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The Blair Witch Project

Play trailer 1:11 Poster for The Blair Witch Project R Released Jan 25, 1999 1h 27m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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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Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times Switching back and forth adds to the feeling someone actually did find both the cameras and their contents a few years later... Sep 30, 2024 Full Review Joe Clay Times (UK) 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. Apr 4, 2024 Full Review Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal The scariest shots, from someone's little Hi-8 camcorder, document the students losing their bearings, giving way to panic and finally falling victim, though off screen, to some ineffably, unphotographably evil presence. Dec 13, 2014 Full Review Sayantan Gayen CBR The movie's ambiguous open-ending is one of the best in the genre. Rated: 7/10 Jul 31, 2024 Full Review Sarah Vincent AwardsWatch People deride the shaky camera and not seeing anything happen, which is a valid complaint, but it is also revisionist history. The lack of clarity was part of the charm of the movie. Jul 23, 2024 Full Review John Brhel Vague Visages The Blair Witch Project isn’t a horror film experience on par with ‘The Exorcist’ or ‘The Shining,’ but that’s not a fair comparison. It’s an experience all its own. Jun 5, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Brian A The best found footage horror movie ever made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/02/24 Full Review Aaron B yep.. still terrifying Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Audience M A film that has almost become as much of a legend as it’s mythical antagonist who you never accuse meet. While the jerky home-video filming style and the characters’ decisions can be frustrating, The Blair Witch Project almost single-handily kickstarted the found-footage subgenre, filling audiences worldwide with the terrifying sense that this seemed a little too real for fiction. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review M W It was a film, we watched it. Did it have on the edge of my seat? Yes. Did I poop my pants? Not even close. The ending was unsatisfactory, not worth the wait and left a lot to be desired. Although it is a classic for someone who was born before 1920, common sense makes this no fun and completely unrealistic. We do not understand how people were/are terrified to go to sleep as a result of this film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review paul l Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez made a truly crappy movie here people. The movie is just three people lost in the woods screaming at the top of their lungs at everything including each other. Even the ending is the worst I've seen in a horror film. The last standing simply falls over and that's the end of the movie. You DO NOT see anything supernatural, only creepy items and landscaping, and less than ten minutes of creepy audio. It feels like it's one of the lowest budget movies I have ever seen. Was only considered good in the past because it was the pioneer to found film horror. Would tell all my friends that its 57ish minutes of useless screaming in a forest with the remaining film time leading up to wasting all of the audience's time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Sams K All the people saying it's so scary, c'mon folks this is so mid... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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