93: The Blair Witch Project (1999) "Classic Witch Behavior"

Everyone knows witches and woods go hand in hand. So for the second installment of Season of the Witchtober, we’re taking it back to a film that sparked all our deeply-rooted fears of camping—The Blair Witch Project (1999). This culturally significant flick catapulted the found footage genre in a way that no one has been able to capture since. From the method filming experience to the viral marketing campaign, its release was perfectly timed with the early days of the internet, making everyone from boomers to babies think it might actually be real. In this episode of Why the Flick?, we’re speculating on all the theories and interpretations over the years as we deep dive the most famous witch never to be seen on camera (while also spiraling off into more than one unrelated movie tangent).

Resources

https://www.vice.com/en/article/blair-witch-project-oral-history-20th-anniversary/

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-07-30/the-blair-witch-project-marketing-25th-anniversary-1999-project

https://collider.com/the-blair-witch-project-monster-design/

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/blair-witch-project-cast-robbed-financial-success-1236033647/

https://www.slashfilm.com/606498/the-blair-witch-project-ending-explained-as-maddening-and-mysterious-as-it-was-20-years-ago/