The Blair Witch Project
Directed by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
This modern horror classic follows three filmmakers exploring a Maryland forest in search of proof that the urban legends locals tell about the “Blair Witch” could be true. But what seems at first like a lark quickly becomes a journey into heart-stopping terror. As the three become inexplicably lost and start turning on each other, their tapes begin documenting what could be the final moments of their lives. Even after spawning a generation of found footage fright films, the original BWP still holds up as low-budget masterclass in the horror of the unseen. Contains strong language.
In 1994, three students disappeared while shooting a documentary. A year later, their footage was found.
Cast: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Wiliiams, Joshua Leonard
Member Reviews
I love this movie! Saw it when it first came out and it spooked me big time! Watching it brings back memories of the early internet days
Wow. . . lots of negativity for a film that (like it or not) will linger in history because it was groundbreaking. It's not the first FF film but it was well marketed in 1999 (I too saw it in theatres), and it plays with our minds and hearts through a clever "hide and seek" approach to the "villain". We never really see the Blair Witch (or do we ;), and yet we a surrounded by her. The film does well in what it aims to do. I love it for what it is and it will be remembered accordingly.
still holds up
I was one of the unlucky people who was scammed by this piece of garbage when it came out in theaters years ago claiming to be a true story and touched off the found-footage horror subgenre, which has produced only about two good films (The Devil's Doorway, The Conjuring, and V/H/S, if you consider that a found footage). Nothing to see here, folks. Just a few people with a camcorder being stupid in the woods. Literally nothing happens at the end. Don't listen to the fools who consider this a 5-skull movie.
Its a classic for a reason.