Dashcam
(2021) 76 min
Rated: R (Gore, language)
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Director: Rob Savage
Starring: Annie Hardy, Amer Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro,
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Rating: ★★☆☆☆
Annie decides to take her livestream on her trip to the UK during the pandemic and encounters an unusual woman.
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Late Night with the Devil
(2023) 93 min
Rated: R (Gore, language)
Country: Australia, United States, United Arab Emirates
Director: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Starring: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Ingrid Torelli, Michael Ironside
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Rating: ★★★★☆
A late night talk show host with failing ratings attempts to make his Halloween special one to remember.
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The Death King AKA Der Todesking
(1990) 80 min
Rated: NR (gore, suicide, nudity, mutilation, human corpse decay, fish death)
Country: Germany
Director: Jörg Buttgereit
Starring: Nicolas Petche, Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death. Throughout a time-lapse video of a human corpse rotting is shown.
Noroi: The Curse A.k.a ノロイ (Noroi)
(2005) 115 Min.
Rated: NR (mutilated animals, gore)
Country: Japan
Director: Kôji Shiraishi
Starring: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga
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Rating: ★★★★★
A documentary filmmaker follows a trail of paranormal phenomenon that lead to his own disappearance.
Cannibal Holocaust
(1980) 95 Min.
Rated: Unrated. (nudity, excessive gore, sex, rape, genuine cruelty to animals*)
Country: Italy
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Starring: Robert Kerman, Luca Barbareschi
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
One of the first “found footage” films and also one of the most controversial. Documentary filmmakers set off to explore and antagonize the jungle.
* Real animal deaths on screen: A coatimundi, a turtle, a tarantula, a snake, a monkey, a pig, fish.
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The Tunnel
(2011) 90 min.
Rated: Unrated (Slight gore.)
Country: Australia
Director: Carlo Ledesma
Stars: Bel Deliá, Andy Rodoreda, Steve Davis
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Rating: ★★★★☆
A plan to recycle water from underground train tunnels is mysteriously halted. A reporter and her group decide to investigate further.
V/H/S/2
(2013) 96 min.
Rated: NR (Nudity, Sex, Gore)
Director: Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez, Timo Tjahjanto, Adam Wingard
Starring: Kelsy Abbott, Lawrence Michael Levine, Adam Wingard
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
The second installment of a found footage anthology.
V/H/S
(2012) 116 min.
Rated: R (Nudity, Sex, Gory violence, drug use)
Country: USA
Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence
Starring: Joe Swanberg, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Chad Villella
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★★☆
A found footage anthology framed around the playing of VHS tapes.
