EJ Moreno looks at Sundance and its long history with horror… In many ways, Sundance Film Festival is a horror movie territory. The iconic Utah-based film festival has been home to countless memorable horror debuts for decades. From modern classics to classic defining moments, we’ve seen the best of the best come through this festival. […]
Lionsgate and Blumhouse teaming to reimagine The Blair Witch Project
Great news for fans of rock piles and snot-nosed scares, because Lionsgate and Blumhouse have teamed up to take us back into the Black Hills of Burkittsville for a reimagining of 1999 horror-classic The Blair Witch Project. The project was announced today at CinemaCon by Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, and Jason […]
Get witchy in the woods: Blair Witch sequel in development
Just when you thought it was safe to return to the woods, the Blair Witch is here to scare you again. News broke this week, posted initially on Production Weekly and shared by Bloody Disgusting that a Blair Witch sequel is on the way. As reported, Oliver Park is attached to direct “Untitled Blair Witch […]
Lionsgate reportedly looking to relaunch Blair Witch Project with new instalment
According to a report from The Ankler, it looks like Lionsgate may be preparing to venture out into the Black Hills of Burkittsville, Maryland once more as it looks to relaunch the Blair Witch franchise with a fresh instalment. EXCLUSIVE: Start prepping those pitches, genre scribes, because it sounds like Lionsgate is ready to venture […]
Terrifying Witch Horror Movies That Will Chill You To The Bone
Marvelous Videos presents the season of the witch…. Witches are a perennial staple of Halloween, but that prominence amongst kid decorum and costume fantasies has ruined their original mythological nature. These creepy old hags didn’t emerge out of nowhere – there was this genuine fear amongst older civilizations that individuals (mostly women) were capable of […]
The Blair Witch Project with Ravers director Bernhard Pucher | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #70
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Bernhard Pucher – director of horror-comedy Ravers – reveals his love for 1990s horror classic The Blair Witch Project… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, filmmaker Bernhard […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 5 – The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project, 1999. Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez Starring Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard. SYNOPSIS: In 1994, a group of documentary film-makers ventured into the woods of the Black Hills in Maryland to investigate the mysterious local legend of the Blair Witch. They subsequently vanished leaving behind only […]
Looking Back at the 5 Most Iconic Horror Films of 1999
Twenty years on, E.J. Moreno looks at the five most iconic horror films of 1999… The horror genre twenty years ago is a much different beast than it is now. Not regarding quality, as there are good and bad films in any year, but the way the studios handle the genre and how viewers digest the […]
Blair Witch TV series officially in development at Lionsgate
Back in October it was revealed by Eduardo Sanchez, co-director of The Blair Witch Project, that he was developing a small screen spinoff to the found footage horror classic, and now Deadline is reporting that Lionsgate is officially in development on a Blair Witch TV series. The project is being developed through Lionsgate’s new digital content offshoot […]
Blair Witch TV series in development by original film director
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 […]
