15 Worthwhile Found Footage Thrillers You've Never Seen
8. Hollow (2011)
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-->Old English countryside can be creepy as hell under the right circumstances; consider Michael Axelgaards Hollow the right circumstances, complete with a centuries old tree, melancholy church-yards, and an ancient, haunting legend about suicidal lovers and a supernatural figure. American urban folklore gave the first FF entries a low-key reason for being, but when Axelgaard turns to the rich unearthing of English ghouls and boggarts to spin his own found footage excursion into a world where myth and modernity dovetail, the results are spine-tingling spooky.
Emily and fiancé Scott bring along best friend James and his new girlfriend Lynne on a trip to Suffolk County to clean out Emilys grandfathers estate, a homestead rife with ghosts both emotional and historical. As the captivating, sinister heritage of the place is teased out in diaries and fireside recounting, the history of these friends is also unearthed and contrasted against the startling occurrences that start happening out there on the darkened moors. Hollow is relatively reserved and slow-burn for most of its running time, but it finds a few singularly chilling sequences as it winds down, blending all of its disparate pieces together to tell a pretty good ghost story.
Theres a little remaining frustration that comes with the ambiguous open-ended, but theres enough here to qualify Hollow as one of the stronger entries in the paranormal FF sweepstakes.
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