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Old 10-03-2014, 08:02 AM
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I guess looking through the list the only one that really stuck out to me was Man Bites Dog.

Cloverfield was ok in spots.

Cannibal Holocaust was something for it's time period so it has some historical impact.

But I haven't found any of the popular horror ones to be remotely scary or even slightly creepy. Paranormal Activity, REC, V/H/S, Grave Encounters, Blair Witch, etc. none of them really did anything for me other than either make me yawn or feel like I should have picked another movie. After seeing The Blair Witch Project I actually went up to my buddy who worked at the local movie theater and said I wanted my money back. That's only happened like 3 or 4 times in my life.

I liked the idea of Frankenstein's Army. Had it been done as a real film instead of found footage and with a different cast and a decent budget it could have been really cool.

I've seen most of the rest mentioned but none of them were really all that memorable.

I guess I'm still waiting for one that sets a new standard. Man Bites Dog was something new and totally original, but I haven't seen anything from the found footage genre that really stands out as something I haven't seen before or puts a unique spin on something.
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