horror
6.0
20131h 36min

Overview

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

Themes

Cult manipulation, Media deception, Bodily violation, Pregnancy and power, Collective panic, Surveillance fragility

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Apple TV
fuboTV
Google Play Movies
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V/H/S

5. V/H/S

Thriller Horror Found Footage Horror
5.8
20121h 56min

Overview

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

Themes

Anthology horror structure, Voyeuristic violence, Frame narrative tension, Screenlife experimentation, Found footage frame, Intruder threat

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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[REC]²

6. [REC]²

Thriller Horror Found Footage Horror
6.5
20091h 24min

Overview

The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.

Themes

Faith and authority in crisis, Containment under threat, Secrecy and power manipulation, Crowd panic and confinement, Ethical boundaries in emergencies, Fear of contagion

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
YouTube
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[REC]

7. [REC]

Horror Mystery Found Footage Horror Locked-Room Mystery
7.4
20071h 18min

Overview

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

Themes

Religion vs science, Survival under siege, Lockdown and isolation, Virus outbreak fear, Ethical experimentation tension, Moral ambiguity of authority, Media presence and scrutiny

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Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes

8. The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Horror Mystery Crime Thriller Found Footage Horror
5.9
20071h 21min

Overview

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Abuse of power, Found footage realism, Stockholm syndrome, Captivity and control, Trauma and survivor impact

Available on

fuboTV
MGM+ Amazon Channel
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
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