The Blair Witch UNIVERSE Explained - Inside A Mind
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2018
- The Blair Witch Project and its universe was the first successful viral Marketing Campaign to take place on the internet and today... We're going to explore the Universe of the Blair Witch Project and take a look at parts of the Blair Witch lore that didn't make it into the movie. It's a film that took several years to make and has left a huge mark in Cinema history.
Lets explore the Universe... Of the Blair Witch Project.
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My mum and dad went to see this, but my dad being my dad stayed for all of the credits to where it blatantly said "this movie is fictional".
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I saw this movie when it came out in 1999, and thought it was real! A lot of people thought it was real! There was no social media back then, so word of mouth was the way you heard about this story. The marketing of this movie was genius! It was groundbreaking in the cinema world!!
Wait what
@@juniorcellx I'm guessing you did not understand
Like a full ARG with the sites and the background story and then they went the full 9 yards with a documentary style film
Jen X omg! I was a teenager back then too lol. Someone else in this comment called this an ARG, no one had ever done this before Blair Witch and it didn't even have a name back then. Now you can find them everywhere.
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I’m a 41 yo mother of 4. I saw this movie when I was pregnant with my first child. I left the theater so freaking tense and sick to my stomach lol I ended up giving birth a few days later 😂 I often tease my 20 yo eldest son that the “Blair Witch” put me into labor! Lol
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that's a cool story hahaha. Poor kid. I hope that the whole labor process wasn't too complicated for you.
I hope you put those stick figures on his birthday cake
I saw Blair Witch Project at a sneak preview back in 1999. My wife worked at Blockbuster at the time and would often get sneak preview tickets. Went in knowing nothing about the movie and honestly thought it was a documentary. The movie scared me so bad, I had nightmares about it for a little while. A few weeks later I found out it was not real and was relieved. No other movie has ever scared me as much as that one.
I was only 13 when saw it for first time. I was scared to get outside after seeing it!
They did a great job. I was scared for a long time and I live in Maryland. Lol
The SAME EXACT THING happened with me!! Got sneak preview tickets from a radio station about this new "documentary" being released and I got the ever-loving SHIT scared out of me! Left the theater planning a trip to Burketsville to see coffin rock and the remains of the cottage. Found out 3 or 4 weeks later is WAS FAKE by THE SAME radio station that we won the tickets through!!! They felt bad for advertising what THEY THOUGHT, TOO, was a REAL "documentary"... only to find out FROM THE STUDIO that it WAS fake after TONS of people started contacting the local police station with "sightings" of the three "missing" filmmakers. After that started the police were like: "tell the f'ing people THE TRUTH... that IT'S FAKE!!"
Watch Lake Mungo.
We Are Everywhere I didn’t know that people were calling the police, I can see how that got irritating!
One of the coolest parts of this movie to me is how little they spent on making this movie vs how much revenue they made
And is still, today, the highest grossing low budget film. 60k budget and brought in 249 mil.
technically thats not a part of the movie tho.
@@sparklingwater6130 what?
@@sparklingwater6130 How is making the movie not part of the movie?
@@noofkuultrasense2937 because if these footages were found that means that this is not technically a movie
I was 16 years old when this was at the theater. The thing I remember most about the movie was people were laughing and also upset. One even yelled "Follow the river dumbass!"
that’s genius
@@jg8179 why
Whether they were to follow the river or not they were already doomed from when they found the rocks outside of their tent the witch had them trapped ever since and there was no escaping from that
People need to shut the fuck up in theatres.
They crossed the same log twice
Love your viral marketing analysis'.
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Can you do horror history on like the game or maybe the movie?
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I believe the fear we felt watching Blair Witch Project for the first time back in 99 was a type of fear that will NEVER come again from a horror movie. So we are incredibly lucky to have experienced this. I don't think watching it now for the first time would be the same.
I'm 45, and I saw this when it came out. I was surprised to find the theater completely empty. As I watched the film -- completely alone in the theater -- I noticed the drapes in front of the screen rippling, like something was moving under the screen, back and forth. It took me five minutes to realize the climate control was blowing the drapes around. Haha! I'll remember that all my life. Great video.
Goodness, I think I’d be creeped out in an empty theater regardless of the movie, but this would have made it terrifying!😂
If I was in your position I would have probably shit my pants lmao
Last time i was this early you still uploaded videos.
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I saw it back in the theaters when it was released and the theater was packed. And I loved it back then. The viral marketing and trying to piece together if it was real or not.
True the movie doesn't hold up when you have tons of found footage movies flooding the market that bombard you with special effects. But I guess I'll always see it differently since I got to see it in a time when that had not really been a staple of movie entertainment.
It's still one of my favorite movies.
Whats funny is, when I saw it in theaters, it was one of two movies (the other was "Apollo 13") where no one said a word while the movie was on. It was completely silent and everyone was so absorbed into the movie. After it was over, people just filed out of the theater in slience.
I feel like it holds up better today to be honest. It feels more real that stuff like "paranormal activity" because it's not littered with effects and possession and crazy visuals.
I agree, I finally got my hands on a replacement DVD (is this not out on blu ray and if not why) and saw it for the first time in ages. If I was inclined to believe in ghosts and stuff I would totally buy this as real.
I can see why so many people fell for the marketing and I just wish, rather than turn on it and hate it for tricking them, they had embraced it and honored it for being that good.
In my opinion, the backlash was entirely about people feeling foolish for thinking it was real and being angry at being tricked. I also think there was a massive Hollywood backlash because it was made so cheaply with no name actors and made a lot of money which threatens their whole system of spending millions on movies and trying to conviene money people that you have to have a name actor to sell any movie.
I can remember several actors, when the movie came out, going on talk shows and going out of their way to slam it and make fun of it and it just smelled of fear on their part.
I thought the follow up to this one was good too..the real sequel. .That Blair witch book of shadows was stupid.imo
I haven't seen it, yet, but based on what you just said I really want to. For me the biggest disspointment with "Book of Shadows" was how it was everything the original movie wasn't. It was a movie, with known (or sort of known) actors, a sound track, the works. Like a total betrayal of the original. It was amusing how they said the first movie was a movie in that movie (like it was set in our world, or close to it) but that was the only thing it had going for it.
I remember hearing about those actors receiving death threats after that film was made. People would glare or yell at them because they were so convinced that Heather, Mike, and Josh were actually killed or missing. It was unbelievably convincing. Every time I watch it, I get so lost in it because it seems so real.
I grew up in the same part of Maryland where this movie took place and I loved exploring the woods. The fact that I was a gullible kid with no internet at the time and naturally thought this was real combined with it literally looking like it was filmed in the woods behind my house is probably why the idea of being in the woods at night still creeps me the hell out to this day.
The original Blair witch project scared the daylights out of me when it came out. .scared my ex-husband so bad he would never go camping again
You and your ex husband sound like a couple of big old sissy weinies.
I remember when the first movie came out; my school was pretty much divided on whether the movie was real or not. Even the teachers were overheard discussing it a few times.
Kinda glad you're getting into this. Its really a one video topic but I kinda like this series. 2nd movie sucked of course but the latest one added a bunch of new mysteries and lore to it. if they do make a new one then they should add onto this.
RedTeamReview New one was directed by a trash director tho.
xfinafire Unlike the Netflix Death Note movie, he was actually a fan of the source material and wanted it to be as accurate to the lore as possible while still doing new things with it. The movie even references events from the first film’s ARG and name drop’s Elly Kedward, the Blair Witch herself. Blair Witch 3 isn’t perfect and I have some issues with it, but it’s not as shitty as some people make it out to be. With the Netflix Death Note movie, he wasn’t even a fan of the source material to begin with and thought he was improving it even though the reason he made those changes was because he doesn’t like the source material and was being an arrogant prick about it online. The lesson here is that he should stick to franchises that he actually respects and cares about. Let’s hope he does the same with Godzilla vs. Kong.
@Why o Why There's 3 Blair Witch movies and 2 mockumentaries (for Blair Witch 1 & 2 respectively).
@Why o Why You're welcome
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Can’t wait for your theories when the season ends!
Really?
How did I miss that?
I was just thinking the same thing as I watched the latest Look See episode
Ohh heart warming to see fans of my work
I was 15 when this came out and remember going to the website on my dial up computer. I completely thought it was all real.
You know, with all of the set up, The Blair Witch Project could be considered the mother of modern args, web series, and other online projects.
i actually really like the Film Theorist's theory on how the two guys murdered the girl and use the cover up of a haunting witch.
I was working in the Theatres when this was released. We used to have to clean up vomit in the theatres as people would get motion sickness from the image on the screen. So much hype around this back in the day. Absolutely loved it. total masterpiece
23v0lv32 lol yes! I remember hearing stories like that back then.
You described it so eloquently and perfect..it’s not just a movie, but an experience. I saw it in the theater back when it came out and it terrified me! Everyone thought it was real back then. The whole FPV documentary style, and the rabbit hole it’s website created with all the lore and storytelling. It will always be a horror classic in my opinion.
_"Over ONE-HUNDRED years old..."_
The oldest pubs in Ireland are over a thousand years old... ☘
"And drinking has existed in this world forever and ever, Amen."
This is the northeastern u.s bro. That's pretty olf
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It’s a good thing I didn’t watch this movie in full as I not only lived in Maryland but also lived in a house in the woods. Psychological horror is the best kind of horror. 😂
Lived in a house and the backyard was the Forrest. Sleepless nights for days after watching this movie lol!!
My moms never really been a movie theater person, and back when she was a teenager this was one of the only movies she actually saw in theaters because she’s always been very interested in documentaries about the occult. She literally thought the movie was real and the film students were actually murdered by a cult until I was twenty and pulled up the movie online to show her it was fiction. That’s how you know your movie was truly a success!
It was a truly magical experience to live through at that time as a 17 y.o.
I was 12 at that time, and I agree.
I saw it opening night in theaters when I was 17. Quite an experience. Dont know if I will ever have something like that again. I appreciate the film more today than back then but again very cool experience.
they really put a lot into the lore of this movie.
The real towns where they filmed are just overloaded with tourists and film fanatics rolling through. I can understand them getting annoyed by all of the tourists, but then again it is bringing a lively economy to their towns.
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I lived in Orlando back then.
After the movie had been out awhile, it was weird seeing Heather in commercials for Steak n Shake.
I also saw her in an episode of "Without a Trace" and apparently she was the lead actor in Steven Spielberg's "Taken" (about UFO abduction, not related to the Liam Neeson franchise).
I watched The Blair Witch Project, after following hype, in a auditorium, with friends on release, in Halloween of 99 with many friends, in Hastings, UK, and, stood up as the credits came on screen (along with someone else at the same time) and said "That was shit."
Then went home, and to end up not sleeping for a night, with my thoughts running wild, in utter fear and anticipation that my soul would be destroyed by some beast in the night, and then on the second night with the light on only. In my on Bedroom, in the family house, downstairs, by the back door, that goes to the garden, that goes to the woods at the end of the garden, that the blair witch lived in, or some kind of counterpart. I was 14. And it made me fucking love horror movies.
Serves you right.
Dude you speak like a Dr Seuss character. Leave some commas for the rest of us!
@@jenniferdoran6928 lmao
I remember watching this when I was 9, it helped me further my love for the supernatural!
No matter how many horror movies I watch this will always be one of my favorites. It made me fall in love with found footage and not showing the thing you are supposed to be afraid of.
The reason the camera is zoomed at the end of the movie is cause the actor accidentally pressed the zoom button then record
Great premise for a found footage film. Came at the right time, the 90s where trash for horror films, played out tropes and sequels. It took the theme and spirit of mondo and early found footage films, such as cannibal Holocaust. Its also a precurcer if you will, for the ARGs and future pesudo paranormal style videos we see these days.
I thought there was going to be a jumpscare at the end
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I saw this in the theatre the week before a big family camping trip. A few people who were in our camping group went. It scared the shit out of us. Of course we all thought it really happened. The first few nights deep in the forest of Allegheny mountains on the boarder of PN and NY were really rough. Of course with the wildlife active at night I would lay there and listen to every little noise until I fell asleep from exhaustion. After those first few days I began to relax. A couple of us didn't care for my brother's girlfriend. So every night we would walk around their tent make it look like strange tracks, leave symbols in the dirt by them, and throw little sticks at their tent. Needless to say she was terrified and wanted to leave but my brother wouldn't go. I kinda feel a little bad now because she had nightmares for weeks
I was 12 when I seen this in 1999 and let me tell you.. I was so freaked out. I remember how much buzz it made around my whole family and how we were all gathered around the living room floor watching the tense final scenes of the movie. Even though I know it’s fiction now, it will forever be one of my favorite movies and one of the reasons horror movies are my favorite genre
I seen it in theaters in 99 at age 14. I had no idea how deep the universe is and it was a game starter for indents horror. Before I even knew the whole story just off sight alone. The movie scared me at age 14. Awesome video, I had no idea. Thank you
With films like this I’ve always wanted to go back in time to see them when they were in theaters (& not know anything about them) so I could get the full experience
I got lucky and it came out when I was 17. Scared the crap out of me.
A search party getting lost and then getting searched for is the funniest thing to me
Congrats on succeeding on so much! Man you guys went big and did great things since the last 2 or 3 years I found you guys!
You can convince yourself and the movie becomes scary af.
Also the idea of the witch drawing people and choosing them is explored in the new game.
Enjoyed your video. Don’t let anyone stand in the way of you putting your opinion’s out. It’s your own unique take on things ! And that’s incredibly valuable !
Kid! We've missed you! First of all Great Video! I agree with you, that movie honestly marks an era, I remember how I freaked out the first time I watched it and how confused I was.
Second of all, don't get discouraged. I think we all know that for the most part large corporations and governments don't like people thinking by themselves or sharing ideas that they don't agree with. We all love your videos, we can tell they are so well thought, researched and planned, your work shows it! Don't let them get to you, keep doing what you love... and you know what, we will find a different outlet for those videos they don't approve, I am sure a bunch of us will follow you and won't mind visiting a different site just to watch them.
Animo!
I remember walking home in the dark stoned out of my mind after seeing The Blair Witch in 1999. Never been more scared well mostly paranoid about everything behind me due to the weed. That is why the movie has such an impact on me. Was almost scared to see The Book Of Shadows but like Hereditary it was a really bad sometimes laughable movie.
Boy-Named-Zoen I love this so much
1:05 the thing that scares me is that i live right next to a road with the exact same name
Underrated channel right here. Been watching your content for 5 months now
Yes! I've always wanted to see you make a video about The Blair Witch Project!
I was 8 when this came out and my parents laughed at it but it scared the living hell out of me and my brother .... I will never forget that night that we first watched it
It got into my head and scared me witless. I really thought it was real for a while..... How can one girl produce so much snot? Great acting.
Well made video, absolutely loved how you created this (and the beginning was hilarious). Subscribed!
Loved this video. My brother-in-law recently watched this for the first time, and though it was ‘horrendous.’
What he failed to understand was when it first came out, it was horrifying because it was the first found footage film, and everyone thought it was real. I was 14 when I saw it, which was 5 years after its release, and it was horrifying!
in our time line heather got out of the forest and started selling weed years later
I think she's still doing it, too.
So the house is a 4hr walk away from civilization, n they spent days walking around without finding it sooner? I know they walked in circles n the witch was messing with them, it's just interesting because the house seemed like it was the middle of nowhere. It's the first time I'm hearing about the house being that close to civilization. I love the lore of the Blair Witch.
Brilliant intro man. You never cease to show us more interesting sides of your talented self
Welcome back my dude. This video was very well made and thorough. Good job man, looking forward to your future videos
watched it in 2020
This movie is something.
Its almost 3 AM watching this vid after I finished the blair witch project.Its spookie.
I recently watched Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and Blair Witch and I have never seen two movies in a series that started off so strong but turned into several movies that I like absolutely nothing about.
Blame studio interference for the 2nd movie they wanted more gore and violence and butchered the film.
Contraband Research Blair Witch 3 was better.
What an excellent video this is, very well done, thumbs up!
I love your channel! You give layers, spice, I like the feeling!
I can tell you what it was like to watch this movie in a theatre back from in 1999...it was terrifying!!
For nights afterwards, I would like in bed, too scared to look in the corners of my room, and terrified to fall asleep in case I had nightmares.
I know to younger viewers, it's just one of many found footage movies. But at the time, there had been nothing like it, and it was truly frightening.
I was afraid I wouldn't live to see your next video
It's was very interesting. I went down the rabbit hole of the viral marketing before the films release. I would stay up late reading all about the mythology, watching the little QuickTime videos with no sound. Searching the internet for related information. No one realized that it was fiction before it was released. The actors were laying low. It was intense. I also went to an advanced screening at a packed little theater in Royal Oak MI. Nothing life this had ever been done before. I had never been immersed in a film life this before. The POV camera work was very new as well. It was a cool experience.
Thank you for helping to remember a lovely moment in time that I happened to live through. Cheers!
When I first saw the movie I partly thought it was funny especially like when the guy kicked the map in the river. And then I laughed again when sometime later when I saw the Heather girl in a steak and shake commercial
Oh my God you finally uploaded! :D
Ikr? I think my mother would be proud! Until she finds out I'm a RUclipsr of course.
If anyone is interested in diving more into the Blair Witch mythology, I’ve made some of the documentaries available. Originally, the movie was going to be found footage scenes intercut with material from these documentaries.
The Burkittsville Seven: ruclips.net/video/A5iF5psCp28/видео.html
Sticks and Stones: ruclips.net/video/6RGLGdufIQo/видео.html
I always get so excited when I see that you've upload!
UNDERATED RUclipsr right here
This is what I like about the Blair Witch Project. The mythos behind it and the use of found footage gave it a good grounding of being something that you could experience with the characters. Btw, have you watched the "documentary" called the Burkittsvile Seven? It goes into deeper detail about Rustin Parrs ritualistic murders, but there's a twist. It has to deal with the last surviving child, Kyle Brody.
ruclips.net/video/A5iF5psCp28/видео.html
great video! thank u for making this, I'm about to watch the new Blair Witch so i wanted a refresher and to learn more about the original and the lore.
For weeks I visited the Blair Witch website and then saw the film when it came out. Not once did I think it was real. I went along with the Blair Witch mythos because I enjoyed the spooky story behind it.
so that means in 2044 the BlairWitch is gonna kill another person.
0:14 this is one of the more flattering angles you have filmed yourself in
The end is so wholesome. They way HeS talking is so delicate and kind
Love your content bro. Don’t care if it’s been slow, it’s always quality and awesome
That intro creeped me out a bit and i had to double check I heard it right, because I just finished a load of videos explaining why Scrappy Doo was hated so much lol.
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Wow, excellent job on this! I always thought the original Blair Witch Project was well-underrated and remains one of my favourite horror-style films alongside The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby and The Babadook!
Bro I subbed when you had like 2k subs or less I can’t comprehend how much work your put in and come so far in a year. Cheers bro!
Is Rustin Parr what inspired “Carver” from the Blair Witch video game?
7:53 I had a dream while on a hike. I also saw a woman in a white dress in the woods. Thing was, everyone on the hike had weird dreams that night. I woke up during the night when I heard someone wearing heels walking down the corridor, before falling back to sleep. I've been looking for the woman in the white dress ever since.
Bro had a run-in with La Llarona
gotta love the 1 min unskipable ad there is in the beggining of the video
*I watched The Blair Witch Project when it came out in 1999; my friend called me in the afternoon and on a whim we ended up going to The Block in the OC and luckily got the last few tickets left for the midnight showing. The camera work was making me sick so I grabbed a theater trashcan and was like, 'I am not missing this movie!' I didn't throw up, thank God.*
There were "event" movies before Blair Witch, like _the Rocky Horror Picture Show_ and _Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert._ And _The Exorcist_ would probably qualify too with all the rumours and stories about spooky things happening on set.
I was 13 and I snuck in to see it because I wasn't old enough.
Thank you for those amazing videos
PS the end Was hilarious
This movie is an arg that was so popular it turned into a movie
Wakey wakey don't hug me I'm scared uploaded
I always liked this movie. For me, it was about imagining myself in a similar situation, and it allowed me to enjoy the movie a lot.
You. You get it. Out of every commenter I saw anywhere who commented on TBWP, you're the one who gets why it's significant and what it means.
Great video man! We missed you
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This may be a little out of your media, but can you cover the lore of the chzo mythos games? Not many people know about these games so it'll be nice to shed some light to them
Learning horro back stories always adds some fun to the experience and Blair witch project was my original experience with this. Great video and classic movie
I really enjoyed this video, good job!