In the world of found footage horrors, The Blair Witch Project (1999) has created a benchmark of its own. Actors Heather ...

Illustration by Tala Safie; Photos via Artisan Entertainment and Getty Images Initially shot for just $35,000, “The Blair Witch Project” grossed almost $250 million, then a record for an indie ...

Joshua Leonard, one of the main stars of the original The Blair Witch Project, is slamming the recently ... have been using a screengrab of his face from the 1999 film to promote the remake ...

The Blair Witch Project is arguably the poster child for found footage horror, believed to be real when it was first released and still holding up years later as a terrifying film. Yet it somehow ...

Every found footage fan knows the genre shifted on its axis with 1999’s The Blair Witch Project. Borrowing foundational elements from The McPherson Tape (UFO Abduction) and Cannibal Holocaust ...

Ask most people what The Blair Witch Project’s about, and you’ll get some variation on “a group of student filmmakers become lost in the woods and get hunted by a witch.” But The Blair ...

Despite his face being used for promotional materials ... “There were many factors that made [Blair Witch Project] a success: timing, marketing, etc. But there was also the FACT that us weirdos ...

The Blair Witch Project has, they whine, brought a flood of tourists to the tiny town, all of them desperate to see some spooky stuff, rather like those buses of Japanese still looking for Hugh ...

The Blair Witch Project eventually became a phenomenon, introducing the world to the concept of “found footage” horror. The film’s slow pace, relentless authenticity, and controlling ...