Afflicted is a 2013 Canadian found footage horror film written and directed by Derek Lee and Clif Prowse.

Lee and Prowse star as two friends whose goal to film themselves traveling the world is cut short when one of them contracts a mysterious disease.

Childhood friends Clif and Derek decide to venture around the world and film their travel web series Ends of the Earth.

At a vineyard, Derek has an extreme reaction to sunlight and flees indoors covered in burns.

Interpol agents arrive to arrest Derek, forcing him to escape with Clif's camera bag.

In Maurice's apartment, Derek finds a bloodstained saw and an old black and white photograph of Audrey.

GIGN storms the apartment, and Derek is shot to near-death before entering a frenzied state.

In the ensuing fight, Audrey overpowers Derek and urges him to feed every four to five days, lest he become inhuman again and turn into something that kills indiscriminately and daily.

[2] Funding was raised through a small grant and through Prowse and Lee's family and friends.

[5] The movie's original concept was initially planned to be a web series akin to Lonelygirl15 or Marble Hornets, where the two would make posts and upload videos that would seem ordinary but grow more bizarre over time.

[5][6] They commented that their choice to star as the film's protagonists helped make the process easier, as it allowed them more freedom to shoot and re-shoot scenes.

Germain Lussier of www.slashfilm.com wrote, "The Afflicted trailer might be one of the best "Hollywood" has released in a long time.

The site's consensus reads: "It isn't without its share of clichés, but Afflicted proves there's still life in the found-footage horror genre".

[8] We Got This Covered rated the film favorably, as the film did not deal with "zombies, plagues, or flesh-eating viruses" and had "beautiful cinematography and clear, crisp pictures" as opposed to "swirling cameramen trying to give us motion sickness".