Found footage is inescapable. What once started with The Blair Witch Project has turned into an unstoppable sub-genre turning an even more undeniable profit. We know how much you love these stranger titles; there’s just something so uncanny about them. Even with the lesser films in the batch. From modern heavy-hitters like the V/H/S/ franchise, to forgotten gems like The McPherson Tape, found footage has carved out its place in horror history. Now Shudder is getting back into action with their brand new documentary The Found Footage Phenomenon.
Directed and produced by Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott, the horror documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades. The Found Footage Phenomenon features interviews with integral found footage directors whose films impacted the horror genre like no other sub-genre has, around the turn of the millennium. It also includes a score by musical legend Simon Boswell.
In the following exclusive clip, the Shudder doc uncovers Megan Is Missing, one of the most notorious found footage flicks ever created. Lauded as the most disturbing movie TikTok ever became obsessed with, Megan Is Missing is controversial, mean, and not what you’re expecting. Take a peek behind the webcam with the filmmaker of one of the most controversial titles in horror film history.
The Found Footage Phenomenon hits Shudder today!
Lastly, will you be streaming The Found Footage Phenomenon on Shudder? I know I’ll definitely be checking this baby out tonight. Let me know over on Twitter via @joshkorngut. I’m always around to chat all things found footage!