It looks like footage shot by the characters themselves and found by someone later. The shaking, missed focus and cuts make it feel more real.
Low-budget horror, when you want it to look like a true story, vlog and YouTube-format horror.
Official preset available — Higgsfield 'Handheld' (shake), Veo 'Handheld or shaky cam'. Public AI examples available — a Melies 'Found Footage' prompt example, and a tutorial on making ghost-video footage with Veo 3 (Jerrod Lew).
Found footage horror style, shaky handheld camcorder footage of two hikers walking through a dark forest at night, grainy low-light noise, timestamp in the corner, the camera swings toward a strange sound, 24mm lens, only a headlamp for light, tense mood, 6-second shot.
found footage, consumer camcorder held by a scared teenager, shaky handheld, autofocus hunting, timestamp in the corner, night in the woods, flashlight beam, heavy breathing close to the mic
The Blair Witch Project (1999) — The 'found footage' shot by the characters was filmed on a Hi8 camcorder, and it made found footage horror known to the public (Wikipedia) · Paranormal Activity (2007) — Told as video from cameras a couple set up to record a presence in their home (Wikipedia)