{"id":1019450,"date":"2026-01-12T19:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851685518"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:04:43","slug":"the-20-most-frightening-found-footage-films-of-the-past-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-20-most-frightening-found-footage-films-of-the-past-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The 20 Most Frightening Found Footage Films Of The Past 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-20-most-frightening-found-footage-films-of-the-past-25-years.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Found footage seems tailor-made for horror because it\u2019s typically built around the idea that the footage was lost or hidden for suspicious reasons. 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