July 27, 2021 • 93 mins
"Witches in days gone by were roasted just like my Vienna sausage." - Heather Donahue
If we told you for every $1 you invest in a movie, you will make $10, 931 - would you support that project? Hell, yes!! Unfortunately, Andrea and Melissa do not have an opportunity like that to offer. Back in 1999, the creators of The Blair Witch Project didn't have an offer like that to make either. But as time would tell, the idea for an extremely low-budget, improv-style, found footage movie paired with the first truly viral marketing campaign would land this film in the Guiness Book of World Records for "Top Budget: Box Office Ratio." Andrea and Melissa were around for the 1999 release of The Blair Witch Project and saw it together in the theater. It turned out to be just as satisfying to rewatch it now through the lens of everything we know about the facts and fiction surrounding this movie. Regardless of what your familiarity with the Blair Witch, you will never look at little dolls made from sticks in the woods the same again....
If we told you for every $1 you invest in a movie, you will make $10, 931 - would you support that project? Hell, yes!! Unfortunately, Andrea and Melissa do not have an opportunity like that to offer. Back in 1999, the creators of The Blair Witch Project didn't have an offer like that to make either. But as time would tell, the idea for an extremely low-budget, improv-style, found footage movie paired with the first truly viral marketing campaign would land this film in the Guiness Book of World Records for "Top Budget: Box Office Ratio." Andrea and Melissa were around for the 1999 release of The Blair Witch Project and saw it together in the theater. It turned out to be just as satisfying to rewatch it now through the lens of everything we know about the facts and fiction surrounding this movie. Regardless of what your familiarity with the Blair Witch, you will never look at little dolls made from sticks in the woods the same again....
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