Area 51

Area 51 (2015) is a found-footage sci-fi horror film you can watch online on iFILM. It comes from Oren Peli, the filmmaker who launched the Paranormal Activity franchise.

Three young conspiracy buffs decide to break into America's most secretive military site. Their camera stays on the whole time. What starts as a reckless dare fueled by beer and alien theories slowly turns into a place they cannot walk back out of. Reid Warner leads, with Ben Rovner and Darrin Bragg along for a night that goes very wrong inside the perimeter fence.

The scares here come from creeping dread and pitch-black corridors rather than big effects. You see only what the characters' shaky lenses catch, which is part of the trick. Good pick if you prefer slow-burn paranoia and a homemade, you-are-there feel over loud jump cuts. Stream Area 51 (2015) online on iFILM.