I know found footage horror movies are divisive. I personally know, love, and respect some horror fans who love this subgenre and some who hate it.
Personally, I love it. Always have. So I decided to create an October/Halloween found footage horror watchlist.
Here are 31 found footage films to watch this month, one for each day leading up to Halloween. Enjoy!
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Week 1: The Origins & Early Influences
Oct. 1 – Cannibal Holocaust (Italy, 1980)
Controversial and brutal, it pioneered the “found footage” conceit decades before it caught on.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 2 – The Last Broadcast (1998)
A proto–Blair Witch experiment in faux-documentary style.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 3 – The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The one that changed everything, convincing audiences it might be real.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 4 – The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
A haunted-house experiment capitalizing on Blair Witch’s success.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 5 – Noroi: The Curse (Japan, 2005)
A slow-burn masterpiece that builds a terrifying occult mystery.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 6 – The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Disturbing faux-snuff footage documenting a serial killer’s reign.
Oct. 7 – Paranormal Activity (2007)
Domestic haunting reinvented for a new generation of horror fans.
—> Watch it online.
Week 2: Viral Terrors & International Scares
Oct. 8 – REC (Spain, 2007)
A zombie outbreak inside a quarantined building, captured with unrelenting tension.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 9 – Cloverfield (2008)
Kaiju chaos from the street level, found-footage style.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 10 – Lake Mungo (Australia, 2008)
A faux documentary that’s as heartbreaking as it is terrifying.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 11 – Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Expanding the lore of the original haunting with new layers of dread.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 12 – Trollhunter (Norway, 2010)
A clever, darkly funny mockumentary about giant trolls in the Norwegian wilderness.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 13 – Atrocious (Spain, 2010)
A lesser-known Spanish found-footage that builds to a shocking finale.
Oct. 14 – Grave Encounters (2011)
A ghost-hunting crew gets trapped in an asylum, with chilling results.
—> Watch it online.
Week 3: The Boom Years
Oct. 15 – Apollo 18 (2011)
“Lost footage” from a secret moon mission gone wrong.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 16 – The Tunnel (Australia, 2011)
An underground expedition turns claustrophobic and terrifying.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 17 – V/H/S (2012)
An anthology that became a franchise, showcasing multiple found-footage nightmares.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 18 – The Bay (2012)
Eco-horror told through news reports and amateur video.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 19 – Devil’s Pass (2013)
Inspired by the Dyatlov Pass mystery, blending survival horror and conspiracy.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 20 – As Above, So Below (2014)
The Paris Catacombs become a claustrophobic hellscape.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 21 – Creep (2014)
A disturbing, darkly funny portrait of an off-kilter friendship gone wrong.
—> Watch it online.
Week 4: Modern Standouts & Cult Favorites
Oct. 22 – Unfriended (2014)
Horror unfolds entirely on a computer screen, pioneering the “screenlife” style.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 23 – Hell House LLC (2015)
A Halloween haunted house attraction hides real horrors.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 24 – The Visit (2015)
Shyamalan’s return to form, blending humor with unsettling found footage.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 25 – The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
A faux documentary about Alzheimer’s that spirals into supernatural possession.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 26 – The Houses October Built (2014)
A road trip through America’s haunted attractions leads to something darker.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 27 – Creep 2 (2017)
A sharp, unsettling continuation of Mark Duplass’s bizarre character study.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 28 – Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (South Korea, 2018)
A ghost-hunting livestream goes horrifyingly wrong.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 29 – Host (UK, 2020)
A Zoom séance during lockdown delivers one of the scariest 21st-century horror experiences.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 30 – Dashcam (2021)
A chaotic, in-your-face found-footage ride from the team behind Host.
—> Watch it online.
Oct. 31 – Deadstream (2022)
A disgraced YouTuber’s livestream stunt in a haunted house becomes Halloween-perfect carnage.
—> Watch it online.
Happy Halloween!
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Alex Lindley is a writer, editor, and perhaps the world’s biggest horror and sci-fi movie fan. He started DarkFilmTheories.com to fill the void left by the removal of IMDb forums—where some of the best discussion about film meanings, themes, and theories once happened.
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