What is the best found-footage horror movie of all time?

From 1980s exploitation that invented the format to lockdown Zoom séances and retro talk-show possessions, the genre keeps finding new ways to make the camera feel like a weapon. Which film haunts you most?

1. 1
   Host

   The 2020 Zoom horror hit filmed entirely during lockdown, following friends who accidentally summon a malevolent entity during a virtual séance.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Cannibal Holocaust

   The controversial 1980 Italian horror film that invented the found-footage format, so realistic it sparked a murder investigation against its director.
   897pts
3. 3
   Unfriended

   The inventive 2014 supernatural thriller that unfolds entirely on a laptop screen during a Skype call haunted by a vengeful ghost.
   897pts
4. 4
   The Blair Witch Project

   The 1999 landmark horror that invented modern found-footage filmmaking, following three student filmmakers who vanish in the Maryland woods.
   897pts
5. 5
   Paranormal Activity

   The 2007 micro-budget smash hit that spent ten nights documenting demonic activity terrorizing a couple in their suburban home.
   808pts
6. 6
   Late Night with the Devil

   The 2023 retro horror gem set during a 1977 late-night talk show Halloween special where a demonic possession spirals into chaos on live television.
   692pts
7. 7
   Creep

   Mark Duplass' chilling 2014 indie thriller about a videographer hired by an increasingly unstable stranger in an isolated cabin.
   538pts
8. 8
   Cloverfield

   J.J. Abrams' 2008 monster blockbuster shot as found footage, chronicling New York City's catastrophic destruction through a group of friends' camcorder.
   538pts
9. 9
   Hell House LLC

   The 2015 cult favorite presented as a documentary investigating the fatal tragedy that occurred on opening night of an elaborate haunted house attraction.
   323pts
10. 10
    Grave Encounters

    The 2011 cult horror film trapping a ghost-hunting reality TV crew inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital that becomes an inescapable supernatural labyrinth.
    323pts
11. 11
    Ghostwatch

    The 1992 BBC Halloween special presented as a live paranormal investigation that fooled thousands of viewers and was banned from rebroadcast for a decade.
    323pts
12. 12
    Lake Mungo

    The devastating 2008 Australian psychological horror mockumentary that unfolds like a true-crime documentary with a heartbreaking supernatural core.
    1pts
13. 13
    Noroi: The Curse

    A 2005 Japanese found-footage horror epic that pieces together seemingly unrelated supernatural incidents into one of the most unsettling slow burns ever made.
    1pts
14. 14
    REC

    The 2007 Spanish horror masterpiece following a TV news crew trapped inside a Barcelona apartment building during a lethal viral outbreak.
    0pts
15. 15
    V/H/S

    The 2012 anthology horror hit that reinvented the format with six interconnected short films from indie directors, all found on mysterious VHS tapes.
    0pts

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