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Here are 5 found footage horror films that are no less scary than The Blair Witch Project.
1. Paranormal Activity (2007)
2. The Sacrament (2013)
3. The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)
4. As Above, So Below (2014)
5. The Visit (2015)
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What many people like is films using the found footage style.One that is legendary and considered a pioneer is The Blair Witch Project (1999).
Found-footage is a film with a shooting style through POV (point of view) shots or first person shots and is made into a film containing a collection of recordings from the camera carried by the characters in the film.
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The popularity of Blair Witch sparked a new wave in the 2000s, as more and more filmmakers tried to utilize a similar approach.
However, there are actually a number of films in a similar style that are no less scary.Starting from surveillance camera style, to documentary style.
Here are 5 found footage horror films that are no less scary than The Blair Witch Project.
1. Paranormal Activity (2007)
This film tells the story of young couple Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) who move into a new house and begin to be haunted by supernatural forces in their house.This film is presented via home camera recordings, such as CCTV.
The tension in the film is built through small things such as strange noises at night, doors that move by themselves, or faint shadows caught on camera.The actors’ acting is made natural so that the audience feels like they are watching a real recording.
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2. The Sacrament (2013)
The Sacrament is a film based on the true story of Jonestown.This film focuses on two journalists, SAM (AJ Bowen) and Jake (Joe Swanberg) who want to cover Patrick’s (Kentucker Audley) journey to meet his sister, Caroline (Amy Seimetz) in a community called Eden Parish.
When they got there they didn’t feel anything strange, everyone there lived happily in harmony until they met the leader with the nickname Father (Gene Jones) who was worshiped like the messiah.
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3. The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)
The Taking Of Deborah Logan is a supernatural horror film using found footage techniques, the debut of director Adam Robitel which he wrote with Gavin Heffernan.
This film is a documentary about a student named Mia (Michelle Ang) who makes a documentary about Alzheimer’s disease suffered by Deborah (Jill Larson).
Initially, Deborah’s illness was not too serious, but suddenly her illness began to worsen in the middle of making the documentary.Deborah behaved so strangely that illogical events occurred.
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4. As Above, So Below (2014)
As Above, So Below is a found-footage style horror film by writer and director John Erick Dowdle.
This film follows the journey of Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks), a young historian and archaeologist who continues her late father’s mission to find the Philosopher’s Stone, a legendary artifact believed to be able to turn metal into gold and grant healing and immortality.
He then searches with his best friend George (Ben Feldman) and begins to follow the tunnel into the underground catacombs of Paris.In the midst of their search, they are faced with personal fears and strange, unexplained events.
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5. The Visit (2015)
The Visit begins with two siblings from Philadelphia, Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) who prepare to visit their grandmother (Deanna Dunagan) and grandfather (Peter McRobbie).
Becca and Tyler take their trip by recording a video.There, they met his grandparents and lived in an isolated farmhouse.At first everything felt normal until his grandmother and grandfather’s behavior started to seem strange and raised question marks.
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