The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

  • 85% of critics liked it
    (133 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (367,860 ratings)

Combining Hi-8 video with black-and-white 16 mm film, this film presents a raw look at what can happen when college students forego common sense and enter the world of voodoo and witchcraft. Presented as a straightforward documentary, the film opens with a title card explaining that in 1994, three… More

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.
Directed By
Daniel Myrick, Bob Griffin
Written By
Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Jul 30, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Oct 26, 1999
Artisan Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    [A] creepy tale of witchcraft, murders and ghost sightings.

  • Jeff Giles, Newsweek

    Heather's shaky video work can induce motion sickness -- it looks like combat footage as she bolts through the woods -- but just try turning away.

  • David Edelstein, Slate

    I could tell you the story -- give away every detail -- and The Blair Witch Project would still freeze your blood.

  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

    The viewer never glimpses anything more than the shadow of a clever movie.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    What gives the film much of its force and its mounting sense of queasy uncertainty is its narrative method, which ensures that we know no more about the proceedings than the characters do.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    Reputation precedes this work justifiably as the effect achieved is immersion into the DNA of terror namely: your own imagination. One might ask, "What's the worst that can happen?", but in truth you already know. You already know.

  • Spencer S


    An innovation in film making and the first in the realism by the handheld camera genre, Blair Witch sparked films such as Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, and Quarantine. Besides that, it is a really well made film. Drawing on old Hollywood's technique of building suspense… More

  • Kyle F


    Although it might seem sluggish to some, the whole thing is fascinating and incredibly realistic. The concept is simple but powerful, and the movie shifts from fun joyride to riveting drama to shocking horror. It's surprising that nobody in this movie got nominated for an oscar,… More

  • Eric A


    4 and a half stars simply for it's uniqueness. Breakthrough movie with new scares and filming techniques. Good movie when I was 10 and good movie to this day. Props.

  • Bethany M


    Scary but the storyline is badly written. Quite boring and overrated.

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