The Mystery of THE MCPHERSON TAPE: America's First Found Footage Horror

[@RyanHollinger]

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[@theclarkmaster3642]

I really like your summer of 84 video. It was really well done.

[@anubusx]

Cover Pi eXistenZ Razorback The Mothman Prophecies

[@readyforclarity]

@@anubusx existenz for sure and yes also razorback

[@anubusx]

I wish aliens would come to my house.

[@anubusx]

@@readyforclarity . Cheers. The 13th Floor.

[@IknowIamkindagreat]

I'll tell you this. As a former VHS horror collector, getting a VHS copy of this with no context was legit terrifying to me at the time.

[@Trezn]

Why lol

[@calowenby1654]

That sounds like a really fun pastime!

[@lamecasuelas2]

Little baby me would have shit to death with that movie, i found "grey" aliens to be the most terrifying thing in the universe when i was a little kid back innthe early 90's, like i couldn't even watch Cocoon back the day.

[@BestCupid]

@@Trezn this was pre Blaire Witch and Paranormal activities so found footage wasn't normal yet so without context it can seem realistic with the vhs home movie style

[@suzybearheart530]

I saw a documentary on "real life abductions" sometime in the early 90s (I was a kid about 10 or so) and they referenced this tape as real evidence and said the nobody knows if the family survived. It TERRIFIED ME. I wish I could find that documentary and see if it was still scary as an adult. 😅

[@HawkTeevs]

This movie is a prime example of why I love the found footage genre. A claustrophobic atmosphere and shaky camera can turn something that would have been goofy into something truly unsettling and/or terrifying.

[@angelinamartinez7776]

where can i watch

[@nolancho]

Shut up!

[@gemstar7286]

Blair Witch project is the first found footage movie i ever saw .

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Any time Ryan does a Found Footage review, it takes me back to when I'd frequent a Found Footage-dedicated review website made by a UK creator known simply as "Chris." (It was literally just called "Top Found Footage Films;" anyone else here know of it besides me?) He had an enormous collection of FF films ranging from the popular to the self-funded to the obscure, many of which were sent to him by fans, and it got me to appreciate the genre a lot more (as well as first encouraging me to become my *own* movie critic). I'd visited there a lot in high school, and I myself even encouraged him to review The Bay at one point (to which I got a shoutout for). Sadly, I can no longer find it, so I wonder if it's been deleted or defunct in recent years, but having Ryan do all these Found Footage videos almost helps keep the spirit of that old site alive. 😌✨

[@neurohack9038]

Hey, instead of reviewing found footage movies, why not make your own? Your opinion/reviews don’t matter to the rest of humanity, but a film will last forever.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

@@neurohack9038 While your response overall feels a bit backhanded, I appreciate your suggestion in that I create my own films. But here's the thing: I'm a better writer/dissector of film than I am an actual filmmaker, and it pairs up nicely with me being pretty opinionated. Yes, you're not wrong in saying that film as a whole will last longer, especially given how subjective an art form it is; however, I'm content with where my skill set is at the moment. But who knows? Maybe that'll change one day we'll see. 🤷‍♀😉

[@jb888888888]

Wayback machine has a copy of topfoundfootagefilms the ending of which is a com preceded by a period. (I hate having to post it that way but you know KZbin eats posts with links to outside sites nowadays.)

[@jimjones6901]

@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose very backhanded lol, idek why they commented that. Douchey overall 🤷‍♂️.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

@@jimjones6901 Eh, even if I can't help but respond to a comment like that, I do so calmly, yet flippantly, take it in stride but not take it lying down. Though I do certainly appreciate all the support I've received for it. 😉😎

[@Sharkfreak956]

I was huge into ufos in the early 2000s, and it was impossible to find information on this. Thought it might be real for the longest time.

[@sleepyazathoth5238]

Here in Chile a whole generation of 90's kids (me included) got traumatized by this movie, a tv channel (not cable) played this movie every year, and I remember talking with my classmates about it, it became a cult movie, everyone thought it was rial.

[@RoseKoneko]

I won’t lie, the grandmother reminded me of my grandma in that moment of “oh no! My house will get filthy!” Hey Ryan, could you cover The Orphanage. I watch it every year, and it makes me cry each time. I can’t hear someone count in Spanish without wincing a little. Even knowing what is actually going on doesn’t make the ghost children less terrifying and tragic.

[@thatgirlfromktown]

I absolutely love that movie!!! I am a huge horror movie fan & someone had suggested it to me. I started not to watch it because I hate reading subtitles...but by the end I didn't even realize I was reading subtitles anymore & was too busy crying at the ending. Sorry, I just had to comment because I never hear/see anyone talk about that movie...lol

[@RoseKoneko]

@@thatgirlfromktown Right?! It’s seriously underrated.

[@_gorezone_]

I think what adds the most to the realism of the movie is the fact that the characters all seem to talk over one another, you know like how people actually do in real life. That really makes it feel like it wasn't scripted.

[@calowenby1654]

Awesome profile pic!

[@Tom-uv7ry]

Its called kitchen sink Drama or social realism Drama America doesn't do that many of them it's not really their market there's loads like that in Britain though its definitely what Britains best at films like ... Dead man's Shoes /This is England the film&Tv series // Kes // Nil by Mouth //scum //made in Britain //24 hour part people // A Room for Romeo Brass // Rita Sue and bob too /In the Loop /Shooters// .

[@luislaplume8261]

No amateur actor and actress could have shortness of breath and cursing out of sheer fright and anger like on this videotape. No way could a Hollywood Establishment movie studio do that. For me it is real and how could noe explain the wristwatches stopped at the same time. It was filmed on VHS videotape and those were expensive at that time and that explains why it is not the high definition DVD video disc of today.

[@brandonEAgnew2002]

@@luislaplume8261stop denying reality because you can’t understand how a movie did a thing.

[@foooooob]

@@luislaplume8261 I agree with you.

[@iguanaboi3921]

This movie was one of the first to genuinely get under my skin, because of how accurate it felt to experiences I've had (the whole family video part, not the Alien part).

[@calowenby1654]

You’ve got a cool name.

[@WhaleManMan]

I remember seeing this whole movie on KZbin and the description said it was real, so I was like "damn, can't believe this happened."

[@tdog5035]

You saw those aliens and thought it was real!

[@saphired02]

I had that same experience but with the fourth kind.

[@DanArnets1492]

@@WhaleManMan - At 14, I was seeing videos of people getting killed and shit - How could you be so gullible?

[@Edmasterz]

@@WhaleManMan Lol I have the same experience, but with the 1998 version. I nearly shat my pants watching that. Ah, the early days of youtube, where you could actually find interesting shit.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

@@tdog5035 The simplicity of the aliens makes them more "beleivable", in my eyes. A big-budget studio making the same movie would vastly overdo it. It's like in Threads, where they show a nuclear blast against the Sheffield skyline... which is a puff of smoke against a cut-out photo, played in slow motion. A real nuclear blast in the distance would probably look as "mundane" as that, not like some special effects extravaganza.

[@justyouraveragemutantblood2185]

It not nessissary fear but the idea of a happy moment turning into something horrific is something that really upsets me personally. I’m doing better now but it used to be that set ups like this especially stuff where a young child is excited made me actually cry.

[@ethanveda1271]

I'm not gonna lie, when it comes to silent openings to a film from the 70's, 80's and 90's like this one has, I get genuinely terrified which adds to the fear for me. There's something off putting about staticy, silent opening credits. And that ending where the camera was just still, made it even more uneasy for me than when the dude was just holding and shaking the camera. There was some sort of comfort when he was holding it but when he set it down, I knew something big was gonna happen. Also, I like how people thought this film was real yet, in the credits it admits it was fictional. At least the version I watched on the Pluto TV app anyway. Keep up the good work, Ryan!

[@ActualKit]

I actually watched this for my Halloween film marathon and thought, "ah, this seems like the kind of thing Ryan would cover." Admittedly, I was a bit exhausted when watching it since halfway through October I became tired of watching a film every night, but I picked this because it was only an hour. With its pacing, at times it feels longer, but I was impressed with how realistic the home video angle felt.

[@lizardgod3671]

The thing I was really impressed by in the Mcpherson tape was just how good the acting is for the most part. Before the aliens showed up it really felt like real home video of a family birthday.

[@quietstories795]

I watched the tv re-release as a kid (about age 8 i think) and as I was watching it I was convinced it was real (until the bad costumes at the end). I had such an intense phobia of alien abduction as a little kid and this almost made it even worse.... and then i watched 'Fire in the Sky' like 8 years later which reignited that fear XD

[@no_peace]

I'm freaked out about aliens. Like a very specific fear that's hard to explain but any time I see any alien media along those lines i have to like sleep with my eyes open, looking at my door/window, and with the curtains shut, without any cracks or anything All night is like..nothing is going to happen, it's fine...BUT WHAT IF IT DID RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU JUST CLOSED YOUR EYES TO GO TO SLEEP I had to avoid videos about this movie in the past but i forgot the name of it and shouldn't have clicked on it lol

[@no_peace]

The same thing happens with certain paranormal stuff and i don't even believe it's possible but it still wakes me up because it's not real but I'm half asleep and WHAT IF

[@davidmink6686]

Watch The Fourth Kind. I don't believe in aliens but that stuff is terrifying.

[@quietstories795]

@no peace you're the only other person iv met whose got the exact same fear i had (and still get bouts of on occasion). I had a bunkbed as a kid and i pinned sheets all around it so that nothing could see into it because my kid mind made me believe it would protect me from aliens 😭

[@milesr4609]

Fire in the sky is great!!

[@patrickmack9462]

I really like the idea of a found footage horror movie that looks an old vhs home video from the 90s/80s. With better acting, storytelling, and effects, I think it could have been a pretty decent nostalgia-themed sci-fi horror story.

[@mrExcellent101]

That's exactly what the V/H/S horror films are. I haven't seen them yet but they look fucking Awesome. It's all horrible shit captured on video as found footage from 80s and 90s VHS tapes.

[@damienturpin994]

This is the first found footage film I ever watched when I were like ten years old and it shook me because I thought it were real, memories man!

[@CinemaMacabro]

I love this movie, I discovered it back in 2003 on an obscure torrent sight called Tracker 3 torrents that specialized in rare forgotten films. This movie scared me because of the family dynamic, it made the situation look genuine, Grandma was my favorite character, especially how she held them together playing games under candlelight, I loved this movie and it scared me

[@lirsin7194]

I CANNOT believe you've mentioned the MCpherson tapes!! I'm literally shaking!! this is my all time scariest movie that had the most impact on my childhood. when I was a child, I was really into UFOs, like super conspiracy level. it was the mid 90s, I was like maybe 8 and one night I couldn't sleep. I when to my dark living room alone around 2AM, open the TV and flicked the channels. suddenly, I saw a couple making up, and it was filmed as like someone was holding the camera (first find footage film I ever saw) I was intrigued.. so I kept watching.. then there was a power brake.. and I'm starting to question what is going on.. the we see beyond the bushes a few low resolution FUCKING ALIENS! that is pretty much the point I was LOCKED! there was no going back. since then, I have tried to tell my friends about this movie and no body gets it. nobody knows about it. it's going to stay with me forever. you are my most favorite movie reviewer, and listening to you mentioning it means so much to me. I'm probably sound like a moron but I had to share it :)))

[@dubuyajay9964]

This "reviewer" doesn't get it either. 🙄 Smart 🍑.

[@luckyday6223]

Recently I watched Censor (2019) which is a movie about trauma and the era of heavy censorship in the UK (video nasties time). I’d like to see your own interpretation of the film, since some people are more focused on what actually happened at the end than what it represents with how the public handles treating those with mental illness.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Even communism works in one tiny Spanish village. Censorship is the only thing that fails 100% of the time.

[@luckyday6223]

@@worldcomicsreview354 what the fuck are you talking about my dude

[@Sirkanythe]

I remember watching the film in the 90's on UPN as a child and it scared the crap out of me. Had nightmares a number of nights after watching it.

[@WhiteRhinoPSO]

Having seen both the 1989 and 1998 versions of The McPherson Tape, I can't help but prefer the latter. I remember seeing the 1998 remake on TV, possibly during its initial broadcast. Having watched hundreds of documentaries on PBS, the idea that people might make a fake documentary never really registered on my 15-year-old brain. I sat staring at the screen, believing every second of it. Over a decade afterward, I was still checking behind the door before entering my bedroom each night to make sure there wasn't anyone - or anything - hiding behind it. I still believe in the idea that UFOs and alien beings might be real, but the thought of personally encountering one of the proverbial "greys" is one of the most terrifying things I could ever imagine.

[@gastonetcheverry5844]

Can’t believe how trauma inducing this was when I watched as a kid .Also, a re watch totally healed that trauma. It’s so comical now

[@Zombie_Trooper]

This film really brings me back to the very early 2000's when this film was still being passed around like some snuff film or something and few knew the origin. It's silly in retrospect but at the time it did feel like a real piece of evidence.

[@jorgecamaro1176]

Imagine being a little kid when the broakcast first showed and not realizing it's not real, yeah that kid was me, this movie messed me up as a kid, now I can't get enough of things like this, so it went right at the end, but I still can't shake that feeling rewatching it today, chilling...

[@harryanderson9459]

Omg I remember watching this as a kid on Sky movies I'm pretty sure. It really freaked me out at the time. I'm still not sure why such an obscure film was on Sky movies but it was probably on the sci/fi section, just added to the unsettling nature I guess. This video has definitely unlocked a memory for me, so thanks for that Ryan 👏

[@arcadia7459]

Been really enjoying this found footage kick you've been on!

[@KingSolomon1111]

First watched this film on KZbin in the early 2010s. It absolutely scared the shit out of me as a 12 year old kid cuz the video said it was real footage. I had no idea it was fake until this year, and, looking back at it today I question how such a low budget film with cheap looking aliens managed to scare me so bad. It just goes to show how effective the found footage genre can be at creating a chilling atmosphere with so little.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

To be fair, I rhink a UFO enthusiast pirated it, cut out the credits, and sold it at a UFO convention as real footage.

[@xyz7572]

They’re so obviously wearing costumes though? How could you possible believe it was true?

[@luislaplume8261]

I saw the whole video in 1990 on WOR TV ch.9 New York. And it had no beginning credits and no end credits and an official town police captain asking the public for help in finding any member of this family who were still missing and their homes still unoccupied. For me this was real and not a good for nothing average Hollywood movie studio production.

[@georgidimitrov2225]

I'm from Bulgaria and when it aired on TV it had the title Alien Abduction (Отвлечени от извънземни). It gave me the shivers since i was around 11-12 yrs old when i watched . Geez, i was even scared to go to sleep for a couple of weeks after it.

[@pgratedslasher6076]

This movie came on TV randomly when I was 9. It scared the hell out of me. It was my first experience with found footage and I thought it was real

[@clintonswaim]

Ryan, I’d LOVE if you covered Man Bites Dog- it’s one of my favorite foreign films, and one of my favorite found footage movies!

[@circleofdoom01]

There is one real good jump scare that got me in the remake version, kid with camera goes to change his pants because he gets scared and puts the camera down and there is an alien behind the door.. damn near left my body it made me jump out my socks at that age. Added testimonials by "credible people" helped the believability as well, the remake was much more effective.

[@Sieben77]

I was around 12-14 when I saw that movie (or, rather, the remake) late-night on the TV. Back then I had no access to the Internet or any knowledge of a found-footage films, so I was 100% conviced that what I'm watching was real. It scared me for the rest of the night and made me remember the movie for the coming years. (Which, based on the other comments, seems to be a normal reaction!)

[@NugicusStreetPhotography]

Fuck yes! I'm so glad you chose to cover this! This is pure nostalgia for me. I can still remember the primetime news reports speculating the films authenticity.

[@BotterZA]

We are having rolling blackouts here in SA, this feels like it would be perfect for this movie

[@jesterssketchbook]

"mistaken as genuine by US Congress" omfg lololol

[@micgerm]

I wonder if the kids in alien costumes served as an inspiration for "Nope". The costumes are super similar

[@DOUGLANDER]

Another great video as always! Ever seen or heard of another found footage movie called “The St. Francisville Experiment” (2000) - I’d love to see you do a video on that one! I’d also love to see you cover SESSION9 ❤

[@PrattlingPyre]

I really love both versions of this. Even the objectively bad parts warm my heart

[@JAMJR84]

I believe the remake was titled Incident at Lake County, at least that is what I remember it being labeled as many years ago. The remake is infamous for the TV network (I think it was them and not the director) duping actual UFOlogists into doing interviews for the film under the premise that it was real. (Later releases removed the interviews IIRC). The funny thing is, the original also duped UFOlogists, because I distinctly remember an episode of the show "Encounters" covering this version, complete with at least one "expert" explaining that the eyes of the alien mask sinking in was "what witnesses describe happening to dead aliens" or something like that. The original was meant for wider release but I believe a fire destroyed most of the copies or something, so the complete version was though lost for years, IIRC. I think that might have been one of the reasons for the remake. Also, I will never not believe that the remake heavily inspired multiple parts of the movie Signs.

[@ishortfutures]

Man I was obsessed with aliens and paranormal stuff as a kid. I remember one fine early morning i went downstairs, made myself a bowl of cereal, and switched the TV on. This was playing on the discovery channel, so I thought it was some legit tape. God it freaked me out. Had to get my mom to sleep in my room for a week or so before I felt comfortable going to sleep by myself lol

[@RadiantFreeEnergyResearch]

I have never seen filmmakers 100% completely unavailable for interviews after the making and showing of their film masterpiece. filmmakers, cast and crew love talking about their creations, the creative process, the planning of the story, the development of the story over time. and then the actual making of the movie. this movie reminds me of what my teachers taught me. “truth is always stranger than fiction” i understand this to mean, our greatest imaginings can never touch the unimaginable, that exist only, in reality. reality is greater in mystery, possibility, and always beyond imagination. it is the nature of the universe within which we live. truth really is stranger than fiction!

[@ThatOnePunk-]

Let me tell you; watching this as an 8 year old with zero context, the credits cut off and everyone in the comments saying it was real, yeah, it fucked me up pretty bad

[@CJDilag]

I remembered this one was shown on a local TV station back on 2004. Me and my watched this and were naive/unaware of found footage films. My mom and sisters thought this was true and could not sleep that night.

[@tappajavittu]

I saw the original UFO Abduction tape around 20 years ago and it's still one of the creepiest films I've ever seen.

[@alexgeorge501]

Before the Blair Witch there was this pioneer of found-footage horror, thanks for the upload!

[@Str33tJustus]

Watched this as a kid one night, alone in the early 90's and it messed me up. Legit thought I was going to be abducted, haha. 👽🛸

[@deletedwaffles]

I remember watching the TV remake of the McPherson Tape as a kid. I remember being in my room, alone, in the dark watching it and being scared senseless after it was over. I think it was when the main guy in the show closed the door to his room and an alien was right behind him that utterly freaked me out. Couldn't bother sleeping the rest of the night.

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

I’d love to see you look through the Afterdark Horrorfest films sometime; I feel like nobody ever talks about them in full, and the only time I can think of someone “major” giving their thoughts was Phelous reviewing the Deaths of Ian Stone.

[@deathtrapallday467]

Saw this on UPN in the 90s as a kid. It was before Blair Witch had come out. I also lived in rural Minnesota and this shit about scarred me.

[@pushon10]

My friend Jamie used to talk about this film as if it was the scariest shit ever back when we were 8. He told me that he was so scared after watching it that he couldn't walk home in the dark.

[@LouieThe8th]

This movie was incredible when it was released. I was 17 at the time and found it really intense.

[@VikingFyre]

Actually watched this a week before you did your review on “The Last Broadcast”. I personally found it rather entertaining, the family dynamic felt genuine, how everything was framed felt like a late 80’s home video. As someone who studies Ufology, it is frustrating how often this movie is brought up as evidence of hoaxing, given how it made the convention circuit in the community. But as an early example of found footage horror, I think it does it’s job well from start to finish, unlike the aforementioned Last Broadcast which started strong but fell flat with its conclusion.

[@samdaman7841]

First time i watched this film i was shook for weeks

[@sirdidymus24]

As a kid who was TERRIFIED by aliens and convinced of the reality they walked among us (there was a house literally shaped like a UFO in our town and you couldn’t convince me it wasn’t a ship full of aliens) this movie would’ve traumatized the living fuck outta me.

[@harley8047]

The movie reminds me of the Kelly-Hopkinville "Goblin" event. A family in Hopkinsville that lived in a more woodsy area were harassed by extraterrestrials that looked like weird goblins. Two of the older men wielded shotguns and they did end up getting away using a truck. I don't remember if they were gathered for a birthday party, but there were young children present.

[@comicfan92]

It would be interesting to see you cover Gojira (1954). Not really scary, but definitely a horror film. I love it.

[@stephenjacewicz4594]

This film was quite scary. And the ending was disturbing. This film is definitely one to give you the chills.

[@andrewwales8827]

This movie scared the fucking shit out of me when I saw it in my teens. Alien Abduction stories have always frightened me, so I straight up stopped sleeping for a few weeks and got aggressively paranoid.

[@darylhellobear]

I saw this with my parents when I was about 10 years old. We'd watch "suitable horror" films together. However, this film was the first "found footage" film and it scared the shit out of me. I think as it was so like real it just played on my mind. I used to think about it a lot and it was only the last 5 years where i tried to dig it out.

[@nerdybird27]

I saw this when I was 4 or 5 and it still scares the shit out of me to this day. Happy to see someone talking about it, I don't feel like there's enough people do. I still can not rewatch it

[@riccardomazzaro1901]

I feel like if the aliens didn't look that ridicolous and they were left more in the shadows, a movie like this could have been VERY scary

[@jackfriend4u]

its true! they coulda afforded to show much less (especially withe spaceship in the forest) and get much more value out of it

[@KanishQQuotes]

Like what signs did

[@mrExcellent101]

Less seeing of the creature can definitely be more terrifying! Didn't Blair Witch kinda do that? Where you hardly saw the ghost at all but was still scaring the fuck out of people.

[@d4mdcykey]

Whoa, I completely forgot I saw this way back when it was released on VHS until you showed a couple of clips in the first minute; honestly it kinda creeped me out at the time despite a few obvious shortcomings. It definitely has a certain charm to it, even now.

[@jsmalls9575]

I’ve not heard of this one, hiwever, I am very happy to hear you speak about it. 😊

[@lilyisacat29]

I gave this one a watch before watching your video, and look, it’s a low budget film with an element of cheapness, but it did creep me out a few times which is rare for me nowadays! I got so mad and panicked every time the family went outside.

[@axelgarcia4003]

Omg. I never thought you would ever cover this jewel. This film scarred me back when I was a little kid. I swear I thought it was real....

[@jotun.616]

If you like the staring into the abyss stuff, i think its called "unknown", and its very hard to find, but its the best ppl screaming at nothing ive ever seen.

[@MadmanImpersonator]

I remember seeing this movie late one night as a kid, it is the only movie I've ever seen that scared me to my core. For weeks afterwards I couldn't sleep without constantly scanning my window for any kind of movement outside. It didn't help that here the movie was simply called Alien Abduction Caught on Tape and they skipped the end credits so I thought it was a real found tape lmao.

[@no_peace]

I feel like i didn't see this movie but I saw an investigation show (of allegedly true events) where the family claimed to have been stalked by aliens in a similar way, and I've never been the same since. I try not to even look at pictures of aliens and regret clicking on the video tbh. If there are real aliens i don't think they even look like that or anything, don't think they act like that, don't believe that kind of alien exists, but it just doesn't matter because it's an ingrained, irrational childhood fear. I've been glad no one has really been putting out a lot of alien content lol

[@no_peace]

When signs came out on DVD my family watched it in the front room. I didn't want to watch it but wanted to know what happened and be able to talk about it when people mentioned it. i "watched" it lying on my face on the front room floor, feet pointed at the tv

[@MadmanImpersonator]

@@no_peace the "It's Behind" scene shook me because an alleyway near me looked really similar.

[@caseymckenna7111]

I remember my dad bringin this home from the video store and both laughing at and being entirely enamored by the cheapness of its production. That was a formative one for us I think.

[@lordofPockets]

Just watch this on a blog, then the original video and now a Ryan investigation, now this is amazing set!

[@mephistopheles1086]

I remember watching this movie late at night in cable when I was a teenager and it really scared the hell out of me back then.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

I believe this is loosely based on The Hopkinsville Goblin case in August 21,1955 where a family was terrorized by a group of aliens

[@quinnin123]

I’ve been trying to think for about 25 years what this film was called as I watched it as a kid. Must of been that terrified that I blanked out the name of it.

[@shaeialexander7168]

Would usually go and watch a film like this after learning about it as I really love the genre but I can't get past the aliens from Scary Movie 3 being based on these

[@mikejvasquez76]

I totally remember seeing this back in the day in 1989, I was spooked by it seeing it on tv. Oh the memories.

[@reecejam]

As someone who was lucky enough to see this film before found footage became mainstream, it was terrifying. It felt real. I remember watching this film and being so confused as to why this wasn’t all over the news

[@TheAngelThatCry]

I watched this when i was 7 or 8. But I watched the second version, it was showed on tv around 6 or 7 at night. I was eating dinner with family. It was some of the scariest things I ever experienced

[@Tina_95]

Coming out with all these bangers I've never even heard of lately and I'm here for it

[@jayanno-m5k]

Saw this on shudder around a year ago and actually found it pretty unnerving. I’ve always found the og grey aliens to be kinda weird and creepy and it was nice to see a movie that ran with that premise and played it straight

[@aubreymorgan9763]

I remember seeing this as a kid when it aired (I think it was on fox, they did an special on UFO stuff that only aired once that had this and I think that alien autopsy video or something similar) and more being confused. I watched a lot of ufo/spooky things and felt even then it may have been based off the hopkinsville/kelly ufo case and other programs before and after often had behind the scenes of their recreations showing they often used kids 10-12 years old for aliens in suits. I think about this 'movie' every now and then but could never remember the name, glad to see its still around and not lost media like so much from that era

[@killswitch1982]

I remember seeing this or the remake when I was young and it first aired on TV. It freaked me out worse than any horror movie and I seriously thought it was real for years afterwards until I was old enough to see it was a production when I saw it a second time at an older age. Grey aliens still freak me out though.

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

I remember first seeing this film during a random airing on the SciFi Channel (UK) in the late 90's/early 00's. Genuinely freaked me out.

[@alanwalters3638]

Hey Ryan, love the video, as always. Would love to see you cover the original Peter Jackson Films: Brain Dead/Dead Alive, Bad Taste and possibly Meet the Feebles. I know they're not strictly speaking pure horror movies, but they do form an interesting trilogy of schlocky goodness.

[@j.r.r.martin3089]

Come on Ryan! With this focus on found footage please give us a deep dive into Ghost Watch!

[@DecimatedRanger]

I saw this a little over 10 years ago for my first time. I wasn't any older than like 13. The movie absolutely terrified me. Having not seen any found footage before, I thought it was genuine. Looking back, it's not great production. But for a first time viewer in the 80s with no experience in found footage, I can relate to how they might have thought it was real.

[@vividdem]

Looking forward to when you'll cover Smile! I'm guessing it's already on your list of movies to talk about

[@walterwright8454]

I saw Incident at Lake County from 98 and even though there were ending credits, it did freak me out. I loved the Hell out of it! I saw this some years later and this was very well done.

[@jordanwiddas3291]

holy shit i remember watching this film when i was a kid but could never remember the name or any stand out scenes to find it again. i can’t believe you covered this of all things

[@maxpatrickhaynes2194]

Love your channel. you make Ireland 🇮🇪 sounds 🥶 cold and wintry!! I don’t do cold, but my family has family going back to Ireland , so I want to go there someday!!! When it’s warm. Again, Great channel!!

[@BreadHart]

Holy Sh***! this was one of my first experiences with horror movies (the mockumentary version). After I watched the movie on local chanel in my country, I was afraid of a blackout and aliens abducting me after hahaha. Good times.

[@TheMovingEye]

If you really want to dig deep into the beginnings of UFO mockumentaries/found footage, there is "Die Delegation", a german mockumentary from the 1970ies which also covered aliens. The story is quite interesting in that it leaves a lot of questions open, adding to the creepy atmosphere.

[@doom-generation4109]

I caught this film showing in TV late one night back in the early 2000s when I was far too young and it left me a terrified wreck 😅

[@invisblchzbrgr]

I've never heard of this film before, but seeing the reveal of kids playing aliens, it reminded me of Nope. I wouldn't be surprised if Jordan Peele referred to this movie on purpose, his pop-culture vocab is massive.

[@BuenButter6211]

Holy crap I remember watching this as a kid I thought it was real, sure it's funny now but it's so wild to think that this is the movie that would lead me down the path of being a huge The thing, Alien, Dead Space fan lol I have a lot to thank to this silly movie I guess

[@inmortal009]

it's been line 25 years since I saw this tape for first and only time, thanks to chatgpt i finally found it again, I have not. forgotten this movie in all those years because of how traumatized I was after watching it, kids will never understand how was to watch a movie with no context, youtube trailers and social media spoiling everything

[@misssongbird6611]

You know what's terrifying but no one talks about is the 80s adaption of the blob.

[@aureliusandthespiral]

Guinea pig 6, mermaid in the manhole. Now that's something....

[@katiecook6006]

I watched this one recently on shudder and enjoyed it. The actual "home movie" style in the 1980s, not just a modern movie made to look like one, was pretty cool. Have you seen that 2002 "screen life movie"? That was crazy creative for that time

[@Xathian]

I saw this when I was about 8 and many scenes lived rent free in my head ever since. It took me many years just to figure out what this movie was called

[@yaoifan456]

I remember watching this when I was younger and thought it was real, especially due to the ending. It actually gave me nightmares. I did watch to re-watch it when I got older but I never knew the name so I might re-watch it just to see if it still holds up for me; I mean it probably won't but hey ya never know.