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A Small Screen Blair Witch Project Series is in the Works at LionsGate!
LionsGate’s new digital distribution arm (dubbed Studio L) has announced an episodic series based on The Blair Witch Project (1999). The show will likely be released in the digital space, as the focus of Studio L is feature films and episodic content for that market. Little else is known about the planned small screen adaptation at this point, but stay tuned to Found Footage Critic for more ...
Boots on the Ground is Headed for iTunes
If you haven’t had a chance to check out Boots on the Ground, don’t despair. It is headed for iTunes next week. The feature is slated to make its debut on the service April 23rd. Boots on the Ground was written and directed by Louis Melville (who served as a co producer on The Last Horror Movie 2003). Boots marks Melville’s sophomore feature filmmaking effort. The film stars Ian ...
The Rejected (2018) – Found Footage Trailer
Recovered footage and self-filmed documentary that journals a UFO sighting and possible abduction. This found footage film will test even those with the most open-minded beliefs. Is “The Rejected” actual proof of aliens on Earth or is this an elaborate hoax? We let you decide. The Rejected (2015) – Found Footage Trailer The Rejected (2018) is a found footage film and found footag...
Descent into Darkness: My European Nightmare Poised for Big Screen Debut
Descent into Darkness: My European Nightmare will make its long-awaited big screen debut this weekend at The Unnamed Footage Festival. The fest runs from March 24-25. The film is Directed by Rafael Cherkaski. It was written by Quentin Boeton, Simon-Pierre Boireau, and Cherkaski. Descent into Darkness: My European Nightmare follows Sorgoi Prakov (played by Cherkaski) a television cameraman from a f...
The Unnamed Footage Festival is Taking Place In San Francisco This Weekend!
Found footage film festival, The Unnamed Footage Festival is set to enjoy its inaugural bow this weekend! The fest will be held at The Balboa Theater in San Francisco and will take place March 24-25. You can check out the entire lineup right here. Found Footage Critic and POV Horror are key sponsors of the fest and were involved with the procurement process! POV Horror exclusive Descent into Darkn...
Four Found Footage Films People Thought Were Real
By: Alyssa Ethelcrowe Sometimes an audience doesn’t get the memo that a work of fiction is just that. Take Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds (1938), notorious for the panic it caused immediately after its broadcast. It’s obviously fiction now, but that wasn’t so clear to the people who heard the radio drama and flew into a panic. The program presented itself as a news broadcast, often with bulle...
5 Movies That Could Benefit From a Found Footage Remake
Remakes will never stop being a lucrative trend in horror. Even if the output might not reach the insane heights it did during the 2000s, stories have been being told and retold on the screen since the birth of cinema. Not every remake is successful, of course. Some are bland rehashes of the source material. Others try to go in a different direction but lose sight of what made the original great. ...
4 Things Blair Witch (2016) Got Right
By: Dan Weatherer Sequels are the movie industry’s favourite cash-cow, and a source of trepidation for fans of original IP’s everywhere. It seems to be the trend that if a new film sells well, a sequel will undoubtedly follow. This is especially true with horror movies. I, like many others, was wary of another attempt at a sequel to The Blair Witch Project (1999); arguably the movie which launched...
Black Wake (2018) – New Trailer Released Ahead of NYC World Premiere on Feb 24, 2018!
Horror and sci-fi fans only have to wait just under a week before the world premiere showing of Black Wake (2018) the H.P. Lovecraftian inspired horror/sci-fi zombie movie. Short of staging an actual zombie outbreak in the New York City metropolitan area, the producers of the eagerly anticipated film did the next best thing—the release of a new movie trailer! Click here to purchase tickets to the ...
The Poughkeepsie Tapes is Finally Available on Blu-Ray!
Found Footage Critic is pleased to announce that The Poughkeepsie Tapes 2007 is available on physical media at long last. While the feature did enjoy a VOD bow a few years back (courtesy of DirecTV), the film’s recent Scream Factory release marks the first time the picture has been available on physical media. Seeing as how The Poughkeepsie Tapes was shelved by MGM back in 2007, the news of ...
Black Wake (2018) World Premiere: Zombies Invade NYC on Feb 24, 2018
What do you get when you cross zombies, H.P. Lovecraft, and an all-star cast with found footage? The answer: Black Wake (2018)—the long-anticipated found footage horror and sci-fi feature that’s been in production since 2015! The film was written by Jerry Janda and directed by Jeremiah Kipp. Join the madness as sea-zombies invade New York City on February 24th, 2018, the world premiere of Bl...
Living Among Us (2018) Announces Release Date!
Found Footage Critic is pleased to announce that the vampire mockumentary Living Among Us has been slated for a US theatrical release. The film, which looks a bit like a more serious version of What We Do in the Shadows, is directed by Brian A. Metcalf (The Lost Tree). You can check out the trailer for yourself in the player below. Living Among Us stars the late John Heard (Would You Rather), Ésm...
