Blair witch project budget movie#

Parr brought the children into his home's basement in pairs, forcing the first child to face the corner and listen to their companion's screams as he murdered the second child. The local people tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who kidnapped seven children in the 1940s and brought them to his house in the woods, where he tortured and killed them. They interview people living in the local area about the legend of the Blair Witch. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, which the town was used to be called Blair. Williams and Joshua Leonard set out to make a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch.

Blair witch project budget movie#

In October 1994, movie students Heather Donahue, Michael C. The DVD was released in December 1999 and presented only in fullscreen. The movie was positively received by critics and went on to gross over US$248 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent movies of all time. The distribution strategy for The Blair Witch Project was created and implemented by Artisan studio executive Steven Rothenberg. It was released by Artisan on 30 July 1999 after months of publicity, including a ground-breaking campaign by the studio to use the Internet and suggest that the film was a record of real events. The Blair Witch Project was first shown at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. This 'recovered footage' is presented as the viewer is watching the movie. The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later. Williams) who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. This movie was put together from amateur footage and relates the story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. It was written and directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and produced by the Haxan Films production company.

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American independent supernatural horror movie.