Written and directed by Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott,
The Found Footage Phenomenon
explores...you guessed it, found footage movies. They're aided by a host
filmmakers including Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), Rob Savage (Host), Dean Alioto (The McPherson Tape), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust) and
Stephen Volk
(Ghostwatch) as they trace the evolution of this enduring filmmaking format.
The Found Footage Phenomenon is on Shudder from May
19th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
This documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it has been transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades. The Found Footage Phenomenon features interviews with integral found footage directors whose films impacted the horror genre like no other sub-genre has, around the turn of the millennium.
