While certainly not the first movie to use ultra-realism and found footage to enhance its horror, when The Blair Witch Project Prior to The Last Broadcast, audiences had certainly encountered the idea ...

1999’s The Blair Witch Project is a work of fiction that once duped the masses thanks to its viral marketing campaign that led viewers to believe the footage was real. There is no legend of the Blair ...

As one of the first major found footage films, part of what made The Blair Witch Project so frightening was the marketing made audiences think it was real. The official website featured police reports ...

When The Blair Witch Project came out in 1999, it completely took over pop culture, partially due to its inventive marketing, and because of its unique filming style. Using found footage to make a ...

The Blair Witch Project became an instant hit when it premiered in 1999. The horror film, about three film students trapped in the woods and possibly being stalked by some evil force, was terrifying ...

Joe Berlinger’s 2000 sequel to the groundbreaking 1999 found-footage film disappointed audiences and critics, but its core ideas remain intriguing. Reading time 4 minutes “The following is a ...

A new production at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s first ever “found footage horror” stage show. The Dare Witch Project, running August 2 to August 24 at the Voodoo Rooms, brings the ...

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