Why does found footage get such a bad rap? I feel like a lot

>>86707641
Tell me some good ones so I can judge. I've only seen Blair Witch and a film about Bigfoot that was just two people in a tent for half an hour.

"Oh my god these scary and terrible things are happening I better keep filming!"

>>86707708
This is the biggest problem. Also, I hate when it starts found footage and then starts breaking that convention.

>>86707680
v/h/s 1 & 2
the borderlands
afflicted
banshee chapter
atticus institute
as above, so below
the houses october built
noroi
the black door
ghost watch
hell house llc
exhibit a
the conspiracy
the tunnel
rec 1 & 2
creep
the bay

>>86707942
Thanks based anon. Will watch a few.

>>86707708
there's a short in the first V/H/S where the main character is wearing camera glasses and it really helps with immersion because it gets to the point where he presumably forgets about them on his face and isn't consciously recording anything, we just see what he sees.

>>86707641


Shakey can

>>86707641

You had to be around for the theatrical release of The Blair Witch Project to understand. It was still a time before the internet was widespread and word of mouth spread that it was real footage and lots of people went to see it based on that, then felt cheated afterwards. I've never watched another found footage flick after that one.

>>86707641
Because it an easy way to slap together some cheap shit you can feed to idiots. It's rare that these movies ever try to justify the gimmick. It's fine when it works and has a reason, but it almost never does.