★★★★★RELEASED OUT NOW! 2014 | 15 | Blu-ray Director Elliot Goldner Cast Gordon Kennedy, Robin Hill, Aidan McArdle, Luke Neal
BLU-RAY DEBUT You’d be forgiven for skipping this British horror when it debuted. Not only was it a found-footage film emerging when enthusiasm for the genre had all but burned out, but it was saddled with a bland title and a clichéd poster (a Cabin In The Woodsriffing Rubik’s Cube church.)
A decade on, The Borderlands has acquired a cult following, with good reason. For starters, it’s a rare found footage film with bulletproof reasoning behind the conceit, centred on a team of Vatican investigators as they look into strange events in a recently reopened church. All three wear headcams to document the process, and key locations are fitted with CCTV.