While subjects like the supernatural and other horror staples have often been the subject of found footage movies, science fiction tens to crop up less frequently. I guess this is because it costs more, or maybe it’s a just less effective way of providing a quick and easy source of sinister camcorder atmosphere. When it does happen films like District 9 and Chronicle branch away from the horror genre, or cross into standard documentary visuals. Perhaps it’s just because getting scares from an inherently silly idea like UFO sightings just isn’t that simple.
