In keeping with the spirit of the Blair Witch mythology, all of the articles are written as if the legend is real. This wiki is designed to detail as much information about the Blair Witch legend as possible, culled from every known source. The premise wasn’t that the film was ‘based on true events. Whether The Blair Witch Project will end up as a horror classic or just a forgotten fad I dont know I do know that Im pleased with the DVD and happy I added it to my collection. Every piece of tie-in material played along as if it was all real, cleverly blurring the line between reality and fiction. Probably the most well-known example is Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Snchez’ The Blair Witch Project (1999), whose publicity campaign consisted in making the public believe that the film was really made up of footage found in the forest after the disappearance of the protagonists. The image and sound seem as good as can be expected, and the DVDs supplements are of very fine quality.
In order to play up the realism of the film, the creators not only purported that the three film students were in fact missing, but also concocted one of the most frightening and elaborate backstories ever created for a movie.
They are never seen again, but their footage is found a year later. The premise entails three amateur film makers heading into the woods to make a documentary on the local legend of the Blair Witch. Three student filmmakers march into the woods to make a documentary about a fabled witch. In July of 1999, The Blair Witch Project was released in theaters and was soon hailed as one of the most frightening movies ever made.