Since watching ‘Blair Witch Project’ I’ve always had mixed emotions towards POV films, but they have played an increasing part in horror movies as camera technology became more mobile. And if you’re not the type to suffer from vertigo it may be one of the better tools of storytelling.

The reason I say that is as a childhood book nerd and current wannabe author and fan of scary movies, one thing that really brings you into the mind of the character is first person view writing.

Normally a film is told from a narrators point of view but in after watching ‘Jeruzalem’ recently I found it utilised the idea of what is essentially a horror tale where POV from just the one characters perspective helped give the movie a more tangible feel to what was happening. Jeruzalem by the way I found quite entertaining for its religious themed horror (ooh, nephelim).

Of course there have been other movies such as ‘Cloverfield’ and my most recently watched example of parts of the ‘V/H/S’ series using first person camera work, first person storytelling in film is starting to make its mark.

Just a few thoughts but if anyone reading has any other movie suggestions in the same vein please share 😆