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erotic film, erotic thriller, exploitation film, flashback film, found footage film, horror film, pornographic film, rape and revenge film, snuff film, splatter film, thriller film
Miloš, a semi-retired pornographic actor, lives in Belgrade with his wife, Marija, and their six-year-old son, Petar. His brother Marko is a corrupt police officer who envies Miloš's life and is sexually attracted to Marija. Lejla, a forme…
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Drama, Found Footage, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Psychological Thriller, found footage film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror fiction
In October 1994, film students Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the mythical Blair Witch. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, and interview residents about the myth. Locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a herm…
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Found Footage, Horror, found footage horror film
Best friends and roommates Marshall "Milk" and Steve "Seven" run a prank channel together on YouTube. Before Milk's birthday party at their apartment, Seven films himself buying a gun and blanks to prank him. The party is attended by sever…
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Found Footage, Horror, Horror comedy, drama film, found footage film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Two siblings from Philadelphia, Becca and Tyler, prepare for a five-day visit with their grandparents while their divorced mother Loretta goes on a cruise with her boyfriend. Loretta has not spoken to her parents in fifteen years after the…
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Action, Found Footage, Monster Film, action-adventure film, disaster film, fantasy film, found footage film, kaiju, katastrophe, pseudo-documentary, science fantasy, science fiction action film, thriller film
The footage from a personal camcorder is recovered by the U.S. Department of Defense in the area "formerly known as Central Park", bearing a disclaimer about multiple sightings of a case designated "Cloverfield". On April 27, 2008, Rob Haw…
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Cannibal-Movie, Sexploitation Film, adventure film, cannibal film, drama film, found footage film, splatter film
In 1979, an American film crew — director Alan Yates, script supervisor Faye Daniels, cameramen Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso, and native guide Felipe — disappear into the Amazon rainforest while filming The Green Inferno, a documentary abou…
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Found Footage, Mysterie, Occult Horror, Psychological Thriller, found footage film, horror film, thriller film
Katie drives up to a house in San Diego as her boyfriend and housemate Micah records her from the driveway using his new video camera. Katie claims that an evil presence has been haunting her since she was a child and suspects it may be re…
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Horror, found footage film, horror film, satanic film
The film's prologue is framed as a documentary investigating an unexplained event that occurred on the night of Halloween 1977, during the live broadcast of a sixth-season episode of the struggling variety late-night talk show Night Owls w…
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Fake Documentary, Horror, crime film, found footage film, horror film
The film is presented as a documentary, featuring interviews with police and FBI officials. Police officers raid a house in Poughkeepsie, New York, where they discover over 800 videotapes created by serial killer Edward Carver, which prese…
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Coming Of Age, Found Footage, Sci-Fi, coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, found footage film, pseudo-documentary, superhero film, teen film, thriller film
In Seattle, teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied in school, abused by his alcoholic father Richard, and his mother Karen has cancer. The family struggles with medical debt after Richard loses his firefighter job. Andrew’s only friend is his c…
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Found Footage, Horror, found footage film, horror film, thriller film
Strapped for cash, videographer Aaron Franklin accepts an online job request to travel to a remote cabin in Crestline, California, where he meets his client, Josef. Josef explains that he has an inoperable brain tumor and is expected to di…
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Found Footage, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, found footage film, horror film, thriller film
Polymath and archaeologist Scarlett Marlowe continues her dead father's search for the legendary philosopher's stone, an alchemical substance discovered by Nicolas Flamel allegedly capable of turning base metals into gold or silver and gra…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, found footage film, horror film, thriller film
While swimming with her family at a dam in Ararat, Australia, 16-year-old Alice Palmer disappears. Days later, her body is found in a stormwater drainage basin. Alice's parents, Russell and June, are called to identify the remains; Russell…
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Fake Documentary, Found Footage, Ghost-House-Movies, found footage film
On October 8th, 2009, an unexplained tragedy occurred at "Hell House", a haunted house attraction in the fictional town of Abaddon in upstate New York. During the tragedy, 15 people, including nearly all of the staff, died in what authorit…
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High School Comedy Film, Komödie, comedy film, found footage film, teen film
In Pasadena, high-school students Costa and J.B. plan to throw a party for their friend Thomas Kub's 17th birthday, aiming to increase their popularity. Thomas's parents go away for the weekend, leaving him alone in the house, but warn him…
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Found Footage, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, found footage film, ghost film, horror film
The film is presented as an anthology of five short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own sixth short horror film. "Tape 56" (frame narrative) — Prologue Written by Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett Directed by Adam…
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, found footage film, hood film
Los Angeles Police Department officers Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala are close friends and partners in the LAPD's Newton Division, assigned to patrol a high crime area of South Central Los Angeles. Taylor, a United States Marine Corps veter…
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Found Footage, Horror, found footage film, horror film
Mia Hu, Gavin, and Luis are a team of students who want to create a documentary about Deborah Logan, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease living with her daughter, Sarah. As the film crew records her daily life, Deborah starts to exhi…
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Found Footage, Horror
The film is presented as an anthology of five short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own sixth short horror film. Each short is linked together with the concept of found footage as each segment is from VHS tapes…
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Coming Of Age, Horror, drama film, found footage film, horror film
Casey, a lonely teenage girl living with her single father, records herself taking the viral "World's Fair Challenge". She states "I want to go to the World's Fair" three times, pricks her finger, smears her blood on her laptop computer sc…
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Drama, Found Footage, Mysterie, drama film, mystery film, psychological thriller, screenlife
David Kim lives in San Jose, California with his daughter, Margot. His wife, Pamela, was diagnosed with lymphoma and died before Margot entered high school. Margot tells David that she is with a study group and will be there all night.
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Found Footage, Horror, Sci-Fi, found footage film, horror film
The film is presented as an anthology of five short horror films themed around science fiction tropes, and built into a frame narrative which acts as its own sixth short horror film shot akin to a documentary, with interviews from ufologis…
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Drama, Found Footage, Mysterie, drama film, mystery film, screenlife, thriller film
18-year-old June Allen lives with her single mother, Grace, in Van Nuys, a Los Angeles suburb. Despite being close, June is annoyed at Grace's attempts to micromanage her life. When Grace heads out for a vacation to Cartagena, Colombia wit…
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Arranged Documentary, Found Footage, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, found footage film, horror film
In 2014, James Donahue finds a video on YouTube containing an image of a woman he believes to be his sister Heather, who disappeared in 1994 near Burkittsville, Maryland, while investigating the legend of the Blair Witch. Wanting to find o…
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