Over 19 hours of footage was skilfully edited down to just 90 minutes, so it’s necessarily a creation of what the filmmakers want us to see. Even so, this too fades away after the first twenty minutes or so, with key moments of shock and honesty causing us to forget this is manufactured. All of them were nominated for Razzies, with Donahue winning the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actress. The amateur production is meant to represent a version of ‘reality,’ although a harsh reality is that all of the cast are terrible at playing themselves. In retrospect, you can see the cogs behind THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Comparatively, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT really looks as though it was shot 20 years ago, and if anything adds to the ‘authenticity’ of the piece as the years go by. In 1998, The Last Broadcast concerned a search for the Jersey Devil, shot entirely on consumer equipment, and while Myrick and Sánchez use a combination of video and “16mm” footage, there remains an immediacy to the film almost two decades later. The found footage technique has been (over)used so much in the subsequent years, with Rec (2007), Paranormal Activity (2007), Cloverfield (2008), Troll Hunter (2010), and Chronicle (2012) applying it to a variety of genres. When it is obvious they have become lost, tensions mount, especially when strange symbols and apparent supernatural happenings begin to surround them. Williams, and Joshua Leonard playing fictionalised versions of themselves as they head into the Black Hills to investigate the legend of the Blair Witch, the subject of local legend and superstition. A year later their footage was found.” We follow Heather Donahue, Michael C. “ In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary.
The idea is a simple one, with the film boldly telling you what is going to happen in the shuddering opening title cards. Yet it’s arguable Myrick and Sánchez’s film was one of the first to bring the concept to the mainstream. In the realm of horror movies alone, Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust (1980) pushed many boundaries, including the use of found footage to forward the narrative. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, was not the first film to use the found footage concept. The ‘truth’ may have been revealed in the years to follow, but little has diminished its sheer terror and originality. Yet there was a time when we believed that what we were seeing might actually be a documentary. One of the first films to prominently use Internet marketing, younger readers will find its viral approach commonplace 17 years on. That would be overkill, and you’d probably want someone, anyone, killed, even if it was our ostensible “heroes.” Plus, we’re good with the snot.It’s hard to convey just what a big deal THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT was back in 1999. There’s no need to have Heather, Michael, and Joshua wander around the woods for 20 more minutes, or show the witch. One of the reasons why the film (which made $248 million on a $60,000 budget) was such a sensation that still holds up today (IMHO) is the length: It’s only 81 minutes long. I think it would be a lot of fun.” Lionsgate owns the rights to The Blair Witch Project, though, which means Sánchez’s wish is unlikely to come true. I wouldn’t hesitate to do that if Lionsgate Films hired me. “I know the fans are like, everybody wants to see it… It would be cool to do, honestly.
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“In a couple of weeks, I could probably take the original movie and edit a longer version,” he told the Found Footage Files podcast. The Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sánchez has nothing to do with Blair Witch, but he is interested in re-releasing the 1999 film with hours of extra footage. This Week In Posters: ‘Rings,’ The Totally Necessary Ouija Sequel, And ‘La La Land’ Scare Yourself Silly With The New Extended Trailer For ‘Blair Witch’ (I’m pretending Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 never happened, just like the world did in 2000.) Directed by Adam Wingard from a script by Simon Barrett, the upcoming Blair Witch takes place years after the original, and follows James (James Allen McCune), the brother of one of the characters from the original film, and a new group of college-aged idiots as they venture into Maryland’s Black Hills. Seventeen years after inspiring thousands of found footage copycats, and just as many lame parodies, The Blair Witch Project is getting a sequel.
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