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With Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard Directed by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez In 1999 this young group of filmmakers turned the horror genre on its head with a very innovative approach. At this stage video was still not accepted as a 'serious' filmmaking format. What these guys did was use video and 16mm to construct a story of a student film crew heading out into the woods to document the legendary myth of the so-called Blair Witch, who reportedly killed many people and was never found. This crew actually goes missing in the woods. Along the lines of the appalling Cannibal Holocaust, they use the device of the team's discovered footage ayear later, which reveals the fate of the people  involved.
The
natural
acting
and
handheld
cinematography
add
to
the
documentary
feel,
which
was
utilized
in
the
publicity
to
have
viewers
believe
it
is
real
and
not
fiction.
Many
people
actually
did
fall
for
it!
With
a
successful
Internet
campaign
and
a
great
fake
separate
docy
screened
on
TV
(that
some
feel
is
superior
to
the
movie!),
the
young
moviemakers
struck
a
hit
with
this
impressive
debut
that
uses
suggestion,
sound
and
raw
emotion
to
strike
terror
into
their
audience.
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