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Serial Killer

Found footage seen through the eyes of a killer or the people documenting one, from fake true crime to tapes left behind as evidence. Includes The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Man Bites Dog, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and Creep 2.

70 films

AGONi2015
Amerikan Holokaust2013
Audition: Found Footage Film2021
The Blackwell Ghost 82024
Capture Kill Release2016
#Captured2017
The Case Study of Walter Briggs2026
Closed Circuit Extreme2012
Courting a Killer2013
Creep 22017
Cruiser2016
The Cutting Room2015
The Decedent2025
Die Laughing2017
The Documentary2017
Don't Peek2025
Dv2013
Dv32013
Faking a Murderer2020
Final Footage2013
#FollowMe2019
Found Footage2011
Found Footage of Fear2020
Hangman2015
Head Case2007
Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley2013
House with 100 Eyes2013
I Blame Society2020
I Have Proof2026
Infliction2014
John Doe: Video Diary of a Serial Killer2015
The John Perkins Tapes2024
Killer Rental2024
Last Girl2013
The Last Horror Movie2003
Long Pigs2007
Looky-Loo2024
Looky-Loo: Part II2026
Loop2012
The Madman Chronicles2012
Man Bites Dog1992
The Man with the Black Umbrella2025
The Miranda Murders: Lost Tapes of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng2017
Mister Creep2022
The Mitchin Murders2024
Murderous Intentions2024
New Folder2024
Night2019

Also 7 hybrid films tagged Serial Killer (only partly found footage)

Also 3 short films tagged Serial Killer (free to watch right here)

Serial Killer in Numbers

70 films · 1992-2026 · Peak: 2010s · 9 countries

The earliest Serial Killer film on the site is Man Bites Dog (1992). The 2010s brought the most, with 36 films, and 2024 was the busiest single year with 10.

Essential Serial Killer Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

Creep 22017The Poughkeepsie Tapes2007Spree2020Man Bites Dog1992The Last Horror Movie2003A Record of Sweet Murder2014Long Pigs2007Hangman2015

Films per Decade

  • 1990s1 1%
  • 2000s6 9%
  • 2010s36 52%
  • 2020s26 38%

Top Countries

  1. United States53
  2. United Kingdom7
  3. Italy3
  4. Canada3
  5. South Korea2