The Blair Witch does not exist, in American folklore or in reality. There is no real legend of the Blair Witch. It is a 100 imaginary story, although it is rumored that the filmmakers got the idea from the real legend of the Bell Witch. usually means based on a made up story that we will make seem real by spreading a ton of b.s on the news and internet and creating fake documents to back it up. (Hopefully actors' parents won't be receiving condolence cards, like Heather Donahue's did. Its not real footage, and its not based on a true story, either. The whole Blair Witch Project franchise is notable for its use of elaborate viral marketing to add plausibility to its back story - fake websites. Similar to the original, the main character, James, shares his name with the actor who portrays him, James Allen McCune - though he is the only actor who has the same name as his character.Īs you can see from a live Twitter Q&A with the cast and crew below, no one is trying to pretend Blair Witch is real this time around, and that's probably for the best. She was invented solely for the purposes of making this movie. For one thing, it's set in the very real town of Burkittsville, Maryland. It's not real footage, and it's not based on a true story, either. Still, the new movie tried to use some of the tricks the original used to make the film feel more real. The actors, still mostly unknown, are on a massive publicity tour, and have given interviews prior to the release of the film, something stars of the original did not do. The reality of releasing a movie in 2016 pretty much makes it impossible for the Blair Witch filmmakers to keep up a charade about the movie being real. The Blair Witch Project 1999 R 1 h 21 m IMDb RATING 6.5 /10 260K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 396 608 Play trailer 0:31 2 Videos 99+ Photos Horror Mystery Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. Looking back, it seems absurd, but you can't help but wonder what if some of it was real? And, if The Blair Witch Project is real, then is Blair Witch real too? Rumors of audiences vomiting in the theater from fear, or crying in the aftermath, helped perpetuate the idea that The Blair Witch Project was, in fact, real footage recovered from 1994, as the film claimed. In one of the most intense filmmaking experiences imaginable, actors Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Filmmakers at the time used viral marketing to plant myths and stories online, claiming the film to be real. The found-footage horror film was unique then, a surprise to audiences used to seeing traditional Hollywood films. When The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999, a good portion of audiences thought it was real.
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