The Gallows

Found footage horror isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so the best we can do is embrace it and hope for the best. The new trailer for The Gallows features all of the tropes we’ve come to associate with this kind of movie, from extreme close-ups of crying faces to obnoxious teenagers getting yanked through the air by invisible forces. But hey, when these things work, they work. It’s the execution that matters.

After watching this intense teaser, I sincerely hope that the fine folks at Blumhouse Productions do not release another trailer for The Gallows. Work whatever other marketing magic must be worked, but this teaser is seriously more than enough to get people in theater seats. The people who brought you Paranormal Activity and Insidious are at it again with their latest, a film that looks like it picked up the right tips from its predecessors.