Best Found Footage Horror Movies

10 of the 14 score 4 or 5 for dread — this is a corner of horror that works on you slowly rather than making you flinch. 7 score 1 out of 5 for gore, so squeamishness is a weaker reason to skip these than people assume.

7 of them are films most horror lists never mention. One Cut of the Dead rates 0.6 higher on Douban than IMDb — Chinese audiences consistently read this kind of horror differently, and the gap is often the most interesting signal on the page. 4 are currently streaming on Tubi.

One Cut of the Dead 2017

Shinichiro Ueda · Hidden gem

Jumps2 Gore4 Dread2 8.5/10

What We Do in the Shadows 2014

Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

Jumps2 Gore4 Dread2 8.4/10

[REC] 2007

Jaume Balagueró

Jumps10 Gore8 Dread8 8.0/10

Streaming: Tubi

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum 2018

Jung Bum-shik · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread8 7.4/10

Lake Mungo 2008

Joel Anderson · Hidden gem

Jumps6 Gore2 Dread10 7.2/10

Streaming: Tubi

Cloverfield 2008

Matt Reeves

Jumps8 Gore4 Dread6 7.2/10

Noroi: The Curse 2005

Kōji Shiraishi · Hidden gem

Jumps6 Gore2 Dread10 7.1/10

Streaming: Shudder

Creep 2014

Patrick Brice · Hidden gem

Jumps6 Gore2 Dread8 7.1/10

Streaming: Netflix

Incantation 2022

Kevin Ko · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore4 Dread10 6.9/10

Streaming: Netflix · Tubi

Hell House LLC 2015

Stephen Cognetti · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread8 6.9/10

The Blair Witch Project 1999

Myrick & Sánchez

Jumps4 Gore2 Dread10 6.8/10

Streaming: Hulu · Paramount+ · Tubi

Paranormal Activity 2007

Oren Peli

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread6 6.7/10

Streaming: Hulu

Sinister 2012

Scott Derrickson

Jumps10 Gore6 Dread8 6.6/10

The Medium 2021

Banjong Pisanthanakun

Jumps8 Gore6 Dread10 6.5/10