Heather Donahue
Search results
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez.
Jul 30, 1999 · Three film students disappear in a Maryland forest while filming a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this found footage horror movie.
- (287K)
- Horror, Mystery
- Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
- 1999-07-30
Sep 14, 2016 · How the low-budget horror film that scared audiences with improvised dialogue and found footage was made. Hear from the directors and actors who braved the woods and the Blair Witch.
The development of the franchise's first installment, The Blair Witch Project, started in 1993. Myrick and Sanchez wrote a 35-page outline of a story with the dialogue to be improvised. Filming began in 1997 and lasted eight days.
Full of creepy campfire scares, mock-doc The Blair Witch Project keeps audiences in the dark about its titular villain, proving once more that imagination can be as scary as anything...
- (171)
- Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
- R
- Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard, student filmmakers, set out to shoot a documentary about a local legend, the Blair Witch. In the forests near Burkittsville, Maryland, many children have vanished in the 1940s and people still avoid going too deep into the woods.
Jul 16, 1999 · Roger Ebert praises the 1999 horror film for its realistic and effective use of natural fears and sounds. He compares it to a documentary and a celebration of low-budget production values.
