If we’re rounding up found footage horror movies, we must include arguably the most popular of them all, The Blair Witch Project. The 1999 film, …
If we’re rounding up found footage horror movies, we must include arguably the most popular of them all, The Blair Witch Project. The 1999 film, which follows a group of film students who travel to a Connecticut town hoping to record footage of the Blair Witch murderer, was so convincing that audiences actually thought it was real when it first came out. Where to watch The Blair Witch Project Host, Shudder’s new original movie, captures a video chat gone wrong, making it the perfect scary movie for the social distancing era — it even takes place during the pandemic! Six friends gather for their weekly Zoom call, but this time, they bring on a medium to help conduct a séance. What begins as a fun activity morphs into a horrifying evening when they accidentally summon a demon who attacks them one-by-one while the others watch it happen through the screen. Stream Host on Shudder Another classic in the found footage horror genre, Paranormal Activity marks the first film in the now wildly popular franchise that spawned five more movies.
