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The Blair Witch Project

Everything you've heard is true.

1999 · 1h 21m · R Horror, Mystery
Directed by Daniel Myrick , Eduardo Sánchez

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Overview

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

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All reviews
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh

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.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh

Whenever night falls, the movie takes off, but in a slow creep, with all your childhood fears of the dark suddenly revealing themselves as absolutely reasonable.

Paul Tatara, CNN.com
Fresh

The very crudeness of the film stock and technique contribute mightily to the feeling that things are out of control, disoriented and possibly subject to unnatural laws.

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Fresh

Blair Witch is the most dangerous film in captivity. It's a no-excuses horror show with an emotional wallop like falling headlong into a bear trap.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh

You can dismiss The Blair Witch Project as a trick. 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.

Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer

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