Found Footage Films

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 42. Chapters: Cloverfield, Cannibal Holocaust, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, The Last Exorcism, Diary of the Dead, Paranormal Activity 2, Quarantine, REC 2, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, The Last Horror Movie, Evil Things, The Troll Hunter, The Zombie Diaries, Monster, The Last Broadcast, Home Movie, Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, Eyes in the Dark, Lake Mungo, The Curse, Found footage, September Tapes, The Ritual, The McPherson Tape. Excerpt: Cloverfield is a 2008 American disaster-monster film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and written by Drew Goddard. The film follows six young New Yorkers attending a going-away party on the night that a gigantic monster attacks the city. First publicized in a teaser trailer in screenings of Transformers, the film was released on January 17 in New Zealand and Australia, on January 18 in North America, on January 24 in South Korea, on January 25 in Taiwan, on January 31 in Germany and on February 1 in Ireland, in the United Kingdom and in Italy. In Japan, the film was released on April 5. VFX and CGI were performed by effects studios Double Negative and Tippett Studio. The film is presented as found footage from a personal video camera recovered by the United States Department of Defense. A disclaimer text states that the footage is of a case designated "Cloverfield" and was found in the area "formerly known as Central Park." The video consists chiefly of segments taped the night of Friday, May 22 and the morning of Saturday, May 23. The newer segments were taped over older video that is visible occasionally. The first video segment opens when Rob wakes up on the morning of Monday, April 27 having slept with Beth, a previously platonic friend. They make plans to go to Coney Island that day. The footage suddenly cuts to May ...