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Lost Tapes

Films presented as recovered footage: tapes, memory cards and files found later, often after the people who shot them disappeared. The classic found footage setup, made famous by The Blair Witch Project and used in The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Noroi: The Curse, Hell House LLC and the V/H/S series.

167 films

Absinthe2012
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County1998
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story2015
The Amityville Haunting2011
The Amityville Lost Tape2025
Amityville Ride-Share2023
The Andy Baker Tape2021
Apollo 182011
Asylum: The Lost Footage2013
Atrocious2010
Attached: Paranormal2021
The Aztec Box2013
The Before Time2014
The Bell Witch Haunting2013
Bhangarh: The Last Episode2017
Black Tape: A Tehran Diary, the Videotape Fariborz Kamkari Found in the Garbage2002
Black Water Vampire2014
Blair Witch2016
The Blair Witch Project1999
Body & Soul2024
Bosq_Sintra_182023
The Bucks County Massacre2010
Butterfly Kisses2018
Caminhos Macabros2017
The Changing of Ben Moore2015
Conjuring Tapes2025
Creature of the Pines2026
Crowsnest2012
Cruiser2016
Curse of Aurore2020
Dagr2024
Dark Mountain2013
Desaparecidos2011
The Devil Within2016
The Devil's Familiar2020
Devil's Pass2013
The Devil's Stomping Ground2022
Diary of a Demon2014
Distort2025
Distort 2: The Dead Among the Trees2026
Do Not Watch2023
The Doll People Tapes2026
A Domestic Incident in Boylan Heights2018
Duyster2021
Encounters2014
The Essex Boys Tapes2024
The Fairfield County Four2026
The Fear Footage2018

Also 11 hybrid films tagged Lost Tapes (only partly found footage)

Also 90 short films tagged Lost Tapes (free to watch right here)

Lost Tapes in Numbers

167 films · 1989-2026 · Peak: 2010s · 27 countries

The earliest Lost Tapes film on the site is The McPherson Tape (1989). The 2010s brought the most, with 85 films, and 2026 was the busiest single year with 17.

Essential Lost Tapes Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

The Blair Witch Project1999Hell House LLC2015V/H/S2012V/H/S/22013Noroi: The Curse2005The Poughkeepsie Tapes2007The Tunnel2011Butterfly Kisses2018

Films per Decade

  • 1980s1 <1%
  • 1990s4 2%
  • 2000s5 3%
  • 2010s85 51%
  • 2020s72 43%

Top Countries

  1. United States98
  2. United Kingdom17
  3. Canada9
  4. Mexico7
  5. Australia7