10 Incredibly Harrowing Documentaries/ Mockumentaries You Need To Watch
By Michael Koh
1. The Curse
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilHmpETJgZ0&w=584&h=390]
Or in Japanese: Noroi, this found-footage style documentary that’s actually a movie is directed by Koji Shiraishi. The main cast numbers well over 20, and the plot itself is incredibly complex.
2. Deliver Us From Evil
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scW90Q6Z_OM&w=584&h=390]
This documentary tells the true story of a priest that molested and raped 25 children from the 1970s to 1990s. That is truly horrifying.
3. Titicut Follies
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3NLw2IPPw&w=584&h=390]
A documentary was made in 1967 about the criminally insane housed in Bridgewater State Hospital. To be able to have a peek, no matter how small, of the state of the inmates’ minds is still incredibly unnerving.
4. Lake Mungo
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ISuVvP-XI&w=584&h=390]
A horror mockumentary, Lake Mungo details the haunting events the take place after a young girl drowns in a nearby lake.
5. Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZ-ERQczj8&w=584&h=390]
An absolutely heartbreaking documentary that provided an insight to the conditions of a Bulgarian care home.. When the BBC aired this, the nation mobilized to save these children and petitioned the government to help aid them.
6. Philosophy of a Knife
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A Russian-American horror film that uses archival footage to depict the atrocities of Unit 731, Japan’s covert biological and chemical warfare research development unit.
7. Sound of Insects
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glIEUPAKucE&w=584&h=390]
A man slowly starves himself in the forest. The documentary is based on his diary.
8. The Killing Of America
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-knbqmXn0&w=584&h=390]
A little dated, but it captures the decline of America. Prepare yourself.
9. Camp 14: Total Control Zone
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKzGrf81cRg&w=584&h=390]
An insight into the prison camps of the North Korean regime.
10. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPkHhIS3qmY&w=584&h=390]
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