Evolution of the found footage film - from Cannibal Holocaust to Host
Grab your camcorder, head down a dark hallway and - whatever you do - don't stop filming. It's time to look at the rise of the found footage film and how the subgenre has evolved. Though many accuse found footage flicks of just being different permutations of shaky handheld camerawork, characters freaking out over twig snaps and semi-improvised dialogue, they've actually changed a fair bit over the past four decades. But before we turn to Blair Witch and Cloverfield, one of the first found footage horror movies was actually released 20 years prior. Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - a proto-found footage movie Yep, though there are a tonne of differences between this notorious cannibal exploitation flick and later found footage movies, it actually established a number of ground rules in the subgenre. In the movie, Alan Yates (Gabriel Yorke) and his team set out to capture anthropologically interesting footage in the Amazon, yet end up shooting a snuff movie a...