Movies like The Fear Footage (2018)
The best movies like The Fear Footage (2018) are The Fear Footage 3AM (2021), Infirmary (2026) and Badder Ben: The Final Chapter (2017). If The Fear Footage hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Deep House (2021)6.0/10 from 1,150 votes
- NewestInfirmary (2026)Released 2026
- Same seriesThe Fear Footage 3AM (2021)The Fear Footage
The Fear Footage 3AM (2021)
Dennis Rosen disappeared on September 19th, 2020, while filming an episode for his urban exploration channel ‘Dennis the Explorer.’ He was exploring Darkbluff, Maryland — a town that authorities discovered abandoned during their search for Dennis. They also discovered a camera. This footage was on that camera.
Why it matches: Same series: The Fear Footage · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInfirmary (2026)
A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Badder Ben: The Final Chapter (2017)
Jaquie, a psychic, Schmiddy, a dyslexic cameraman, and Dave, apparently producer/financier, descend upon Tom Riley's abandoned house to learn what happened using all of their special skills. After breaking into the house and retrieving a camera to read the sim card, on return, Tom emerges from the woods, where he has been living in a tent since being dragged down the stairs and thru the basement at the end of the first episode.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Blackwell Ghost 3 (2019)
A filmmaker takes a journey to discover a new haunted house and brings along his cameras to document what happens inside. The house, which is plagued by its dark history, begins to come alive in this third instalment of “The Blackwell Ghost.”
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Blackwell Ghost (2017)
A filmmaker tries to prove that ghosts are real but soon regrets his intentions after he finds himself being terrorized in a haunted house by a ghost with a dark past. An authentic documentary that shows actual ghost footage that was captured on camera.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Blackwell Ghost 2 (2018)
A filmmaker decides to turn the camera back on and returns to his investigation of the Blackwell Ghost in this sequel documentary. After being provided with new information from someone who knew Mrs. Blackwell personally, the filmmaker begins to follow clues that ultimately bring him back to the haunted house for one final stay. A documentary that shows actual ghost footage captured on camera.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Blackwell Ghost 4 (2020)
Turner returns to the light foot house to continue his investigation. This time he researched into the first victim Susan. He finds out from the detective there was a note left when light foot committed suicide. It ended up being a map to the first victim (Susan) body. The map is encrypted and turner has to find a way to decode it. While crazy things happen at the light foot house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fear Footage 2: Curse of the Tape (2020)
On April 19th, 2019, Deputy Leo Cole's body camera footage from the night he disappeared was leaked. On that footage, he watched a mysterious V/H/S tape titled "The Fear Footage". On September 22nd, 2019, a camera was found in Darkbluff, Maryland with footage of two missing men who were searching for that same V/H/S tape. This is that footage..
Why it matches: Same series: The Fear Footage · both horror
The Investigation: A Haunting in Sherwood (2020)
Private Investigator Gareth Morris went missing in 2018 whilst investigating noises coming from a house in Sherwood. He hacked into the home's security system and recorded everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Hide the Monster (2016)
On July 4th, 2016 hackers raided government networks and stumbled across a litany of unsolved cases the county refuses to recognize. The hacked footage shows Thomas and Alex as they attempt to help a young boy struggling to fit in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Found Footage 3D (2016)
A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN the first 3D found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this21 Days (2014)
Three filmmakers embark on a paranormal challenge by barricading themselves in a house so haunted, no one has been able to live in for more than 21 days.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Hollows Grove (2014)
A young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare from which they can't escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHide-and-Never Seek (2016)
BJ Yagwang and PD Park broadcast a live stream themed around horror on AfreecaTV. They look for more provocative and fearful material for their program. One day, they receive a video which contains a female high school student disappearing. In the video, right before she disappears, the female school student was calling a ghost and playing hide-and-(go-)seek alone. While broadcasting live on AfreecaTV, BJ Yagwang goes to the abandoned building where the female school student went missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Howard’s Mill (2021)
An abandoned piece of farmland in rural Tennessee may hold the key to multiple missing person cases spanning over forty years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
There Are Monsters (2013)
A crew of student filmmakers embark on a road trip when they discover odd events and people acting strangely around them. Soon, they realise that sinister doppelgangers have invaded the town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Butterfly Kisses (2018)
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHaunted Hospital: Heilstatten (2018)
Group of Youtubers enter an abandoned surgery ward for 24-hour challenge, hoping to go viral. They will soon learn that they're not welcome.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 16th Episode (2019)
Three YouTubers struggling to get more views on their adventure channel, travel to the mythical city of Casablanca, unaware that it hides a terrifying secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Blackwell Ghost 7 (2022)
A filmmaker attempts to continue his paranormal adventure but finds himself stalked and tormented by a dangerous person who follows his every move. This is the 7th installment of "The Blackwell Ghost" series.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Community (2012)
The Draymen Estate has become an urban legend. Amongst the sinister stories of unsavoury locals and brutal violence, several people have apparently gone missing. Even the police won't go there. Enter two naive student filmmakers with a well-meaning plan to make a sympathetic documentary of life on the estate. The unlucky duo quickly discovers that problems of drugs and crime in this community go way beyond the norm. This is a community which is about to present the students with material of unimaginable horror - turning their final project int their darkest nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Exists (2014)
A group of friends venture into the remote Texas woods for a party weekend and find themselves stalked by Bigfoot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Houses October Built (2014)
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this#MissingCouple (2024)
A real #vanlife couple were on an adventure to renovate an abandoned farm in middle-of-nowhere Mississippi. Cameras blazing, they chronicled their project on social media. But the farm was full of disturbing surprises, especially at night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Digging Up the Marrow (2015)
A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Borderlands (2014)
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLife of Belle (2024)
This is the true story of how on July 18th, 2018 an 8 year old Annabelle Starnes went missing. What was found in the home would shock this small town of South Carolina.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvidence (2011)
Ryan is making a documentary on his friend, Brett, about camping for the first time. However, once they begin camping, they discover that there is a mysterious figure that is hunting them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Deep House (2021)
While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Monster Project (2017)
A group of aspiring filmmakers interview three individuals who claim to be monsters. However, unique incidents start to occur when they start filming.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Fear Footage?
The closest matches to The Fear Footage are The Fear Footage 3AM (2021), Infirmary (2026) and Badder Ben: The Final Chapter (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Fear Footage?
People who watched The Fear Footage most often go on to Infirmary (2026), Badder Ben: The Final Chapter (2017) and The Blackwell Ghost 3 (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Fear Footage?
The Deep House (2021), rated 6.0/10 by 1,150 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Fear Footage?
Infirmary (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Is The Fear Footage part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Fear Footage, which includes The Fear Footage 3AM (2021) and The Fear Footage 2: Curse of the Tape (2020).
Are there English movies like The Fear Footage?
Yes: The Fear Footage 3AM (2021), Infirmary (2026) and Badder Ben: The Final Chapter (2017).
How are movies similar to The Fear Footage chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Fear Footage, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.