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In the new series, Found Footage Finds, filmmaker Chris Vander Kaay creates a one-of-a-kind experience for found footage fans as he chronicles the history of the subgenre. With a five-episode first season, Vander Kaay and partner We Are Your Neon, LLC, craft something perfect for fans of in-world camera.

Ahead of the series’ premiere on Found TV, we have an exclusive clip from episode three that chronicles the history of using the zombie within the found footage subgenre.

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The new series won’t just feature Vander Kaay. There will also be interviews with filmmakers such as Lesley Manning (Ghostwatch), Corey Grant (Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes), Michelle Iannantuono (Livescream), Dillon Brown (Tahoe Joe), Richard Rapphorst (Frankenstein’s Army), and many more. The series also features key insights from experts and superfans, like author Grady Hendrix (How to Sell a Haunted House), film scholar Preston Fassel, and Voices from the Mausoleum channel founder Angel Krause.

Filmmaker Chris Vander Kaay has partnered with We Are Your Neon, LLC, to bring found footage fans a new show unlike anything else: a recommendation series for all things found footage and fake documentary. Found Footage Finds is a docuseries presented in found footage style that explores the vast and varied history of found footage filmmaking, sharing hidden gems and forgotten titles, and getting behind-the-scenes stories of many of these films from interviews with the filmmakers themselves.

Filmmaker interviews include Lesley Manning (Ghostwatch), Corey Grant (Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes), Michelle Iannantuono (Livescream), Dillon Brown (Tahoe Joe), Richard Rapphorst (Frankenstein’s Army), and many more. The series also features key insights from experts and superfans such as author Grady Hendrix (How to Sell a Haunted House), film scholar Preston Fassel, and Voices from the Mausoleum channel founder Angel Krause.

Found Footage Finds will have its exclusive season one premiere on Found TV,...

Watch the Trailer for The Ritual: "The true story that inspired The Exorcist. When the Church sanctions the exorcism of Emma Schmidt, two priests—divided by doubt—must confront a force beyond comprehension… and their own faith. Based on real events."

Written and Directed by David Midell Starring Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen & Patricia Heaton

In Theaters Nationwide June 6, 2025



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Found Footage Finds - The First Of Its Kind Recommendations, Filmmaker Interviews, and Genre History, All in Found Footage Style: "Filmmaker Chris Vander Kaay has partnered with We Are Your Neon, LLC, to bring found footage fans a new show unlike anything else: a recommendation series for all things found footage and fake documentary. Found Footage Finds is a docuseries presented in found footage style that explores the vast and varied history of found footage filmmaking, sharing hidden gems and forgotten titles, and getting behind-the-scenes stories of...

After earning rave reviews on the festival scene from many including Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro and Matt Donato, gaming horror movie Livescreamers was released today.

Michelle Iannantuono’s Livescreamers is now available on Blu-ray and VOD outlets.

This timely take on screenlife found footage follows an ensemble of video gamers led by Michael Smallwood, Christopher Trindade (Worst Laid Plans), and Ryan Laplante (Holy Hell). After taking home the George A. Romero Fellowship at Salem Horror, and touring festivals including Panic Fest, Unnamed Footage, and Nevermore, the film currently sits at a fresh 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.

In Livescreamers, a group of content creators are pitted against each other by a gruesome video game with lethal stakes.

In addition to taking audiences on a thrilling ride, the horror film tackles issues of parasocial relationships, corporate greed, and the crushing unsustainability of online creation.

A Region Free Blu-ray is available directly from Octopunk Media’s store page,...

The latest edition of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival has drawn to a close, wrapping up retro screenings and world premieres with an all-night A Nightmare on Elm Street marathon.

Our first roundup of Popcorn Frights 2024 capsule reviews included found footage fright Chateau, along with fest darlings and new discoveries. The found footage didn’t stop there, though, with the fest’s back half unleashing even more found footage world premieres.

Here’s a round-up of some of Popcorn Frights 2024’s found footage feature offerings…

The Ceremony Is About to Begin

Writer/Director Sean Nichols Lynch employs a well-trodden found footage setup in The Ceremony Is About to Begin. A documentary filmmaker, Keith (John Laird), makes an ancient Egypt-obsessed cult his subject, exploring their inner workings. Of course, there’s an ulterior motive at play for Keith beyond simple documentary aspirations. It yields an unnerving push and pull between Keith and the cult’s youthful,...

The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 8-18. If the first wave wasn’t already an idicator, the fest is going big to celebrate its tenth anniversary, and the second wave of programming unleashes even more exciting events and premieres.

From the press release: “To commemorate its awesome milestone, Popcorn Frights introduces the Golden Skull Award, honoring a master of horror whose made an everlasting impact on the genre and our darkest dreams. The inaugural recipient is legendary actor Tony Todd, the haunting star of over 200 films, including the iconic Candyman. At a special presentation of Candyman, Todd will receive this honor, accompanied by the screening of two new films featuring him: the unsettling tale The Activated Man and the previously announced world premiere of The Bunker.

But the horror doesn’t end there! Just when you thought it was safe to go back into bed,...

From venue changes and the pandemic to political backlash and the threat of litigation, Salem Horror Fest founder and director Kay Lynch has never been one to back down. The festival’s seventh annual event, which kicked off last night at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, was further proof of her resilience.

After its original headliner, Hocus Pocus star Kathy Najimy, canceled with less than 48 hours notice, the festival’s entire opening night ceremony was restructured. On lieu of the original $50 ticket charge, the program was made free (with the option to make a donation), costing the festival an untold amount of money.

But the show must go on — and it did so in spectacular fashion with horror icon Linnea Quigley sitting down for a live interview, while the Hocus Pocus screening was replaced by The People’s Joker, previously scheduled to be the festival’s closing film.

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As Screenlife storytelling transitions into the livestream era, movies like Michelle Iannantuono’s Livescreamers have me most excited. Early Screenlife films like Unfriended and The Den read like one-takers but are computer-set events like someone recorded their computer monitor or laptop screen. What Livescreamers offers — or examples like Spree, Deadstream, and #chadgetstheaxe — is the propulsive energy of a continuous stream devolving into chaos. Creators who put on celebrity identities face dreadful realities, not the protective online bubbles they’ve built where their antics draw millions of views. Livescreamers cherrypicks elements of Stay Alive, House on Haunted Hill, Unfriended, and cringy video game playthrough streams to create something horrifying that both sells its chills and comments on the vulnerable current state of livestream culture.

Low-budget restraints might hold back specific effects, and the film’s narrative throughline is a little wonky in spots, but what Iannantuono accomplishes comes from a place of authenticity.

The GenreBlast Film Festival has announced its lineup for the eighth year of their international independent genre film festival. The four day in-person event will feature twelve feature films and ninety-nine short films from around the world as well as the results of their annual screenplay competition.

Emanating from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, Virginia, GenreBlast continues to champion truly independent genre cinema and this year features a dynamic array of cross-genre fare. With horror, science-fiction and fantasy, action, and even cult and midnight offerings, the fest prides itself on being an eclectic and diverse blast of genres and filmmakers.

Of the twelve features selected this year, there are three world premieres, one U.S. premiere, four east coast premieres, two regional premieres, and two Virginia premieres.

‘Livescreamers’

Livescreamers, Michelle Iannantuono’s sequel to her cult gamer horror hit Livescream, makes its world premiere at this year’s fest.