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Feb 1, 2023 · Computer screen films or “Screenlife” films, a name coined by director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, are a subcategory of found-footage movies that play out entirely through computer...
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- The Collingswood Story (2002) One of the first examples of the genre, The Collingswood Story is as experimental as any pioneering film. Thus, it might end up not being your cup of tea.
- The Den (2013) Online video chat services such as Omegle and Chatroulette can be pretty spooky. While jumping from one chat to the other, you can always stumble upon trolls doing some legitimately disturbing things and don’t even get me started on the unsolicited nudity.
- Profile (2018) Based on the non-fiction book In the Skin of a Jihadist, by Anna Erelle, Profile is one of the few non-horror films on this list. However, this doesn’t mean that this thriller isn't disturbing, albeit in a completely different, more realistic way.
- Missing. The newest addition to the genre, Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick’s Missing is a harrowing tale about a young girl trying to find her mother miles away from home.
- Megan Is Missing (2011) - 4.6. Megan Is Missing is one of the first modern computer screen films, as it takes place only through video chats on computers and cell phones.
- Open Windows (2014) - 5.2. In Open Windows, a big-time actress cancels a dinner she's supposed to have with a contest-winning fan. However, the fan, (Elijah Wood) gets more than he bargained for when a mysterious man gives him access to the actresses' life via the cameras in her laptop and phone.
- The Collingswood Story (2002) - 5.3. Three years after The Blair Witch Project and years before YouTube and Skype dominated viewers' lives, filmmaker Mike Costanza created The Collingswood Story, which takes place solely on webcams through a character's computer, pretty much starting the computer screen genre before it was a thing.
- Unfriended (2014) - 5.5. Unfriended was the first mainstream computer screen movie hit when released in 2014. Taking place solely through screen share, Unfriended revolves around friends on a group video call who seem to be haunted by the ghost of a bullied classmate who took their own life.
Jun 25, 2021 · The burgeoning movie subgenre often known as screenlife films, which take place entirely on laptop and phone screens, is a response to our highly online lives spent locked in on our devices.
Screenlife or computer screen film is a film format known as visual storytelling where all the movie events occur on the computer, tablet or smartphone screen. It became popular in the 2010s with the growing impact of the Internet.
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Feb 13, 2023 · These movies told exclusively through a screen elevate the found footage genre and show us more modern takes on our digital existence.
Jan 14, 2022 · With Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera. 25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
