Through the lens of her camcorder, we see what Heather sees.
Hoping to find Jeff, they enter what they discover is a nightmare. In the film's harrowing finale, Michael and Heather stumble across an apparently abandoned house. Then Josh disappears, the only clue a piece of his shirt with what looks like a piece of flesh wrapped inside it, discovered by Heather the next day. To make matters worse, ominous signs begin appearing with disturbing regularity: carefully arranged piles of stones positioned outside their tent in the morning strange and disturbing sounds at night, of whispered voices and babies crying wooden effigies hanging in the trees. None of them experienced campers, they soon get lost, and their once-cheery demeanor deteriorates into an increasingly volatile mixture of fear, blame, frustration, and panic. While Michael handles the sound recording, and Josh shoots in 16 mm black-and-white, Heather captures much of the action on High 8 color video. After conducting interviews with some of the locals, the trio hike into the forest so as to gather additional footage. Led by aspiring director Heather Donahue (the characters have the same names as the actors who play them), the three "student filmmakers" mentioned above make their way to Burkittsville (formerly Blair), Maryland, in order to shoot footage for a documentary they are making about a local legend, the so-called "Blair Witch." Word has it that this mysterious figure has been haunting the nearby Black Hills Forest since the late 18th century, and is responsible for a number of heinous murders. A year later their footage was found." Thus begins The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's shoestring-budgeted horror "mockumentary," which parlayed an innovative marketing campaign and incredible word-of-mouth into more than $140 million in the United States alone-making it one of the most profitable independent films of all time. "In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. Schwarzbaum, Lisa, "Terrorvision," in Entertainment Weekly, vol. Guthman, Edward, "Terror Comes Alive in 'Witch': Pseudo-documentary Has Visceral Power," in The San Francisco Chronicle, 22 October 1999.īurr, Ty, "Video: Forest Dangers (B+)," in Entertainment Weekly, vol. 818, 5 August 1999.Ĭorliss, Richard, "Blair Witch Craft," in Time (New York), 16 August 1999.įarber, Stephen, "Mock Inspiration," in Movieline (Escondido, California), vol. Travers, Peter, "The Blair Witch Project," in Rolling Stone (New York), no. Morris, Wesley, "Pitching Tent in Audience Psyche," in The San Francisco Examiner, 16 July 1999.Īscher-Walsh, Rebecca, "Rhymes with Rich," in Entertainment Weekly ( New York), vol. 8, April 1999Įbert, Roger, " The Blair Witch Project," in The Chicago Sun-Times.
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Williams ( Michael Williams) Joshua Leonard ( Josh Leonard) Bob Griffin ( Interviewee) Jim King ( Interviewee) Sandra Sánchez ( Woman with Baby-Interviewee) Ed Swanson ( Interviewee) Patricia Decou ( Interviewee) Mark Mason ( Interviewee in yellow hat).Īwards: Csapnivalo Golden Slate Awards for Best Horror Movie and Best Movie, 2000 Florida Film Critics Circle Golden Orange Award "for furthering the cause of Florida filmmakers and independent filmmaking" (Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Michael Monello, Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez), 2000. Producers: Robin Cowie, Bob Eick (executive), Kevin Foxe (executive), Gregg Hale, Michael Monello (co-producer) writing credits: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez cinematography: Neal Fredericks editors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez sound: Dana Meeks art director: Ricardo Moreno production designer: Ben Rock original music: Tony Cora sound effects editor: Elisabeth Flaum foley mixer: Shawn Kennelly.Ĭast: Heather Donahue ( Heather Donahue) Michael C. Filmed in Seneca Creek State Park, Wheaton, and Rockville, Maryland shot in 8 days cost: $22,000. Production: Haxan Films distributed by Artisan Entertainment (U.S.A.), Shochiku Films (Japan), Budapest Film (Hungary), Mars Films (France), Eurocine (Argentina), Arthaus Filmverleih (Germany) 16 mm black-and-white and High 8 color video running time: 80 minutes (U.S.A.), 81 minutes (Japan), 83 minutes (Argentina) sound mix: Dolby Digital. Directors: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
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