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.
The Blair Witch Project
Everything you've heard is true.
1999 · 1h 21m · R
Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Daniel Myrick
,
Eduardo Sánchez
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.
Director and cast
- Daniel Myrick Director
- Eduardo Sánchez Director
- Heather Donahue as Heather Donahue
- Joshua Leonard as Joshua 'Josh' Leonard
- Michael C. Williams as Mike
- Bob Griffith as Short Fisherman
- Jim King as Interviewee
- Sandra Sánchez as Waitress (as Sandra Sanchez)
- Ed Swanson as Fisherman With Glasses
- Patricia DeCou Cast
- Mark Mason Cast
- Susie Gooch Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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.
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.
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.
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.
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