The film follows the disappearance of three student filmmakers in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary on the local legend known as the "Blair Witch".Īfter premiering at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, the film was released on July 30, 1999, after months of publicity during a controversial promotional campaign. Filming began in 1997 and lasted eight days. Myrick and Sanchez wrote a 35-page outline of a story with the dialogue to be improvised. The development of the franchise's first installment, The Blair Witch Project, started in 1993. Blair Witch Volume III: The Elly Kedward Tale (2000)īlair Witch is an American horror media franchise created by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, distributed by Artisan Entertainment (now Lionsgate) and produced by Haxan Films that consists of three feature films and various additional media.Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock (2000). Blair Witch Volume I: Rustin Parr (2000).*There’s no real need to watch Curse of the Blair Witch for this order – although you can if you wish. However, if you want to watch the story of the ‘real’ Blair Witch, then you should watch the films in this order: It also failed to catch the imagination of general audiences and flopped on arrival.Īs Book of Shadows was not a financial success it is largely forgotten. Unfortunately, by discrediting the original movie, Book of Shadows completely annoyed fans. The idea with the sequel was to present ‘the real’ story of the Blair Witch, through a much scarier tale. Keen to try something completely different, Book of Shadows discredited the events of The Blair Witch Project, suggesting it was all faked (which of course it was). That sequel would be Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (aka The Blair Witch Project 2). The ‘real’ Blair Witch order Image: ©Artisan Entertainmentĭue to the financial success of The Blair Witch Project, a sequel was rushed into production. Plus the marketing that surrounded the Blair Witch story was simply spot on. People didn’t have 24/7 access to the internet, and they weren’t on the look out for ‘fake news’.īoth Curse of the Blair Witch and The Blair Witch Project were very, very convincing pieces of film making. Today, it might seem odd that anyone could believe Curse of the Blair Witch or The Blair Witch Project to be true, but back during 1999 it was a different time. Now I know what you’re thinking – how did anyone believe any of these documentaries to be real?! If you choose to watch this viewing order, then you should see the ‘documentaries’ as follows: It even went so far as to include family members of the characters featured in the film – although just like the characters in the movie, the family members were also actors.Ĭurse of the Blair Witch crafted a tale which, if watched ahead of The Blair Witch Project, made the film seem even more real. Utilising clips from the movie, as well as soundbites from ‘real people’, Curse told the story behind the supposedly ‘real life’ events of The Blair Witch. The purpose of the ‘documentary’ was to make people believe that The Blair Witch Project was real, and to help promote the forthcoming movie. Curse of the Blair Witch was a faux documentary that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel a few days before The Blair Witch Project arrived in cinemas.
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