Professor Victor continues working through his “to-watch” list created by YOU via your recommendations in the comments! This week, he watches “Late Night with the Devil” for the first time and determines if it is worthy of being on the Syllabus!

Professor Victor continues working through his “to-watch” list created by YOU via your recommendations in the comments! This week, he watches “Butterfly Kisses” for the first time and determines if it is worthy of being on the Syllabus!

Professor Victor continues working through his “to-watch” list created by YOU via your recommendations in the comments! This week, he watches “One Cut of the Dead” for the first time and determines if it is worthy of being on the Syllabus!

From Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds to This is Spinal Tap, the mockumentary has managed to entertain—whether it be by making us laugh or by scaring us into thinking that the events are real. The Horror Movie Syllabus looks at three sterling examples of mockumentary horror films, along with a couple of notable “extra credit” mockumentaries that you should check out.

By now the shaky-cam style and loosely scripted stories of the found footage sub-genre are quite familiar and rather well-worn. However, the best found footage movies still manage to make an impact. The Horror Movie Syllabus examines three such movies, along with a few “extra credit” examples, and discusses why they stand out above the rest.