‘Man Finds Tape’ Review: Multiple POVs Descend on a Found Footage Nightmare Festering with Originality

‘Man Finds Tape’ Review: Multiple POVs Descend on a Found Footage Nightmare Festering with Originality

With video surveillance and social media at a fever pitch, the time for new takes on found footage is now, and you don’t have to reinvent the smartphone to do it. “Man Finds Tape” uses a traditional lo-fi approach to an elevated horror concept when a strange presence starts zapping minds in the small town of Larkin, Texas. Written and directed by Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman, the supernatural mystery follows siblings Lynn (Kelsey Pribilski) an…

‘Man Finds Tape’ review: Dirs. Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman

Man Finds Tape, from directors Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman, screens at this year's TriBeCa Film Festival.

Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman's "Man Finds Tape" - Tribeca '25 Review

A pair of siblings are torn as to what to make of a surveillance video in this smart, sophisticated horror film made for modern audiences. The post Tribeca 2025 Review: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman’s Eerie Mystery “Man Finds Tape” Gives Pause appeared first on The Moveable Fest.

Tribeca 2025: Man Finds Tape

Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Creepy, atmospheric indie horror should be any given film festival’s cream of the crop. Man Finds Tape perfectly meets this criteria, establishing a trademark eerie mystery with a signature style evolved from the best in the found footage subgenre. This one is less Paranormal Activity than Late Night with the Devil or The Poughkeepsie Tapes, finding a seamless flow in its faux documentary trappings. Writing/directing duo Pa…

Tribeca Film Festival 2025 Review: MAN FINDS TAPE is a Creepy and Impressive Faux-Doc Debut

Man Finds Tape is a faux-documentary horror show like many others…at first. A man finds a tape (duh) and begins chronicling his investigation into strange happenings, ultimately descending into supernatural madness—but familiarity is short-lived. Writers and directors Paul Gandersman and Peter S. Hall have concocted an Eldritchian ode to The X-Files or Supernatural episodes with a backroads Texas twist. It’s cryptic creepypasta for the YouTube g…

‘Man Finds Tape’ Is Fearless Found Footage That Seeks to Disrupt

“Are all monsters a hoax, or is it possible that the monsters that haunt the 21st century hide in plain sight?” Found footage and mockumentary horror films remain wildly polarizing and they’re subgenres where only the most successful or maligned releases seem to get any attention. For some horror audiences, there’s just too much of a buy-in and suspension of disbelief to truly get lost in found footage storytelling. The subgenre’s “simplicity” a…