Evil Things
On January 9, 2009, five college students left New York City for a weekend in the country. 48 hours later, all five students have simply vanished without a trace. There were no leads and no evidence - until now.
Why it matters
A raw, found-footage descent into rural terror that taps into the late-2000s obsession with digital-age disappearance and unseen menace.
- Early example of found-footage horror pushing isolation and ambiguity over gore
- Captures the eerie dread of being cut off from urban safety, a theme ripe for the era’s post-9/11 anxieties
- No monster reveal—terror lives in what’s implied, making it a slow-burn study in paranoia
- For fans of The Blair Witch Project’s influence and those who appreciate low-budget tension over jump scares
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
14
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
Found Footage
