Found Footage Files

This week we’re reviewing 909 Experiment (2000). This film is not only one of the earliest found footage films, but also is the first to introduce many of the tropes that are now considered staples of the found footage genre. Is 909 Experiment the Rosetta Stone of found footage? Listen to this episode to find out! Read a written review at FoundFootageCritic.com [http://foundfootagecritic.com/909-experiment-2000/909-experiment-2000-review/]

As part of Phoenix Lights month on Found Footage Critic and Found Footage Files podcast we review The Phoenix Tapes ’97 (2016) a found footage film and mockumentary about the Phoenix Lights, one of the most famous mass U.F.O. sightings in US history. The Phoenix Tapes ’97 is one of three found footage films about the Phoenix Lights incident released in a three year window.

This episode we interview Justin Barber director of the new found footage film Phoenix Forgotten (2017) a Ridley Scott-produced found footage film and mockumentary about the Phoenix Lights, one of the most famous mass U.F.O. sightings in US history. We discuss the Phoenix Lights, Ridley Scott, exclusive behind the scenes details about Phoenix Forgotten, conspiracy theories, what makes for a good found footage film, and found footage cinematography. Phoenix Forgotten (2017) will hit theaters nationwide on April 21, 2017.

This episode of Found Footage Files podcast we review The Phoenix Incident (2015) a found footage film and mockumentary about the Phoenix Lights, the most famous mass U.F.O. sightings in US history. The night of the incident, four Phoenix residents vanished and only their video cameras were recovered. What really happened during that infamous night in March 1997?

This episode we review the made for HBO movie Beware the Slenderman a documentary about the Slender Man stabbing where two twelve-year-old girls stabbed their best friend in the nearby woods, later alleging that Slenderman ordered them to carry out the attempted murder. We are also joined by a special guest co-host, Adam Rosner, creator of the Slenderman YouTube series Tribe Twelve (2010). Adam joins us in our discussion of this polarizing film.