The original Blair Witch Project arguably created the found footage genre when it was released back in 1999. Telling the tale of a bunch of students striding out into the Maryland woodlands, the film offered audiences a new way of experiencing terror from the point of view of those being subjected to it, and they […]
Interview with Simon Barrett, screenwriter of Blair Witch
Flickering Myth’s Mark Bartlett chats with screenwriter Simon Barrett about Blair Witch… Director Adam Wingard’s surprise sequel Blair Witch is terrifying and something of a rebirth for the found footage format. It’s a welcome surprise and an excellent continuation of the lore established in the original Blair Witch Project. In this interview, writer Simon Barrett […]
Second Opinion – Blair Witch (2016)
Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry. SYNOPSIS: Set 22 years after the events of The Blair Witch Project, college student James Donahue believes he has found video proof that his sister Heather is still alive. James, along with his documentary […]
Interview: Adam Wingard talks Blair Witch secrecy, the daunting task of making a sequel, hatred for Book of Shadows and more
Luke Owen gets on the phone with director Adam Wingard to discuss Blair Witch… It sort of took us all by surprise. Fans of Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett (who directed and wrote the tremendous You’re Next and even better The Guest) were waiting patiently for their next outing The Woods, and then at this […]
Movie Review – Blair Witch (2016)
Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Valorie Curry, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Corbin Reid. SYNOPSIS: A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to unravel the mystery of the legendary Blair Witch. When Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s micro-budget 1999 shocker The […]
Blair Witch: Returning to a seminal horror franchise
Tony Black on the return of the Blair Witch franchise… Of course the first question worth asking is this: is Blair Witch a horror movie? That now depends on which Blair Witch you’re talking about. Amongst all its glittering comic book movie reveals, Comic Con 2016’s biggest surprise turned out to be that Adam Wingard’s […]
Sequel to The Blair Witch Project is, “going to happen sooner than later” says original movie director
Since the found footage subgenre has risen to such prominence in horror, it seems surprising that its taken this long for discussions about either a sequel or reboot to The Blair Witch Project. Well according to Eduardo Sanchez, one half of the directing duo of the seminal 1999 horror, we could be closer than you think. […]
