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The Blair Witch Project

starring: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffith, Jim King
directed by: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9780784013373
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0784013373
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 22, 1999
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 4740
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1999



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Three film students set out into the black hills forest to make a documentary on the legendary blair witch. Armed with a 16mm camera a hi8 video camera and a dat recorder every step word and sound is captured. After wandering around black hills forest heather josh and mike are cold lost and hunted. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/01/2005 Starring: Heather Donahue Joshua Leonard Run time: 87 minutes Rating: R Director: Daniel Myrick/eduardo Sanchez

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The Blair Witch Project
Anyone who has even the slightest trouble with insomnia after seeing a horror movie should stay away from The Blair Witch Project--this film will creep under your skin and stay there for days. Credit for the effectiveness of this mock documentary goes to filmmakers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, who armed three actors (Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, and Josh Leonard) with video equipment, camping supplies, and rough plot outlines. They then let the trio loose into the Maryland woods to improvise and shoot the entire film themselves as the filmmakers attempted to scare the crap out of them. Gimmicky, yes, but it worked--to the wildly successful tune of $130 million at the box office upon its initial release (the budget was a mere $40,000).

For those of you who were under a rock when it first hit the theaters, The Blair Witch Project tracks the doomed quest of three film students shooting a documentary on the Burkittsville, Maryland, legend of the Blair Witch. After filming some local yokels (and providing only scant background on the witch herself), the three, led by Heather (something of a witch herself), head into the woods for some on-location shooting. They're never seen again. What we see is a reconstruction of their 'found' footage, edited to make a barely coherent narrative. After losing their way in the forest, whining soon gives way to real terror as the three find themselves stalked by unknown forces that leave piles of rocks outside their campsite and stick-figure art projects in the woods. (As Michael succinctly puts it, 'No redneck is this clever!') The masterstroke of the film is that you never actually see what's menacing them; everything is implied, and there's no terror worse than that of the unknown. If you can wade through the tedious arguing--and the shaky, motion-sickness-inducing camerawork--you'll be rewarded with an oppressively sinister atmosphere and one of the most frightening denouements in horror-film history. Even after you take away the monstrous hype, The Blair Witch Project remains a genuine, effective original. --Mark Englehart

Curse of the Blair Witch
Are you wondering just exactly who the Blair Witch was? What the Burkittsville, Maryland, legend was all about? Or what exactly fascinated student filmmaker Heather and what possibly took her, Mike, and Josh from this earth? Get all your background questions answered by Curse of the Blair Witch, a one-stop-shopping 'documentary' originally produced for the Sci-Fi Channel as a tie-in marketing tool. Entirely fictionalized, Curse of the Blair Witch focuses both on the past and the present, with copious info on the Blair Witch myth as well as on the disappearance of Heather, Josh, and Mike. As it turns out, the original witch was one Elly Kedward, who was accused in 1785 of taking blood from several children; she was subsequently banished to the harsh winter woods and left for dead. Her grisly and bloody legacy involves missing children, polluted water, disemboweled men, and a serial killer of children who claims to have been haunted by 'an old woman ghost.' Aside from some ineffective 'newsreel' footage of the serial killer, all this intriguing information is presented convincingly and chillingly. Curse may in fact freak you out more than the movie, and it evokes the great, pulpy In Search Of series of the '70s, one of the prime inspirations for filmmakers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. News clips of the search for Heather, Josh, and Mike lend a vérité atmosphere to the proceedings, but shed little light on their mysterious disappearance or their characters. Basically, it's a tease to go see the movie. Still, The Blair Witch Project provided only ever-so-slight information on the legend that haunted the forest, so you'll want this cleverly constructed mock documentary to supplement your knowledge of the film. --Mark Englehart



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Blair Witch Project will let your imagination horrify you.
I first watch it on DVD in 2000 on my gateway computer, which was cool since it came with a dvd rom ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Horror
I recieved this movie in very quick time in outstanding shape and good quality. I will never have any ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - IT WAS LIKE KIDS GETTING SCARED OF SANTA CLAUSE
THIS HAD TO BE THE WORST EXCUSE FOR A HORROR MOVIE EVER. I HATE THE SHAKY CAMERA AND THE WAY EVERYONE RAN ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A brilliant Piece of Indie Work...
The reviewers who give the movie a poor rating because it never showed the monster or because they claim that ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Following the documentary was really fun and intense.
The ending was kind of messed up and too short, but the movie as it progressed was intense, sad and very well ... Read More

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