Tag Archives: found footage

Let’s face it… horror by its very nature is a lightning rod for controversy. It’s the genre of film tailor-made to push the envelope, to take things to extremes where others would dare not tread. We live to test the limits of decency, to see just how much we can …

In a world filled with so many genres of horror, the year 1999 kicked off a brand new subgenre known as “found footage.” Most found footage films involve characters with cameras either on their bodies or being carried by them in some form or another. They are often shaky or …

Directed by Aislinn Clarke, The Devil’s Doorway demonstrates familiarized filmmaking while incorporating unique elements that give it a distinct voice. While called in to inspect the mysterious bleeding tears of The Virgin Mary statue within an Irish Magdalene Laundry for “insane and fallen” women, two priests (Lalor Roddy and Ciaran …

Cinepocalypse 2018 is slowly wrapping up. Our second to last film we will be reviewing is Gags. Coulrophobes, beware! I remember hearing about this real life spooky clown that terrorized Wisconsin. It went viral on all social media, and gave good clowns everywhere a bad name. After seeing this film, …

Kurtis Spieler’s found footage film The Devil’s Well focuses on a group of paranormal investigators who are on the hunt to find out if all the folklore about the infamous Devil’s Well is true. They want to know if it played a part in the disappearance of a young woman named Karla …

He’s gonna take you back to the past, to make a short movie that kicks ass. That’s right, this one is about none other than the Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, the architect of his own indie horror website, Cinemassacre.com. He has certainly outdone himself this time. For those …

When I was asked to write about my favorite horror movie, my knee-jerk response was the 1978 film Halloween. It’s always my answer. But then, I got to thinking what qualifies something as my favorite horror film and I realized I was confusing my favorite villain with my favorite film. …

Imagine being in the wilderness, alone. Nothing but your thoughts to keep you company. Meanwhile, society is going to hell in a handbasket while you are trying to return to civilization. This is the main premise of Robert Palmer’s survival zombie film I Am Alone. It was filmed in the mountains …

Just when you thought the found footage genre was dying out, here comes another supernatural found footage film called Altar. Does this film do anything new to reinvigorate this stale genre? Read on to find out! Altar was directed and written by Matthew Sconce (Firefall: An Epic Family Adventure) and stars …

I’ve never been a huge fan of sci-fi films, unless they’re more horror than science fiction (like Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, which is my personal favorite sci-fi/horror flick). I’m never in a rush to see the next Alien movie, and it’s rare for me to fall in love with …