![]() Although distraught, she does not tell Mike. Upon opening the bundle, she also finds a blood-soaked scrap of his shirt containing teeth and hair. The next day, Heather discovers a bundle of twigs tied with fabric from Josh's shirt. They theorize that his yells are a fabrication by the Blair Witch to draw them out of their camp. That night, they hear Josh's agonized cries but are unable to find him. Josh vanishes the next morning, and Heather and Mike try in vain to find him. They come across a river identical to one they crossed earlier and realize they have been walking in circles. Upon returning to their tent, they find that their possessions have been rifled through and Josh's equipment is covered with slime. After an unknown force shakes the tent, they hide in the forest until dawn. They again hear mysterious sounds that night, including children laughing. They decide to head south, using Mike's compass and discover stick figures hanging from trees. Mike reveals he kicked the map into a creek out of frustration, which provokes a fight between the trio as they realize they are lost. ![]() In the morning, they find that three cairns have been built beside their tent. The following day, they try to hike back to the car but cannot find it before dark and make camp. That night, they hear the sound of sticks snapping. They camp for the night, and the next day, find an old graveyard with seven small cairns, one of which Josh accidentally knocks over. He tells them of a young child named Robin Weaver, who went missing in 1888 when she returned three days later, she talked about "an old woman whose feet never touched the ground." The students hike to Coffin Rock, where five men were found ritualistically slaughtered in the 19th century their corpses later disappeared. They meet two fishermen, one of whom warns them that the forest is cursed. The students explore the forest in north Burkittsville to research the myth. Locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who lived in the forest and abducted seven kids in the 1940s he supposedly murdered them all in his basement, killing them in twos while having one stand in a corner. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, and interview residents about the myth. In October 1994, film students Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the mythical Blair Witch. The film purports to be footage found in the discarded cameras of three young filmmakers who had gone missing. The film is credited with reviving the found-footage technique which was later used by similarly successful horror films such as Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield. The film launched a media franchise, which includes two sequels ( Book of Shadows and Blair Witch), novels, comic books, and video games. The Blair Witch Project grossed nearly $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time, as well as the 41st most profitable horror film, while also being a sleeper hit. While critical reception was mostly positive, audience reception was split. The film had a limited release on July 14 the same year, before expanding to a wider release starting on July 30. Owing to its successful run at Sundance, Artisan Entertainment bought the film's distribution rights for $1.1 million. ![]() When The Blair Witch Project premiered at the Sundance Film Festival at midnight on January 23, 1999, its promotional marketing campaign listed the actors as either "missing" or "deceased". Shot on an original budget of $35,000–60,000, the film had a final cost of $200,000–750,000 after post-production edits. About 20 hours of footage was shot, which was edited down to 82 minutes. The film entered production in October 1997, with the principal photography taking place in Maryland for eight days. A casting call advertisement in Backstage magazine was prepared by the directors Donahue, Williams and Leonard were cast. They developed a 35-page screenplay with the dialogue to be improvised. Myrick and Sánchez conceived of a fictional legend of the Blair Witch in 1993. The purportedly " found footage" is the movie the viewer sees. The three disappear, but their equipment and footage are discovered a year later. Williams, and Joshua Leonard-who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, in 1994 to film a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers- Heather Donahue, Michael C. The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. ![]()
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