10 Greatest Sci-Fi Found Footage Movies, Ranked

By Nick Venable | Published

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1. [REC]

On the flip side of scale-conscious films like Cloverfield and Trollhunter, Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s 2007 Spanish horror [REC] sets all of the increasingly maddening mayhem inside of an apartment building that gets quarantined after an outbreak of a zombie-like virus. With an atmosphere so thick that it almost stinks, [REC] pushes viewers into the loud and vicious carnage almost immediately, filling its brief 78-minute runtime with more genuine scares than any film I can think of since The Exorcist. The camera here, whatever one’s argument about its continued use, is often choreographed perfectly with whatever makes everyone scream, and the in-your-face stunts and practical effects are top notch. While its sequels have dipped in quality, [REC] remains a triumph in sci-fi/horror, and one of the best found-footage flicks out there.


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