The Blair Witch Project

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film found footage film horror film independent film

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 independent horror film presented as found footage, famous for its minimalist style, viral marketing, and massive box-office success relative to its tiny budget.

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Label Occurrences
Blair Witch 4
The Blair Witch Project canonical 3
The Blair Witch Project (for Blair Witch film) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
found footage film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
boxOfficeUSD 248000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD 60000 ⓘ
castMember Bob Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ed Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heather Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jim King NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joshua Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael C. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patricia DeCou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandra Sánchez NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Neal Fredericks NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Daniel Myrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eduardo Sánchez NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Artisan Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy Daniel Myrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eduardo Sánchez NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Seneca Creek State Park, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingStyle handheld camera ⓘ
franchise Blair Witch franchise ⓘ
genre found footage ⓘ
horror ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
hasSequel Blair Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Heather Donahue (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joshua Leonard (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Williams (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketingStrategy viral marketing ⓘ
musicBy Tony Cora NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFormat mockumentary ⓘ
notableFor found footage presentation ⓘ
low-budget high-grossing box office success ⓘ
minimalist style ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Three student filmmakers disappear in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary about the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. ⓘ
premiereEvent Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Gregg Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Monello NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robin Cowie NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1999-07-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1999 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 81 ⓘ
setIn Burkittsville, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingType forest ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory October 1994 ⓘ
writer Daniel Myrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eduardo Sánchez NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Bill Block → notableWork → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
Scary Movie → parodies → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
Adam Wingard → notableWork → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blair Witch
Adam Wingard → directed → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blair Witch
Adam Wingard → basedOnWork → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blair Witch Project (for Blair Witch film)
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature → notableWinner → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
Keith Calder → notableWork → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blair Witch
Keith Calder → produced → The Blair Witch Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blair Witch