5 Underappreciated Foreign Language Found Footage Horror Movies

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Horror cinema has a strange tendency to go through phases. It's possession movies one year, then torture movies the next, then folk horror the year after that. One of the most interesting trends that reached a peak but never went away was found footage, but other nations have unique contributions to the concept.

Foreign language films have gradually become more popular in the United States, as more audiences open up to the idea of enjoying a film with subtitles. So many great films happen to be made in another language that anyone unwilling to do the reading will find themselves missing out, even in the realm of found footage horror.

5 Underappreciated Found Footage Horror Movies

Found footage and zombies are both trends that have fallen out of fashion since this film's 2007 release date. Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's iconic Spanish franchise is one of the best found footage series. The original defined the format in many ways, despite being far from the first entry in the subgenre. It follows a team of journalists and cameramen as they document the sudden outbreak of a nightmarish infection in an apartment complex. It's everything fans want in a found footage film. The gimmick puts the audience right in the action, the limited budget lends greater authenticity, and the scares are perfectly executed. An American remake was attempted the following year, and the disastrous lack of quality is a clear sign that the film's identity was part of its charm.

Known as Trolljegeren in the original Norwegian, André Øvredal's first worldwide success was this 2010 monster movie. The film is presented in a sort of mockumentary style and lands with the writing of a dark horror comedy. It follows a trio of university students who seek to