Ask most people what The Blair Witch Project’s about, and you’ll get some variation on “a group of student filmmakers get lost in the woods and get hunted by a witch.” And if that’s what you go in ...

25 years ago, The Blair Witch Project convinced millions that they were watching real found footage. With filming techniques and a viral marketing campaign, the movie left a mark on the horror genre.

Directors Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick’s high concept was to create a movie about the creation of a movie. The film is supposedly composed of footage discovered in the Maryland woods, shot by ...