Found footage films are usually at their best when they keep the authenticity high and the complexity low, with the best of the best found footage movies favoring chilling simplicity above all else. The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity are two of the all-time greats for a reason, both stripped down, low-budget found footage efforts that still terrify to this day.
Filmmaker Dutch Marich has been tapping into those vibes with his own bone chilling found footage franchise, which kicked off with Horror in the High Desert in 2021 and now continues this year with sequel Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva. The unsettling found footage franchise delves into mysterious disappearances in the Nevada wilderness.
These deeply effective found footage movies bring maximum terror with their minimal approaches to the sub-genre, and they’re BOTH now streaming on SCREAMBOX today!
Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva is a SCREAMBOX EXCLUSIVE!
Dutch Marich’s small scale found footage gems have a level of authenticity to them that the sub-genre rarely delivers, and it’s because they feel so real that they’re able to seep into your bones and chill you to your very core. All of us here are Bloody Disgusting are big fans of both Horror in the High Desert and its sequel, and we’re thrilled to bring them to BD’s SCREAMBOX.
Turn the lights completely off, turn the surround sound volume all the way up, and stream Horror in the High Desert and Horror in the High Desert 2 on SCREAMBOX tonight.
The two Horror in the High Desert movies make for a pitch perfect triple feature with Robbie Banfitch’s The Outwaters, which is also now streaming on SCREAMBOX.
As Banfitch notes, the triple feature delivers “a low-fi desert meltdown” like no other.
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In the original Horror in the High Desert (2021), “In July 2017, outdoor enthusiast Gary Hinge went missing in northern Nevada. He was never located. Friends and loved ones recall the events and, for the first time, talk about the horrific conclusion to his fate.”
And in Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (2023), “In 2018 a string of tragedies unfolded in Northeastern Nevada. A woman was found dead and another would vanish along the same stretch of remote highway. Could these events be linked to the disappearance of Gary Hinge?”
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