When done well, found footage horror can take you on an immersive journey through terror. Memorable films can use their limitations and scope to create an unsettling atmosphere and potent scares, but avoiding the subgenre’s pitfalls, like explaining the found footage itself, can be tricky. Never mind that the digital age has complicated the definition of “found footage,” incorporating everything Pov from livestreams to Zoom meetings.
In other words, compelling found footage isn’t as easy to execute as it may seem, but plenty of blood-curdling horrors are still left to be mined from the subgenre.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to found footage horror with a twist; it’s Halloween season, after all. These five found footage gems bring the scares and Halloween spirit.
Here’s where you can stream them.
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The Blair Witch Project – HBO Max,...
In other words, compelling found footage isn’t as easy to execute as it may seem, but plenty of blood-curdling horrors are still left to be mined from the subgenre.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to found footage horror with a twist; it’s Halloween season, after all. These five found footage gems bring the scares and Halloween spirit.
Here’s where you can stream them.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Blair Witch Project – HBO Max,...
- 10/10/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Epistolary storytelling has been immersing readers in fiction since the very dawn of literature. Using simulated letters, diaries and other documents to craft complex tales with shifting points of view, the format inevitably ended up attracting inventive filmmakers who realized that it could be adapted into a cinematic tool to instill terror. From The McPherson Tape to The Blair Witch Project, Found Footage movies have kept the epistolary tradition alive through their use of faux home video and other diegetic media.
However, with over four decades of Found Footage experiments out there, the genre has seen quite a bit of innovation. Personally, I think one of the most interesting off-shoots of Found Footage is the ongoing trend of Screenlife films, where the entire narrative is told within the confines of digital screens. While this curious format has only recently become popular in mainstream media, it’s actually older than most people seem to realize,...
However, with over four decades of Found Footage experiments out there, the genre has seen quite a bit of innovation. Personally, I think one of the most interesting off-shoots of Found Footage is the ongoing trend of Screenlife films, where the entire narrative is told within the confines of digital screens. While this curious format has only recently become popular in mainstream media, it’s actually older than most people seem to realize,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
One would think that any lawsuit over Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.s Paranormal Activity 4 would be from the directors. own Paranormal Activity 3, thanks to the fourth film running the franchise into the ground while boring the shit out of viewers. But today there was a much more practical lawsuit filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Michael Costanza, writer and director of the zero-budget 2002 independent horror film The Collingswood Story, has filed a claim against Paramount Pictures as well as producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise, stating that he presented sections Collingswood to the studio in 2010 for a pitch meeting that ended with his material being turned away, and that portions of the fourth entry of the found footage horror series are almost exactly the same as the ideas he brought to them. If you haven.t seen The Collingswood Story and...
- 4/25/2013
- cinemablend.com
Writer-director Michael Costanza has sued Paramount and producers of Paranormal Activity 4 claiming that the film used specific concepts from his work without permission and without credit or compensation. Costanza, who directed and wrote the 2002 independent horror film The Colllingswood Story, argues in a suit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that in 2010 he submitted material from that film in a pitch meeting with the producers. The material included details of webcam chats by characters in their late teens. Read the complaint here. Photos: Top 10 Legal Disclaimers in Hollywood Costanza says he was told at
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- 4/25/2013
- by Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Costanza, who broke new ground with his innovative indie horror film The Collingswood Story, unearths disturbing found footage for his upcoming feature The Market Street 6. Set in San Francisco, The Market Street 6 chronicles the final hours of six people who become stranded when the subway they're riding supposedly breaks down. Forced to blow the train the passengers band together to locate the nearest emergency exit... Althou…...
- 6/20/2011
- Horrorbid
Some early details are emerging from below ground on Michael Costanza's The Market Street 6. This is a found footage genred horror film, which follows the last moments of several subway goers. Their final texts and phone calls suggest a cruel element at play.
Costanza is best known for this independent horror release The Collingswood Story. This previous film is also a terrorific tale of one psychic hotline gone wrong. And the supernatural elements of both The Collingswood Story and The Market Street 6 shows a consistent nod to all things otherworldly, from Costanza. Expect casting details to emerge on The Market Street 6 shortly!
Tagline: "What really happened to The Market Street 6?"
The synopsis for The Market Street 6 is here:
“The Market Street 6 chronicles the final hours of six people who become stranded when the subway they are riding supposedly breaks down. Forced to depart the train the passengers band together...
Costanza is best known for this independent horror release The Collingswood Story. This previous film is also a terrorific tale of one psychic hotline gone wrong. And the supernatural elements of both The Collingswood Story and The Market Street 6 shows a consistent nod to all things otherworldly, from Costanza. Expect casting details to emerge on The Market Street 6 shortly!
Tagline: "What really happened to The Market Street 6?"
The synopsis for The Market Street 6 is here:
“The Market Street 6 chronicles the final hours of six people who become stranded when the subway they are riding supposedly breaks down. Forced to depart the train the passengers band together...
- 6/18/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Michael Costanza (The Collingswood Story) has a new flick on the way. The Market Street 6 is a found-footage film, and Costanza is keeping plot details pretty tight. He describes the film as "a new and altogether different type of hyper-horror" and since he doesn't offer an explanation of what "hyper-horror" is, we get to use our imagination. I like to think of it as a Ritalin overdose with a Pixi Stix chaser. The few plot details we do have are shared after the break. The Market Street 6 are six passengers on a San Francisco subway. The subway breaks down, and the passengers work together to find their way out. All were scheduled for red eye flights out of San Francisco International Airport,...
- 6/15/2011
- FEARnet
Just yesterday we did some digging and found out that filmmaker Mike Costanza was back with a new film called The Market Street 6. Details were scant, but here we are a day later and the official word has come.
From the Press Release
Michael Costanza, who took the indie horror genre by storm with “TheCollingswood Story”, returns to his crafty roots by unearthing foundfootage for his upcoming feature film “The Market Street 6”.
Set in San Francisco, “The Market Street 6” chronicles the final hours of six people who become stranded when the subway they're riding supposedly breaks down. Forced to blow the train the passengers band together to locate the nearest emergency exit...
“Tapping into our primal fears and presenting them in a unique way is a challenge for any low budget filmmaker” explains Costanza. “Looking back on all the horror greats from Psycho to Halloween, Evil Dead to Bwp, even...
From the Press Release
Michael Costanza, who took the indie horror genre by storm with “TheCollingswood Story”, returns to his crafty roots by unearthing foundfootage for his upcoming feature film “The Market Street 6”.
Set in San Francisco, “The Market Street 6” chronicles the final hours of six people who become stranded when the subway they're riding supposedly breaks down. Forced to blow the train the passengers band together to locate the nearest emergency exit...
“Tapping into our primal fears and presenting them in a unique way is a challenge for any low budget filmmaker” explains Costanza. “Looking back on all the horror greats from Psycho to Halloween, Evil Dead to Bwp, even...
- 6/15/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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