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

By YPB Team

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 — ranked #11
    Host
    The 2020 Zoom horror hit filmed entirely during lockdown, following friends who accidentally summon a malevolent entity during a virtual séance.
    1000pts
  2. Cannibal Holocaust — ranked #22
    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. Unfriended — ranked #33
    Unfriended
    The inventive 2014 supernatural thriller that unfolds entirely on a laptop screen during a Skype call haunted by a vengeful ghost.
    897pts
  4. The Blair Witch Project — ranked #44
    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. Paranormal Activity — ranked #55
    Paranormal Activity
    The 2007 micro-budget smash hit that spent ten nights documenting demonic activity terrorizing a couple in their suburban home.
    808pts
  6. Late Night with the Devil — ranked #66
    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. Creep — ranked #77
    Creep
    Mark Duplass' chilling 2014 indie thriller about a videographer hired by an increasingly unstable stranger in an isolated cabin.
    538pts
  8. Cloverfield — ranked #88
    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. Hell House LLC — ranked #99
    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. Grave Encounters — ranked #1010
    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. Ghostwatch — ranked #1111
    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. Lake Mungo — ranked #1212
    Lake Mungo
    The devastating 2008 Australian psychological horror mockumentary that unfolds like a true-crime documentary with a heartbreaking supernatural core.
    1pts
  13. Noroi: The Curse — ranked #1313
    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. REC — ranked #1414
    REC
    The 2007 Spanish horror masterpiece following a TV news crew trapped inside a Barcelona apartment building during a lethal viral outbreak.
    1pts
  15. V/H/S — ranked #1515
    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.
    1pts

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