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3 Ways The Blair Witch Project Influenced the Found-Footage Genre – POPSUGAR Australia
The Blair Witch changed the found-footage genre by casting unknowns, blurring fact and fiction, and having an excellent marketing campaign.
Although The Blair Witch Project didn’t create the found-footage genre depending on who you ask, that honour goes to either 1980’s Cannibal Holocaust or 1961’s The Connection it’s arguably one of the most well-known movies. When the film first premiered back in 1999 with a plot that seemingly follows three film students making a documentary about the Blair Witch, no one could’ve predicted the lasting impact it would have on the horror genre and filmmaking as a whole.
Since The Blair Witch Project,…
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