The Blair Witch returned last year as director Adam Wingard unleashed his surprise sequel, and now we have word that Eduardo Sanchez, co-director of the original The Blair Witch Project, is developing a follow-up to the classic found footage horror in the form of a TV series. “For us, it’s a very natural thing to […]
Interview: Simon Barrett talks Blair Witch backlash, the challenges of writing a sequel and more
Luke Owen gets on the phone with writer Simon Barrett… Last year I spoke with Adam Wingard just a couple of months after his project The Woods had been revealed as a sequel to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project and a few weeks before the film was released [read that interview here]. At the time […]
Fear in the Found Footage: A look back at some classics
The original Blair Witch Project arguably created the found footage genre when it was released back in 1999. Telling the tale of a bunch of students striding out into the Maryland woodlands, the film offered audiences a new way of experiencing terror from the point of view of those being subjected to it, and they […]
Exclusive featurette explores the origin of Blair Witch
Ahead of the home-entertainment release of Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch, the terrifying sequel to the 1999 groundbreaking horror, we’ve got an exclusive featurette which takes a look at the background to the film, including the filmmaker’s love for the original, and the difficulties in bring the story back to life. Check it out here, and enter our […]
Giveaway – Win Blair Witch on Blu-ray – NOW CLOSED
Get ready to head back into the woods this coming Monday, January 23rd as Blair Witch hits DVD and Blu-ray, and to celebrate the release we’ve got three copies to give away! Read on for details of how to enter… Blair Witch goes back to its found footage roots 20 years after James’s sister and her […]
Flickering Myth Podcast #41 – Avengers: Infinity War plot leaked!? Rogue One in even more trouble?
Subscribe on iTunes. Support Flickering Myth, buy a t-shirt. Email in your questions: oli@flickeringmyth.com Join Oli and Luke in this week’s Flickering Myth Podcast for… SCOOPERHERO NEWS – Harley Quinn and Man of Steel both get new movies, but where’s Suicide Squad 2? Zack Snyder’s busy sharing photos from Justice League. And has Avengers: Infinity War’s plot been […]
Blair Witch disappoints and earns just $9 million at the box office
Despite heavy marketing and a lot of buzz coming from its surprise announcement at San Diego Comic Con, Adam Wingard’s sequel Blair Witch has fallen below expectations. Showing on over 3,100 screens, Blair Witch managed just $9 million domestically coming second to Sully in its second week of release. It did fend off Bridget Jones’s […]
Movie Review – Blair Witch (2016)
Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Valorie Curry, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Corbin Reid. SYNOPSIS: A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to unravel the mystery of the legendary Blair Witch. Admittedly, 17 years ago The Blair Witch Project was revolutionary […]
Interview with Simon Barrett, screenwriter of Blair Witch
Flickering Myth’s Mark Bartlett chats with screenwriter Simon Barrett about Blair Witch… Director Adam Wingard’s surprise sequel Blair Witch is terrifying and something of a rebirth for the found footage format. It’s a welcome surprise and an excellent continuation of the lore established in the original Blair Witch Project. In this interview, writer Simon Barrett […]
Second Opinion – Blair Witch (2016)
Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry. SYNOPSIS: Set 22 years after the events of The Blair Witch Project, college student James Donahue believes he has found video proof that his sister Heather is still alive. James, along with his documentary […]