The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American found footage horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. The film relates the story of three student filmmakers, Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend the 'Blair Witch'. The viewers are told three were never seen or heard from again, however their video and sound equipment was discovered a year later and that this 'recovered footage' is the film the viewer is watching. I found The Blair Witch Project very interesting as it wasn't a horror genre stereotype. In fact, many conventions they use in horror were not used in The Blair Witch Project which I found that this is what made it successful. The fact that the movie was shot like a documentary made it even more interesting. It was very realistic like the posters and the acting made the film seem real. The idea of the 'other' was made clear as it was a supernatural species the audience were never in contact with. The unknown was a prominent theme in the movie.