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The Blair Witch Project

1999 ·1h 21m · ★ 6.4 (5,358)

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

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Directors

Daniel Myrick Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
100
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
80
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
17
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Setting

ForestWilderness
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TMDB Keywords

ambiguouscampingdepressingevilfaux documentaryfearfolk horrorfriendshopelesslegendlost in the woodsmapmarylandparanoidpovpseudo-documentaryurban legendvideotapewitch

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