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Halloween Found Footage Movies: Films Set on Halloween Night

Halloween night and a camera that keeps rolling: some of the most famous found footage films take place on October 31st. Live TV specials from haunted houses, haunted attractions that turn deadly, and trick-or-treat tapes nobody should have recorded.

Every film on this list is set on Halloween night or in the Halloween season. They are listed in release order.

  1. 01

    Ghostwatch (1992)

    Directed by Lesley Manning · 1h 31m

    The BBC goes live from "the most haunted house in Britain" on Halloween night 1992. So convincing that thousands of viewers called in, and the BBC never showed it again.

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  2. 02

    V/H/S (2012)

    Directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Chad Villella · 1h 56m

    The anthology ends with "10/31/98": friends looking for a Halloween party end up in a house where the haunting is real.

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  3. 03

    WNUF Halloween Special (2013)

    Directed by Chris LaMartina · 1h 23m

    A local TV station goes live from a murder house on October 31, 1987, with a séance on air and the original commercials still in. A cult VHS favourite.

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  4. 04

    The Houses October Built (2014)

    Directed by Bobby Roe · 1h 31m

    Five friends road-trip across the US in October, hunting for the most extreme haunted attractions, until someone behind the masks starts following them.

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  5. 05

    Hell House LLC (2015)

    Directed by Stephen Cognetti · 1h 33m

    A crew builds a Halloween haunted-house attraction inside an abandoned hotel. On opening night, fifteen people die.

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  6. 06

    The Houses October Built 2 (2017)

    Directed by Bobby Roe · 1h 41m

    A year later the friends hit the haunted-attraction circuit again to face their fears - and the masked group is back.

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  7. 07

    Followed (2018)

    Directed by Antoine Le · 1h 36m

    A vlogger chasing a sponsorship deal spends Halloween weekend in a notorious Los Angeles hotel and films every night of it.

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  8. 08

    Bad Ben 7: The Haunted Highway (2019)

    Directed by Nigel Bach · 1h 27m

    Paranormal investigator Tom Riley starts a new job as a driver and picks up some very strange passengers on Halloween night. Campy and fun.

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  9. 09

    Out There Halloween Mega Tape (2022)

    Directed by Chris LaMartina · 1h 31m

    The sequel to WNUF Halloween Special: an old VHS tape recorded off the TV, with a trashy talk show and a live Halloween investigation.

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  10. 10

    Late Night with the Devil (2023)

    Directed by Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes · 1h 33m

    Halloween night 1977: a desperate talk show host puts a possessed girl on live TV to save his ratings. Presented as the recovered master tape.

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    Haunted Ulster Live (2023)

    Directed by Dominic O'Neill · 1h 18m

    Halloween night 1998: a Belfast TV special goes live from a haunted house, and a séance sends the broadcast into chaos.

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  12. 12

    Hunting Matthew Nichols (2024)

    Directed by Markian Tarasiuk · 1h 29m

    Two teenagers vanished on Halloween 2001. Years later, a documentary crew and one boy's sister reopen the case.

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  13. 13

    The Lost Episode (2025)

    Directed by Nick Wernham · 1h 22m

    Unaired footage of a TV police ride-along on Halloween night 2004 that uncovers something nobody was supposed to see.

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    V/H/S/Halloween (2025)

    Directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, Anna Zlokovic, Paco Plaza, Casper Kelly, Alex Ross Perry, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman · 1h 55m

    The V/H/S series goes all in on Halloween, with trick-or-treat tapes framed by a soda company's deadly drink test.

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