The Blair Witch Project

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The Blair Witch Project

R

1999

1h 27m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Found video footage tells the tale of three film students (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams) who've traveled to a small town to collect documentary footage about the Blair Witch, a legendary local murderer. Over the course of several days, the students interview townspeople and gather clues to support the tale's veracity. But the project takes a frightening turn when the students lose their way in the woods and begin hearing horrific noises.

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Critics Consensus

Full of creepy campfire scares, mock-doc The Blair Witch Project keeps audiences in the dark about its titular villain, proving once more that imagination can be as scary as anything onscreen.

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Xan Brooks

Independent (UK)

12/20/2024

It's like Video Nation gone horribly astray -- rawly dealt, poorly paced, yet with a definite voyeuristic appeal.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

09/30/2024

Switching back and forth adds to the feeling someone actually did find both the cameras and their contents a few years later...

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Joe Clay

The Times (UK)

04/04/2024

So convincing was this clever, chilling fake documentary that Donahue’s mother received sympathy cards from people who believed that her daughter was actually dead or missing.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18

10/10

The poor footage quality, total amateur filming style and distant audio sound coupled with the setting of the New England woods, holds up well. While it lacks the polish and delivery that a true filmmaker’s film would deliver, it’s supposed to.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 9

4/5

A success thanks to its restraint, the subtle, creeping terror of what lurks in the woods remains just as effective years later as when Blair Witch Project was first unleashed.

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Niall Browne

Movies in Focus

Jul 21

4/5

No sequel or remake will ever match the power of what The Blair Witch Project managed to do a quarter of a century ago.

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Brian A

10/02/2024

The best found footage horror movie ever made.

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Aaron B

02/11/2024

yep.. still terrifying

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Cameron H.

@RT33349020 16h

This is my favorite horror movie ever made! The atmosphere was so eerie I loved it

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Michelle M.

@MeeshkaRitz 2d

Giant disappointment.

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Nicolas J

@RT04474315 5d

Masterpiece. Never repeated as it's mostly due to the actors impro. Still amazing.

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 14

This is an interesting movie. It started the "found footage" trend and it's easy to tell why. This movie is so eerie and unsettling to watch. Even though you know it's not real, it feels so real that it's scary and makes you want to keep watching. The acting is absolutely amazing. So much of the movie feels real because the acting is good and the actors were placed in a similar situation as the characters in the movie. The absence of score or music also makes me it feel more real. But the sequences shot at night were the scariest scenes. The scene where they are in the house, and you realize what's happening is so eerie. It's all about what you don't see than what you do. That's where I think the movie really shines. Letting your imagination picture what happened or didn't happen. Unfortunately, if you don't have an imagination, you might not get as much enjoyment out of the creepy scenes. Overall, scary, eerie, unsettling, and creepy, every horror fan should give this movie a

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Synopsis

Found video footage tells the tale of three film students (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams) who've traveled to a small town to collect documentary footage about the Blair Witch, a legendary local murderer. Over the course of several days, the students interview townspeople and gather clues to support the tale's veracity. But the project takes a frightening turn when the students lose their way in the woods and begin hearing horrific noises.

Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Producer: Robin Cowie, Greg Hale
Screenwriter: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Production Co: Haxan Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $140.5M
Runtime: 1h 27m

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