Exists is a 2014 American found footage monster horror film, directed by Eduardo Sánchez.

[3] The film had its world premiere on March 7, 2014, at South by Southwest, and stars Chris Osborn and Samuel Davis.

Finding the road blocked by a fallen tree, the group continues on foot and reaches the cabin, only to discover that it is dilapidated.

Matt bikes to an area of the woods that has cell phone reception so that he can call for help, but just as he gets through to Bob, he is attacked by the Bigfoot.

[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 22 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Club wrote, "It feels strange to be so dismissive about someone who once commanded wide attention (however much as a fluke) with an indie blockbuster that effectively birthed a lucrative mainstream genre.

[13] Geoff Berkshire from Variety criticized the film's thin characters, and script, writing, "Eschewing the painfully slow-burning suspense and pseudo-realism that helped make Blair Witch a sleeper smash and genre touchstone, Sanchez’s thoroughly conventional approach here does little to elevate a dismally generic script".

[14] Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times was highly critical of the film, calling it "aggressively unimaginative".

Richard Wittaker of Fearnet praised Exists for its editing and score, as they felt that it would help make the movie appeal to people who would not normally like found footage films.

[17] The Austin Chronicle gave a predominantly positive review and commented that while the film held several similarities to Sánchez's The Blair Witch Project, "he evades all those bear traps, returning tension and pathos to the monster movie.