Neither deleted scene has ever been officially released. 90% of that is just darkness and trees. [1] A third, 40-second, trailer was shown before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in June. (Another "dossier" was created for Blair Witch 2). [93], A series of eight young adult books, entitled The Blair Witch Files, were released by Random subsidiary Bantam from 2000 to 2001. Can they escape from the wrath of the demonic Blair Witch? Trying to find Josh, they go to the basement, where an unseen force attacks Mike, causing him to drop his camera. [8][9], According to Heather Donahue, auditions for the film were held at Musical Theater Works in New York City. But, unlike a good trashy slasher, we don't even get any good kill scenes. [31][32] Some of the footage was screened during the Florida Film Festival in June. The marketing success behind “The Blair Witch Project” has been truly eye-opening and definitely worth a valuable lesson or two for any budding marketers out there. [38][39] The film's trailer was leaked on the website Aint It Cool News on April 2, 1999 and the film was screened at 40 colleges in the United States to build word-of-mouth. [7][1] The informal improvisational audition process narrowed the pool of 2,000 actors. The film is heavily credited with reviving the found-footage technique which was later used by similarly successful horror films such as Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield. marathon on Cartoon Network on October 31, 1999. [41][1] Sánchez and Myrick also maintain a website which adds further details to the legend. [46][47] More than $15 million was spent to market the home video release of the film. In this true crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for Joe Berlinger's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000). Several mysterious events over the course of centuries became blamed on an exiled woman named Elly Kedward, who was said to have practiced witchcraft. [89] In 2013, the film also made the top-ten list of The Hollywood Reporter's highest-grossing independent films of all time, ranking number six. There is no reason for this to be 105 minutes. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. Residents blamed these occurrences on the ghost of Elly Kedward, a Blair resident accused of practicing witchcraft in 1785 and sentenced to death by exposure. [5] Despite initial reports that The Last Broadcast creators—Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler—had alleged that The Blair Witch Project was a complete rip-off of their work and would sue Haxan Films for copyright infringement, they repudiated these allegations. [73][74] At the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, the film won the Biggest Disappointment category and received three nominations: Worst Picture (Cowie and Hale), Worst Actress (Donahue), and Worst Screen Debut (Heather, Michael, Josh, the Stick People and the world's longest running batteries). [4] The film expanded nationwide in its third weekend and grossed $29.2 million from 1,101 locations, placing at number two in the United States box office, surpassing the science fiction horror film Deep Blue Sea but behind Runaway Bride. A film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film. Heather was the daughter of Angie Donahue, the granddaughter of Randy Donahue, the sister of James Donahue and the cousin of Cade Merrill. "[28], Post-production fees increased the cost of the film to several hundred thousand dollars before its Sundance debut and, after marketing costs, the total cost of the film has been estimated as ranging between $500,000 and $750,000. Kevin Foxe became executive producer in May 1998 and brought in Clein & Walker, a public relations firm, and the film's official website launched in June 1998, featuring faux police reports as well as "newsreel-style" interviews, and fielding questions about the "missing" students. The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 horror movie and famous paranormal hoax.Purporting to be the "recovered footage" of three documentary filmmakers who vanished in the forests of western Maryland, it was accompanied by one of the first major internet viral marketing campaigns, which served to spread its fakelore far and wide in the months before its release. Heather squishing the camera into a bag of marshmallows at the grocery store. 17 Facts About “The Blair Witch Project” That Will Blow ... the actors believed the Blair Witch legend during filming was due to a Burkittsville local sharing her made-up account of the witch. "[71] R. L. Schaffer of IGN scored it two out of ten, and described it as "boring – really boring", and "a Z-grade, low-rent horror outing with no real scares into a genuine big-budget spectacle". The students hike to Coffin Rock, where five men were found ritualistically murdered in the 19th century. [8][1], Principal photography began on October 23, 1997 in Maryland and lasted eight days, overseen by cinematographer Neal Fredericks. Or you can give in to the treat and savor that rarest of accomplishments in a field notorious for tedium and repetition -- an original horror movie. You can dismiss The Blair Witch Project as a trick. He revisited the franchise with the novel Blair Witch: Graveyard Shift, which features original characters and plot. A sleeper hit, The Blair Witch Project grossed nearly $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time, as well as the 37th most profitable horror film. They meet two fishermen, one of whom warns them that the woods are haunted. [104] The film also inspired the Halloween television special The Scooby-Doo Project, which aired during a Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! [5] Originally, it was hoped that the film would make it on to cable television, and the directors did not anticipate a wide release. Then, James stumbles upon the video, and--believing that he saw an image of his missing sister, Heather, who disappeared in 1994 in the same woods while investigating the legend of the Blair Witch--he assembles a team of friends in search of answers. [27], After becoming a surprise hit at Sundance, during its midnight premiere on January 25, 1999, Artisan Entertainment bought the distribution rights for $1.1 million. A few scenes were filmed in the historic town of Burkittsville. [15] Donahue had never operated a camera before and spent two days in a "crash course". They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, and interview residents about the legend. [66] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a total of four stars, and called it "an extraordinarily effective horror film". At E3 2019, Bloober Team introduced Blair Witch, a first-person survival horror game based on the Blair Witch franchise. The namesake for the production company is Benjamin Christensen's 1922 silent documentary horror film Häxan (English: Witchcraft Through the Ages). They come across a river identical to one they crossed earlier and realize they have walked in a circle. (Donahue screams in terror and finds Michael C. Williams facing a corner in the basement before she is knocked to the ground. The missing map is no longer missing. [55], —Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times[56], The Blair Witch Project drew positive reviews from critics. 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Now, more and more, as James and his team find themselves trapped in the epicentre of the evil activity, the blood-curdling legend of the wicked sorceress seems real. The unseen force attacks Heather, causing her to drop her camera, and the footage ends. [40], The backstory for the film is a legend fabricated by Sánchez and Myrick which is detailed in the Curse of the Blair Witch, a mockumentary broadcast on the SciFi Channel on July 12, 1999. Mike reveals he kicked the map into a creek out of frustration, which prompts the other two to attack him in rage as they realize they are now lost. The whole film is presented as if it were an unedited documentary, filmed by the protagonists, and as such the shooting style resembles that of an amateur documentary or a home movie. Whichever forces are at work in the forest results in the hikers becoming lost and desperate to go home. “Blair Witch is easily one of the best psychological horror games…” 9/10 – God is a Geek “Bloober Team’s Blair Witch is the best entry in the franchise since the original The Blair Witch Project.” 9/10 – Rely On Horror “Blair Witch is one of the most successfully terrifying horror games I’ve ever played.” 8.8/10 – IGN Andrew Sarris of The New York Observer deemed it "overrated," as well as a rendition of "the ultimate triumph of the Sundance scam: Make a heartless home movie, get enough critics to blurb in near unison 'scary,' and watch the suckers flock to be fleeced". The Curse of the Blair Witch presents the legend as real, complete with manufactured newspaper articles, newsreels, television news reports, and staged interviews. [37] By August 1999, the website had received 160 million hits. [1], For its television premiere in October 2001 on the FX Channel, two deleted scenes were reinserted during the end credits of the film. For their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true. Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. [92], After the film was released, in late November 1999, the historic house where it was filmed was reportedly being overwhelmed by film fans who broke off chunks as souvenirs. They were given individual instructions to use to help improvise the action of the day. After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch. They developed a 35-page screenplay with the dialogue to be improvised. A never before available outrageous, over the top, unrated parody of the Blair Witch Project starring Linda Blair. [1] These augmented the film's found footage device to spark debates across the Internet over whether the film was a real-life documentary or a work of fiction. 11 of 21 people found this review helpful. However, Wingard has said that although his version does not reference any of the events that transpired in Book of Shadows, the film does not necessarily discredit the existence of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. [22], In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Sánchez revealed that when principal photography first wrapped, approximately $20,000 to $25,000 had been spent. The audio commentary presents directors Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez, and producers Rob Cowie, Mike Monello and Gregg Hale, in which they discuss the film's production. So, the "monster fodder" were all annoying twats and I couldn't wait for them to die. Then, James stumbles upon the video, and--believing that he saw an image of his missing sister, Heather, who disappeared in 1994 in the same woods while investigating the legend of the Blair Witch--he assembles a team of friends in search of answers. They theorize that his screams are a fabrication by the witch to draw them out of their tent. [5] The final version was submitted to Sundance Film Festival. [51] The film expanded further to 2,142 theaters and again finished in second place with a gross of $24.3 million in its fourth weekend, behind another horror film The Sixth Sense. [23] By September 2016, The Blair Witch Project has been officially budgeted at $60,000. [42], The legend describes the killings and disappearances of some of the residents of Blair, Maryland (a fictitious town on the site of Burkittsville, Maryland) from the 18th to 20th centuries. They again hear strange sounds that night, including children laughing. [100] The game was released on August 30, 2019. Add the first question. [102], The Blair Witch Project inspired a number of parody films, including The Bogus Witch Project, The Tony Blair Witch Project (both 2000), and The Blair Thumb (2001),[103] as well as the pornographic films The Erotic Witch Project[103] and The Bare Wench Project. Some critics have also noted that the film's basic plot premise and narrative style are strikingly similar to Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and The Last Broadcast (1998). As it turns out, the original witch was one Elly Kedward, who was accused in 1785 of taking blood from several children; she was subsequently banished to the harsh winter woods and left for dead. He tells them of a young girl named Robin Weaver, who went missing in 1888; when she returned three days later, she talked about "an old woman whose feet never touched the ground." New Blair Witch is not scary at all, just really, really nervous. [5] While film students at the University of Central Florida, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez were inspired to make the film after realizing that they found documentaries on paranormal phenomena scarier than traditional horror films. In order to produce the project, they, along with Gregg Hale, Robin Cowie and Michael Monello, started Haxan Films. Pre-production began on October 5, 1997 and Michael Monello became a co-producer. It's my two least favorite things: found footage and a reboot. With James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott. Although Cannibal Holocaust director Rugger… Use the HTML below. The first Blair Witch Project was a cultural landmark.We’ve covered this in the past.But no movie that grosses $250 million against a budget of $60,000 is immune to the terrors of Hollywood. Heather and Mike try in vain to find him before proceeding. [93], In 2000, Gathering of Developers released a trilogy of computer games based on the film, which greatly expanded on the myths first suggested in the film. It expanded nationwide on July 30. The witch is described by one woman as being covered in black fur which is concealed beneath a wool shawl, and by another account having long spindly limbs. If you want to feel jittery for an hour, might I recommend a nice, big cup of cafe Cubano instead? 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You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. For instance, several character names are near-anagrams: Elly Kedward (The Blair Witch) is Edward Kelley, a 16th-century mystic, and Rustin Parr, the fictional 1940s child-murderer, began as an anagram for Rasputin. [86] In 2016, it was ranked by IGN as number 21 on their list of Top 25 Horror Movies of All Time,[87] number 16 on Cosmopolitan's 25 Scariest Movies of All Time,[88] and number three on The Hollywood Reporter's 10 Scariest Movies of All Time. When The Blair Witch Project premiered at the Sundance Film Festival at midnight on January 23, 1999, its promotional marketing campaign listed the actors as either "missing" or "deceased". [18][19] It was initially intended for the figure to be revealed on camera as the Blair Witch herself, but the cameraman forgot to pan to the left of Donahue to capture footage of Moreno. [21], In September 1999, D. A. Stern compiled The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier. Just yelping and crying snot-faces. [26], After filming, the 20 hours of raw footage had to be cut down to two and a half hours; the editing process took more than eight months. Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. ®, ™ & © 2019 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. and related companies. Now, more and more, as James and his team find themselves trapped in the epicentre of the evil activity, the blood-curdling legend of the wicked sorceress seems real. She tries to learn what really happened to Heather, Mike, and Josh. Special features include the documentary Curse of the Blair Witch, a five-minute Newly Discovered Footage, audio commentary, production notes, and cast and crew biographies. That night, they hear the sound of twigs snapping. The film entered production in October 1997, with the principal photography taking place in Maryland for eight days. The Blair Witch Project is a movie with nearly as many funny moments as there are scary ones. Written and illustrated by Cece Malvey, the comic was released in conjunction of the film. The Blair Witch Project's ending has haunted horror fans for years, but what really happened in the movie's chilling final scene? Why should we let you out on parole?" 1:45? "[58] On Metacritic, the film received "universal acclaim" and was awarded its "Must-See" badge, with a weighted average of 81 out of 100 based on 33 reviews. In the morning, they find that three cairns have been built around their tent. [97] The following volumes, The Legend of Coffin Rock and The Elly Kedward Tale, were less well received, with PC Gamer saying that Volume 2's "only saving grace was its cheap price",[98] and calling Volume 3 "amazingly mediocre".[99]. Ultimately, they decided to keep the original. The graphics engine and characters were all derived from the producer's earlier game Nocturne. [12] The Blair Witch is said to be, according to legend, the ghost of Elly Kedward, a woman banished from the Blair Township (latter-day Burkittsville) for witchcraft in 1785. [1], USA Today reported that The Blair Witch Project was the first film to go viral despite having been produced before many of the technologies that facilitate such phenomena existed. [4][28] The Blair Witch Project was the 10th highest-grossing film in the US in 1999,[53] and has earned the reputation of becoming a sleeper hit. Heather later attended Montgomery College, studying filmmaking. [6], Myrick and Sánchez developed a 35-page screenplay for their fictional film, intending dialogue to be improvised. View production, box office, & company info. Heather lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, and attended Wheaton High School. Owing to its successful run at Sundance, Artisan Entertainment bought the film's distribution rights for $1.1 million. [112] In September 2016, screenwriter Simon Barrett explained that in writing the new film, he only considered material that was produced with the involvement of the original film's creative team (directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, producer Gregg Hale, and production designer Ben Rock) to be "canon", and that he did not take any material produced without their direct involvement—such as the first sequel Book of Shadows or The Blair Witch Files, a series of young adult novels—into consideration when writing the new sequel. (2016). [17] Richard Corliss of Time magazine reported a $35,000 estimated budget. The first ending kept the audience off balance; it challenged our real world conventions and that's what really made it scary. Donahue said that during the audition, Myrick and Sánchez posed her the question: "You've served seven years of a nine year sentence. [41], The Blair Witch Project premiered as a Midnight Screening on Saturday, January 23, 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival, and opened Wednesday, July 14, 1999 at the Angelika Film Center in New York City before expanding to 25 cities at the weekend. The directors screened the first cut in small film festivals in order to get feedback and make changes that would ensure that it appealed to as large an audience as possible. [43], The Blair Witch Project was released on VHS and DVD on October 22, 1999[44][45] by Artisan, presented in a 1.33:1 windowboxed aspect ratio and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio. [54], Because the filming was done by the actors using hand-held cameras, much of the footage is shaky, especially the final sequence in which a character is running down a set of stairs with the camera. This FAQ is empty. Locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who lived in the woods and kidnapped seven children in the 1940s, supposedly killing them all in his basement on the orders of the witch, murdering them in pairs of two while having one stand in a corner. [13], The directors also cited influences such as the television series In Search of..., and horror documentary films Chariots of the Gods and The Legend of Boggy Creek. Although distraught, she chooses not to tell Mike. 20 years ago, 'The Blair Witch Project' a small budget movie of handheld camerawork terrified early Internet audiences who thought it was real. They again hear Josh's agonized cries and follow them to an abandoned house containing demonic symbols and children's bloody hand-prints on the walls. In October 1994, film students Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch. [16], During filming, the actors were equipped with CP-16 film and Hi8 video cameras provided by cinematographer Neal Fredericks. Building on the film's "true story" angle, the dossier consisted of fabricated police reports, pictures, interviews, and newspaper articles presenting the film's premise as fact, as well as further elaboration on the Elly Kedward and Rustin Parr legends. An array of other films have relied on the found-footage concept and shown influence by The Blair Witch Project. There is no story arc. [49] Best Buy and Lionsgate had an exclusive release of the Blu-ray made available on August 29, 2010. Michael DeCoto, the film professor, consider… Development of The Blair Witch Project began in 1993. The Blair Witch Project 3 Moves Forward Says Eduardo Sanchez. 3 The Blair Witch Crew With a little ingenuity (and a couple of twigs), two greenhorns scared up the year's biggest film Read More to which she had to respond. Directed by Adam Wingard. The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield differ from the standard shooting style in several different ways.. That night, they hear Josh's agonized screams but are unable to locate him. [96], The first volume, Rustin Parr, received the most praise, ranging from moderate to positive, with critics commending its storyline, graphics and atmosphere; some reviewers even claimed that the game was scarier than the film. [72], The 20th Golden Raspberry Awards gave Heather Donahue its Worst Actress award, and nominated producers Robin Cowie and Gregg Hale for the Worst Picture award. [76] The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award awarded The Blair Witch Project its Best Film. The scene was never reshot. The directors incorporated that part of the legend, along with allusions to the Salem witch trials and Arthur Miller's 1953 play The Crucible, to play on the themes of injustice done to those who were classified as witches. They camp for the night, and the next day, find an old cemetery with seven small cairns. The books center on Cade Merill, a fictional cousin of Heather Donahue, who investigates phenomena related to the Blair Witch. Some of the townspeople interviewed in the film were not actors, and some were planted actors, unknown to the main cast. The Blair Witch Project follows three genuinely interesting young people into the forest while filming a documentary on witchcraft. After an unknown force shakes the tent, they flee in panic and hide in the woods until dawn. Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews and buy The Blair Witch Project for £3.99. Upon returning to their tent, they find that their possessions have been rifled through, and Josh's equipment is covered with slime. Nick Riganas. All Rights Reserved. A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself. Heather enters the basement screaming, and her camera captures Mike standing in a corner. I would say the characters were annoying, but they didn't bother to make any characters. If Movies Were Real: What is the worst fictional movie to be in, without knowing what will happen? The Blair Witch was a legendary being in Burkittsville, Maryland. Some audience members experienced motion sickness and even vomited as a result. With Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin. [77], An array of other films have relied on the found-footage concept and shown influence by The Blair Witch Project. [106][107] A third installment announced that same year did not materialize. [20], The final scenes were filmed at the historic Griggs House, a 200-year-old building located in the Patapsco Valley State Park near Granite, Maryland. Myrick said, "What makes us fearful is something that's out of the ordinary, unexplained. They decide to head south, using Mike's compass and discover humanoid stick figures suspended from trees. Though it has the strong potential to bore viewers out due to its slow-burn trait treatment. [14] The documentary was aired on the television series Split Screen hosted by John Pierson on August 6, 1998. About 20 hours of footage was shot, which was edited down to 82 minutes. [61], The Blair Witch Project's found-footage technique received near-universal praise. Padraig Cotter Mar 7, 2019. [79] Some critics have also noted that the film's basic plot premise and narrative style are strikingly similar to Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and The Last Broadcast (1998). 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