The original found footage horror that took the world by storm in 1999, mainly because many believed the footage was...
The original found footage horror that took the world by storm in 1999, mainly because many believed the footage was actually real. The story follows three film students who take to the woods with video cameras in order to document the local legend of 'The Blair Witch'.
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86 %171 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
57 %403,086 reviewsAudience score rating
"Blair Witch is hard to watch. Not because what unfolds on screen is particularly horrifying; rather it’s literally hard to watch, as copious amounts of blurry handheld footage and bright lights shone directly into the camera prove to be an endurance test for the eyeballs."
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Flicks
Flicks"This hyper-realistic mockumentary will scare you witless -- without grossing you out. One of those rare films with the power to haunt long after the final frame."
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Total Film
Total Film"The actors never put a foot wrong; the video diary form allows no artifice, so that as terror mounts, the dread is infectious."
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Time Out
Time Out"Low-tech inventiveness at its best."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"A nifty example of how to make something out of nothing."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"I have seen the new face of movie horror and its name is The Blair Witch Project, a groundbreaker in fright that reinvents scary for the new millennium."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A clever, entertaining stunt, no more, no less."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesThe Blair Witch Project | Details
Award winner- Winner of the Award of the Youth - Foreign Film (Myrick, Sánchez), 1999 Cannes Film Festival
- Runtime
- 81
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- USA
