It tells the story of three student filmmakers (Heather, Joshua and Michael) who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, their video with most of the footage they shot was discovered a year later.
The Blair Witch project popularised the found footage genre creating a new brand of horror for the rest of the film making industry to jump on the shaky hand held wagon, franchises like the never ending Paranormal Activity and the Rec films are perfect examples, because of its fresh and ingenious style it has been declared a milestone in film history. This is one of those few little horror gems that didn't need a multi-million dollar budget or a scary monster to deliver the chills, filming only lasted 8 days and most of the dialogue was improvised. The Blair Witch project went onto gross $248 million worldwide making it one of the most successful independent movies of all time. The film never shows a witch or even a dark figure, the use of sound in a pitch black forest was enough to scare the world into silence and turn their dreams into nightmares. A ground breaking masterpiece that not only changed the rules of how to scare but created terrifying new ones.
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