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

Host

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

1000pts

2

The Blair Witch Project

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

933pts

3

Cannibal Holocaust

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

933pts

4

Unfriended

The inventive 2014 supernatural thriller that unfolds entirely on a laptop screen during a Skype call haunted by a vengeful ghost.

933pts

5

Paranormal Activity

The 2007 micro-budget smash hit that spent ten nights documenting demonic activity terrorizing a couple in their suburban home.

874pts

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.

799pts

7

Cloverfield

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

699pts

8

Creep

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

699pts

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.

559pts

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.

559pts

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.

559pts

12

Lake Mungo

The devastating 2008 Australian psychological horror mockumentary that unfolds like a true-crime documentary with a heartbreaking supernatural core.

349pts

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.

349pts

14

REC

The 2007 Spanish horror masterpiece following a TV news crew trapped inside a Barcelona apartment building during a lethal viral outbreak.

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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.

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