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Lost Tapes (2008)

Lost Tapes poster
Genre
found footage film
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 34 episodes
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Each episode presents reenacted found footage of people having traumatic encounters with monsters like Bigfoot and chupacabras. The show treats these events as if they were real discoveries.

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What happens

Lost Tapes is an American fiction television series that aired on Animal Planet. Produced by Go Go Luckey Entertainment, the program presents reenacted found footage depicting traumatic encounters with creatures cryptozoological, supernatural, mythological or extraterrestrial. Creatures featured include Bigfoot, the chupacabra, vampires, werewolves, and reptilians. The pilot ("Chupacabra") aired on Animal Planet on October 30, 2008, for Halloween, but the series officially premiered on January 6, 2009. Animal Planet commissioned a second season, which premiered on September 29, 2009. Season 3 premiered on September 28, 2010, with episodes featuring creatures such as zombies and the Kraken. The show also used to air on Planet Green. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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