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The woods have secrets. This looks freaky. Yes, the found footage trend is slowing down, but that doesn't mean there aren't still intriguing found footage films being made. This one is a horror called Encounters, supposedly Denmark's first found footage film. It was released in Denmark back in late 2014, but is just now hitting digital release and possibly coming to Us theaters later in 2016. Similar to Blair Witch, the concept is that a group of people go into the woods and don't come back, but their footage is found. There's some weird stuff with a mask in this trailer, and the voiceover is odd, but it's all to setup the story. The final 30 seconds of this trailer is all the really good footage of crazy weird shit, and some solid FX work. Take a look. Here's the first official trailer for Anders Johannes Bukh's Encounters, on YouTube (via Quiet Earth): November 18th,...

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Anders Johannes Bukh's Encounters is being billed as the first ever Danish found footage horror film, but the truth is it could end up being one of the best yet. The story, which might on the surface seem cliched, follows a crew of Danish filmmakers as they embark into the Swedish woods to make a low budget horror film, also called Encounters.

The twist? The film is already being heavily buzzed (it "scared the shit" out of Vice) and could end up being the international horror film to watch out fo [Continued ...]...

On tap right now we have the first trailer for and clip from the Scandinavian horror/sci-fi film Encounters from director Anders Bukh. LevelK has acquired international sales rights to the film. Look for more on it soon. Encounters rolled out… Continue Reading →

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Sales outfit LevelK is to debut Scandinavian horror-sci fi Encounters at the Afm.

Also on the slate are Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men and Chicken starring Mads Mikkelsen; Sucker, which stars Timothy Spall as a con-man; and documentary Drone.

Encounters, directed by Anders Johannes Bukh, follows a group of young filmmakers who travel into the Swedish woods to shoot a low-budget horror film. After they become lost one of the actors disappears only to return hours later, naked and in a catatonic state.

The film is set for a VOD release in conjunction with Danish horror festival Bloody Weekend.

Pre-sales will continue on Anders Thomas Jensen’s black comedy Men and Chicken, with Mikkelsen and David Dencik in the lead roles.

There will be a promo for Sucker, director Ben Chessell’s debut feature in which Timonthy Spall plays an ageing conman who takes a young novice under his wing.

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