From low-budget splatter flicks to studio favorites, horror is a malleable genre capable of revealing the depths of human darkness.

From genre-defining touchstones like 'The Blair Witch Project' to modern classics like 'Creep', here are Entertainment Weekly's picks for the 25 best found footage movies of all time, ranked.

These are the best films – according to critics, or awards bodies, or members of the public. But what happens when this verdict is simply off base? Throughout the decades, there have been countless examples of films that have received vast amounts of eager praise disproportionate to the actual merits of the film itself.