The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Project rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.5/10· 310K votes

Rotten Tomatoes86%

Metacritic80%

TMDb6.365/10· 5K votes

With 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 80/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Blair Witch Project

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

Cast of The Blair Witch Project

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  Heather Donahue

  as Heather Donahue

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  Joshua Leonard

  as Joshua Leonard

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  Michael C. Williams

  as Michael Williams

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  Bob Griffin

  as Short Fisherman

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  Jim King

  as Interviewee (uncredited)

• S

  Sandra Sánchez

  as Waitress

• E

  Ed Swanson

  as Fisherman With Glasses (uncredited)

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  Patricia DeCou

  as Mary Brown

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  Mark Mason

  as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)

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  Susie Gooch

  as Interviewee with Child (uncredited)

The Blair Witch Project facts

Budget

$60K

Box office

$248.6M

Collection

Blair Witch Collection

Our take on The Blair Witch Project

This 1999 horror-mystery from Daniel Myrick presents itself as recovered footage: in October 1994, three student filmmakers vanished in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary, and a year later their tapes surfaced. What you watch is framed as that footage. The approach strips away score, gloss and safety, trusting the shaky camera, escalating panic and the dread of what stays offscreen to do the work. It suits patient viewers who prefer psychological tension and mounting disorientation over gore or jump-scare spectacle. If unresolved fear and the feeling of being lost in the dark unsettle you more than any monster could, this landmark of found-footage horror is worth the discomfort.