The first trailer for director Barry Levinson’s found footage horror film The Bay has been released. The story takes place in the small Chesapeake Bay town and the strange events that lead to a viral infection within the town’s water supply. From various points of view, we see how tiny parasites start to invade people bodies and then grow larger, consuming their host’s body and […]
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CHRONICLE Sequel News
Chronicle was an innovative addition to the ‘found footage’ genre, offering a fresh take on the realm of ‘super-humans’ with some great chemistry between its young protagonists. The final act reached an explosive and visually mesmerizing conclusion. Now with word that a sequel is being developed, there are some wondering what direction a new story will take. There’s no doubt […]
Apollo 18 – ‘found footage’ Trailer
Here’s the first trailer for Apollo 18 that falls into the “found footage” sub-genre where the film plays as all to real for the purposes of creating an authentic story. While it’s an inventive genre, the found footage format predicates that there are usually little or no survivors – hence the reason why the footage […]
Troll Hunter – Trailer, FX Featurettes
The Troll Hunter is the latest in the wave of movies that are designed as ‘mockumentaries’ and borrow from the ‘found footage’ genre which was used to great effect in ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Cloverfield’. Most recently ‘The Last Exorcism’ used the genre style and now Norwegian filmmaker André Øvredal is taking audiences on […]
Roland Emmerich’s New Sci-Fi Flick Canned
Roland Emmerich‘s new Sci-Fi alien flick has been canned just before filming was to get underway. The news broke recently that after months of development, production has now been shut down. The proposed film from the man who brought audiences Independence Day was set to be in the style of The Blair Witch project or […]