The Blair Witch Project: Citizen kane of found footage

 

Often when we watch a found footage horror movie we want a little bit of amateur work that should be combined with good story and a spooky atmosphere. Although there are many found footage horror movies that come into our attention every year there are only very few like The Blair witch project. 

 When it came out in 1999 it was a great success. People keep talking about it and how it was actually a real found footage documentary rather than a movie itself. The real deal was the spooky jungle that they went to and they did not disclose the location of. The cameraman masterfully balanced the amateur work and also technically perfect shots.   It was really a great performance from all the actors. So let's discuss about the plant a little bit without going into spoilers.

Plot:

In October 1994, film students Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, and interview residents about the legend. Locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who lived in the woods and kidnapped seven children in the 1940s; he supposedly killed them all in his basement, murdering them in pairs while having one stand in a corner. The students explore the woods in north Burkittsville to research the legend. They meet two fishermen, one of whom warns them that the woods are haunted. He tells them of a young girl 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 murdered in the 19th century; their bodies later disappeared.

Bottomline:

 This film actually started this genre. So it's not unfair to say that the blayer witch project is the citizen kane of found footage horrors.