Has anyone considered that it could have been a mix of both? That is, Taylor agreed to certain parts of filming, like being tied up and certain other aspects, but was not told about other things the filmmakers were going to do, which is why in certain parts she's unbound and not panicked, and in others she's genuinely afraid. It wouldn't be the first time someone was lured into filming something that went in a completely different direction than they agreed to
Yeah, all this is making me think is "what if some assholes decided to kidnap someone and hold them ransom, and they just talked the people into thinking they were in on it too, and had them under the impression it's "hidden camera footage" Idk, that might be a bit far fetched in their case, but it doesn't seem too different than (example) predators pulling out pre-written letters to read to Chris Hansen just to "prove that they were only gonna explain all the dangerous things that COULD happen" If I ever find myself caught in some monumentally stupid crime spree, I may as well bring a camera along and give the world's worst excuse a shot lol
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. It reminds me somewhat of the unreleased Marlyn Manson film Groupie, where he hired an actress to act in a film set at one of his parties but didn’t tell her what was going to happen, resulting in Manson going too far, even by his own standards apparently, and likely traumatising who ever that woman was and everyone at that party. Obviously, the events in The Real Blair Witch film are tame compared to whatever happened in Groupie, but it feels like a similar situation where the actress involved did consent to the initial collaboration, but had no knowledge of what was going to happen and got scarred from the events as a result.
I think the moral of the story is to always get a clear written consent form when filming horror movies outlining exactly what will take place and possible distressing scenes.
In some cases that might help, but most lawyers/judges would try to have it thrown out in court if the person so much as got a paper-cut during filming.
Let me amend that for you...*when filming ANY movies. This is why professional projects are hardcore with their documentation, so stuff like this doesn't happen. This is why we have contracts, permits, legal docs, deal memos, wrap books, teams of accountants, so on and so forth.
Fun fact: Heather Donahue brought a knife with her when filming “The Blair Witch project” (1999) because she was afraid it might be a snuff film. All of her friends and family urged her not to work on it.
Predating "Blair Witch" by nearly 20 years was "Cannibal Holocaust". One of the actors in that found-footage film suspected it might be a snuff film so he kept money and his passport on his person at ALL time!
@@Kian_0708 Snuff is a film where the soul purpose is to record a death for financial gain. It doesn't have to be a murder but it's usually pre meditated.
“I’m sure this will be seen years later, I’m sure we’ll all be dead” Kinda freaky how after all this time later half of the people involved with this incident have passed
I feel like she was in on it until certain point. Once they took her out of the house she was scared bc she hadn't agreed to that part of it, and only went along bc who knows how they would've reacted if she fought back.
I think the situation regarding Taylor’s consent in acting in the film might be a bit less black and white then “Taylor was willing” or Taylor was unwilling”. It seems to me personally , judging from moments such as the nose scratch and the fake throat slitting scenes that she was in on the act as an actress. however, as seen with the taped knife scene, there was a risk of her being put in danger, and it possible some of her fear and distressed reactions were genuine to some extent. I think what happened was she did consent to being an actress in the film and had a vague idea of where the film was going. However, the filmmakers may have overstepped some boundaries and went too far with some of the threats and more intense scenes, causing some significant distress to Taylor in the process.
This is honestly the most likely issue. I'm really upset that the question is being framed like some Johnny Depp trial BS. These kids where trying to do a gonzo movie, but stepped over the line constantly with one of their actors. Charges like kidnapping are legal issues, but a judge saw that this fit the bill and allowed for the trial to continue since there was merit here. Overall, it looks like the major players involved messed up and owned up to that fact.
The problem is that the argument is challenged by the fact that she never said "stop guys, your going too far", this means it would likely be one or the other.
I remember just how people talked about The Blair Witch Project back when this came out. The hype was huge and the impression that this was real due to the marketing was something people got caught up in. It’s very fascinating to look back on.
@@ChristianGibbons777 well for me, I remember I was in grade 8 and it was before the times of "don't believe everything you read on the internet" haha...but ya, it was marketed like a documentary--not a horror film with actors...and when you went to the website it was very misleading with all these teasy facts and how long they've been missing and Blair Witch lore.... I remember being very confused when awards season came around, or maybe it was photos of the actors at the premiere or something, and they were alive and smiling...it was a bomb DROPPED let me tell you, haha. I was all "OMG they're ALIVE?!!" and then "...oh, wait whaaat?" Genius, made the movie was better for sure...after we saw it in theatres we had to walk home by the woods and we may have started running at some point we were so traumatized hahaha but also the feeling of being cheated by them was reaaal haha
I find the whole myth of the "Blair Witch" so interesting. The movie having this myth around it where they made everyone believe the actors all died, the investigation aspect of it is so cool for a low budget horror movie.
You just reminded me how good the marketing was for the Blair Witch Project, it’s no wonder why people back then thought it was real lost footage that was being showing off in movie theaters
Fun fact, the budget for Blair Witch was roughly estimated to be around 200K - 500K and given how the film is shot that still might be a generous estimate. Its gross net from theaters gathered in almost 250 Mil. A massive financial success.
@@NotALizardPerson81 editing, props, they had very good digital cameras for the time, paying the actors. Not sure if marketing is rolled up into these numbers, but marketing is on average half a movies total budget. In this case I'd say maybe the majority of the budget, given the massive media campaigns at the time.
I think it was a mix of acting and real fear. perhaps they did tell her they were going to fake-kidnap her, but didn't tell her they were going to threaten her life, maybe for "authentic fear" or something. like she knew the kidnapping wasn't real but when they started threatening her she actually started to panic, but by the end realised it was part of the ruse and went along with it. idk im just trying to make sense of this
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She acted out a knife slitting her throat and her reaction after discovering she wouldn't die contradicts basic human behavior. Did somehow all of you miss that? She was in on the entire thing, end of story.
Maybe she initially planned to go along with it, then in the moment got cold feet? Maybe it was different from what she expected or was told, and they did stuff she wasn't warned about? She also could have taken something like drugs or alcohol which made her compliant simply because she was high/drunk?
It wouldn’t be the first a filmmaker told their actors one thing only to do something else completely different. Maybe the idea was that they wanted her to look genuinely afraid by tricking her? But even still, in the moment that’s fucking terrifying and they in no way had the right to trick her like that. All parties should be aware of what they’re signing up for.
The thing that creeps me out about the blair witch is that to this day people make those little stick men and leave them all around the woods and they just fit in too well for that creepy atmosphere
When one of the lawyers says that she should act angry instead of relieved after discovering it was a joke, idk man. If I had spent the last hours tied thinking I'm going to be killed and then they say it's a joke, I might be more inclined to play along instead of threatening them in the spot, knowing they can still kill me.
@@hellomadetScuffed if you know you'r far away from other human beings, running away may increase a potential reaction if they thought you'd incriminate them, and you don't know if they have a gun or other means to kill you even if you try to run
I agree with him, because that's exactly how people who aren't in on such stunts react. Every single major case I've seen, including the popular "killing my friend prank" end like that. She would at least get into fight or flight mode. I don't agree at all and I feel like this is coming from someone who hasn't consumed much of actually real cases unlike this one, it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask.
Most likely related due to the stress, depression from the whole ordeal-suicide or otherwise I can see how these people's lives would have spiraled out of control
If someone kidnapped me and pretended they were going to kill me as a prank, then I probably wouldn't go over to their house to watch the video with them. Maybe if it was Martin Scorsese.
Could have, would have, should have... this behaviour happens frequently with for instance rape victims. You cannot predict how someone is gong to react to trauma. Some try to normalize the events as a coping mechanism.
Well, in her defense, she went over there to get the tape to prove that these events happened to her. It would be pretty hard to make a case like this without evidence.
I see where you're coming from, but the boys could have instructed her to do those scenes (the throat cutting) while her still being an unwilling participant in the whole thing overall. The nose scratching thing, i mean they were never planning to hurt her in the first place so it stands to reason they wouldn't care so much about her restraints. Besides, she was surrounded by guys way stronger than her, even if she tried to run they would have little trouble overpowering her, so even the fact that she informed them that her restraints came loose doesn't entirely discredit her story, because she knew that even if she wasn't tied up she still wouldn't be able to escape them, so might as well show them you're going to co-operate with them in the hopes they won't hurt you. That's my take at least.
@@annemaeisgey5762 I’m not a lawyer, but would criminal charges like assault and kidnapping even demand compensation for Danielle? I mean if she wanted money, wouldn’t it have made more sense to pursue civil charges?
Honestly Kudos to Brunel University for at least replying and providing proof of existence. IMO I think one of the reasons the movie the Blair witch Project was OG thought to be a documentary was because there was less mistrust in teh media and the fact that internet wasn't as advanced as it is now. Remember when Vince Mcmahon was "killed on Raw" in 2007 The internet believed it was true for a week.
@@dimitrescu182 Fair enough but I mean in the aftermath people (including Vince's friends such as Trump) and the internet legit thought he had died. I was in PS at the time and I remember all the kids were talking about how Mr. Mcmahon had died.
To be fair the internet even in 2007 for most of the world still had used modems that used broadband / dial up as broadband/ satellite internet were set at premium prices and not as accessible to all, we also sucked at archiving stuff compared to now. The real game changer was definitely was the wifi competitor changes to suddenly be accessible in 2009. In 2003, only about 50% of Americans had regular access to internet in their communities. Only about 38% had their own stable internet in their homes. The rest of us had to go to computer labs, Interernet cafes or libraries to get stuff done. Having to explain this concept to my youngest brother was like I was speaking of ancient times and even played him audio of what old internet sounded like as it was connecting. He was horrified lol.
I'm not a doctor, but I will say that Taylor reminds me of a lot of the people I've known who were on the autism spectrum. What I know for certain is that she didn't have a lot of friends, and this group of people were being very welcoming, and she was excited about that. I saw in another video that another girl started hanging out with them before this, and they told her they were going to pretend to kidnap her and make a movie of it. She told them not to and started avoiding them. Given what I know about this case, I think it's pretty likely that they told Taylor what they were going to do, and she went along with it because she wanted to fit in with this group. I think it was a lot more intense and frightening than she expected, and her doctor and probably anyone else she told said she should take the tape to the police. I think the deaths that followed are a mix of coincidence and sad truth. It sounds like Derek Faxlanger had epilepsy and it was expected to dramatically shorten his life. Jonathan and Travis, I'm sorry to say, very likely fell victim to the epidemic of suicide that plagues young men, particularly in rural communities. I think it might not be a coincidence that one of them died in 2014, the year the water crisis began. That made a lot of people lose hope entirely. From where I'm standing, it looks less mysterious and more sad.
When Taylor's reaction to the reveal was being criticized as unrealistic, that really irked me. People react in all sorts of confusing ways to distress/trauma, and as an autistic person myself, I've become hyper aware that I seem like I'm "acting" to people pretty often. So I've pretty much come to hate any sort of dissecting of body language or facial expressions, cuz it's almost always done without an ounce of nuance.
This is the best explanation for everything in this video was trying to get more of a understanding why it played out by reading through comments and I certainly would pick this over the other points that just don’t seem plausible
I think the truth lies somewhere between fake and real. It was likely meant to be a movie, and the "victim" probably was aware she would be in it. That being said, i don't think she knew the details of what was going to happen to her, or how intense it would feel in the moment. When it was over and she had time to reflect, she probably decided to press charges in light of the trauma it left her. That's just my theory tho. Only the kids involved actually know how this was supposed to go down
Blair Witch still remains one of my favorite movies. I’ll never forget popping in the vhs of it back in 2010 or so and being convinced it was all real at the age of 7
Lol at the age of 7... whew I'm old. I feel this, though. It was extremely convincing up until you got to the credits at the end of the movie. Truly ahead of its time in terms of found footage mixed with arg elements.
@@user-aa40 Yeah my sis is a nostalgic person and she collected and still collects vhs’s to this day. She turned me on to the habit actually and i bought it. still have no idea where the actual vhs is but i have the slipcase on display lmao
@@user-aa40 I for one consider it wasteful to get rid of something that works perfectly well just because there's a new thing to be had. I had a VCR - and used it - up until 2013. I would still have it if I hadn't gotten rid of a bunch of stuff when I moved across the country.
Me and my dad had a horror movie marathon 2 years ago and on halloween night we watched Blair witch and hereditary back to back. Safe to say I didn’t sleep well that week
Honestly, this whole thing reminded me of something that happened to me long ago; I worked in a mall when I was around 19-20 and made a ton of different kind of friends there. One guy I had befriended was into film and we would chat together often on our lunchbreaks. He asked me if I would be interested in acting in one of his movies and explained the plot and a bit about the character I'd be playing. I thought it sounded like a ton of fun and was ready to agree because I loved film myself. Eventually he tells me I'd have to act out a r*pe scene. I pretended I was okay with it just so I wouldn't add to the sudden awkwardness. Thankfully I was smart enough to cut off ties with him pretty fast, but sometimes I think about if he had conveniently left that part out, I would've found myself in a very uncomfortable position or maybe worse. Maybe something like that happened here? Even so, I believe her.
Probably the dumbest most paranoid thing anyone’s ever said. Hope you don’t watch law and order or criminal minds or anything even remotely like that. You wouldn’t imagine what they ask actual actors to do. I couldn’t imagine saying “wait you want me to act in order to be in your movie as an actor? No I don’t think so” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡
That's so creepy and weird. Act out a r*pe scene, but I bet it would have turned real. Good thing you were smart. What a weird way to lure someone into what others want
Did nobody who saw the Blair Witch and thought it was real stop to think how they are watching a group of people's last days alive in movie theaters? As far as I am aware there has never been a snuff film put in American theaters for the sake of entertainment and money.
You're right, snuff films are indeed a crime and would never be put in theaters, but think about this: The internet was brand new to most people at the time and managed to fool a lot of people. People in the present-day are now dumber than before because of the internet. The irony is to die for.
@@kenhollis6197 I don’t know about that, I would never fall for something as stupid as that because it’s really stupid. Probably because I’ve been around the internet. And the internet isn’t actually a mysterious evil plague
I was a teenager and I was told by a friend it was real. It's not like I was able to take out my smartphone and instantly fact check like I can do nowadays
The conceit was that the authorities believed it was a hoax and releasing the movie publicly, alongside an internet campaign, was the only way to get people to see the footage... it was 1999.. we were all so innocent
I think it's likely she agreed to pretend to be kidnapped for a movie by one of them, but the whole knife thing and sitting in a grave the others came up with. She was probably in this weird "I agreed to this so I have to go along with what they do... right? I already said I was ok with it, they'll be mad at me if I make a fuss now.... lemme just go with it..."
Why not both? It's not a far stretch to say that she may have agreed to the project, but then had some thoughts in the back of her mind during it that the group could actually kill her if they wanted to. The group of "friends" would have just seen her panic as acting. Why she went to the police afterward is anyone's guess. Attention, maybe some sort of disassociation from feeling traumatized in the moment, who knows.
I believe she was on it but fear won her over. It's like those halloween scare houses. People know it is fake but fear wins them over and start freaking out or even crying out of fear.
The "Blair Witch" was very interesting at the time. Reminds me of The Scooby Doo Project Cartoon Network did back in 1999 as a parody of The Blair Witch Project.
This is why films have contracts that actors need to sign before filming. If they had taylor signing to be an actress in a film stating that it was okay to tie up and threaten her the case would have been closed very, very quickly. That of course implies that the movie was fake, which I'll be honest I believe it is.
As everyone else here, I think Taylor simply wasn't informed about the extent of the things they were planing. She was preparing for being tied and getting a movie about being "kidnapped". The moment they take her out of the house, she begins to worry, when they begin threatening her with a knife she begins crying. Maybe when they finally reached the end, when she's "killed" she remembered that was a scene they told her about, and she's embarrassed at getting cold feet and tries to finish like nothing happened. But I don't doubt that they traumatized her, because she genuinely believed she was in danger. So I think her thought process went more or less like this: She feels terrible after what happened, but tells herself it was just a film, it just got a little heavy, and she got scared. After all, nothing actually happened. Then the doctor begins asking about her bruises, maybe her family was also worried. And then she finally gets to watch the "film" and can see for herself that she wasn't overreacting, what they did *was* messed up, so she takes the tape as proof and goes to the police.
Yeah, makes sense. Especially with young filmmakers who probably were a couple of friends and acquaintances. Like, you probably don't know how they make those scenes in Hollywood at the time, and kind of go too far for someone who wasn't used to it, and maybe was a little too real at times? What's normally a learning experience went a little too far because of the type of look they wanted I guess.
You kinda still feel bad for the men that killed themselves, though. Say what you will about what they did, the fact Taylor is doing fine today and 3 of the men are dead is an unfortunate imbalance. She really ruined all their lives, regardless of what your stance on the matter is.
really fucking hate it when people try to prove something did/didn't happen based on how a victim responds to trauma. "she should've fought back/she should be angry" when you're in survival mode normal social interaction rules don't apply and so you're bot going to react in a logical way, i feel like this should be obvious. i know that lawyer's just trying to do his job but i really do lose all respect and credibility for people the second they say "this is how you have to react to a threat for it to be real"
@@tonyisnotdead no obviously not. i'm saying that survival doesn't always look like a correct or normal repsonse to someone outside the situation. survival isn't just physically fighting, it's doing whatever you can to make it to the next moment, which includes someone being compliant with their captors to avoid being hurt even worse.
I think they wanted to make a movie but wanted her real reaction, so they didn't tell her. Everything she did in the film is exactly what someone thinking on their feet would do in that situation. Pretend they slit your throat then play dead and hope they leave before they realize what's going on. when they admit it was a scene, and untie her, just stay calm and act ok, so these crazies don't do something worse. Even going and getting the evidence before these guys realize how fucked up their actions were and try to destroy the evidence, was smart. If this happened to me, I'd never be able to look at my friends the same way again. Certainly would never consider them normal or safe to be around after that.
My personal conclusion is that she likely did agree to film *something* for the group, but the actual details and big kidnapping aspect was hidden from her. So she went in expecting to be fake tied-up for 30 minutes or so, then the others dragged her in to much more frightening situations that made her genuinely afraid for her life and she reported them based on that. I think you could even argue parts like the throat-slitting and the end where she’s “released” were also a case of her continuing to play along with the original plan because she was afraid of what they’d do if she tried to stop and leave. Why lie? Probably because she or her lawyer guessed that if she admitted to agreeing to filming one thing, the court might rule she agreed to all of it, so saying it was a full-blown kidnapping was easier to make a case out of. Or maybe she felt like the group was actually dangerous and wanted to be sure they couldn’t argue out of consequences.
@@charliemalick8985 10 year old me didn't know any better when I saw it in theaters. This reasoning hit the nail on the head. Hand held cameras still held a mysterious vibe that big budget filmmakers could not replicate.
A lot of people did. The internet was brand new to most people, and the web site along with everything else made it seem incredibly real. I was 12 when it came out and saw it in the theater with my mom. I was convinced it was real and slept with the lights on for several days. I even tried to solve the supposed mystery by researching. Eventually, I realized that it was all fictional, but I still love it all to this day.
@@jacksnap425 I recall back then some people thought it was really. I also remember The Scooby Doo Project Cartoon Network did back in 1999 as a parody of The Blair Witch Project.
Just a note on how she was just standing in her grave opposed to wrestling around, there is fight or flight. Someone in such a situation would likely choose one but beneath our fight or flight instinct we learned a long long time ago is the freeze response. In times of great stress freezing isn’t uncommon. Could all be half real. By that I mean she's in on the captive idea back at the house, goes along with it but they planned for it to be way more intense and didn’t tell her because they knew she wouldn’t agree to that. Whole thing is just bizarre. I haven’t a clue.
Using "her acting seems convincing" to base your entire opinion on is ridiculous. Her acting seems TERRIBLE, I'm sure you could show this to any number of people who have worked in film and they can tell you the nuances that make this a case of untrained actors attempting to act. If you see something different then that's fine, but to continually state how "horrible" these acts were just because you bafflingly found the acting "realistic", is a big big stretch.
It's surely something in between. A similar (not so extreme, but exactly that proves a point) thing happened to my friend. They were filming a scene where 2 officers are sitting in a police vehicle and 4 hooligans come up to them and start threatening them, pounding the car, shouting and such. After filming the scene for like 30min one of the actors playing the policeman (professional actor) lost it and started shouting back and fighting the others (not in the script). He probably suffered some form of panic attack after being continuously threatened by "hooligans" repeating the takes one after another. It just shows filmmakers should really consider the safety of everyone involved and not just physical safety but also emotional one.
I was 9 when The Blair Witch came out and I remember my older siblings and their friends saying how scary the movie was and how it gave them nightmares. I never watched it, still haven't to this day. I just remember there was so much hype and fear around the movie.
blair witch project came out when i was in high school. EVERYBODY wanted to make a movie because of it. i remember a couple friends and acquaintances and i from school decided to do it for a project. one of the guys in the group lived out near a wooded area and we all went out to his house one friday night to film. we knew nothing about filming lol. it was pitch dark and we had no lights, so we built a campfire and decided we would just "adlib" because we didn't write a script or rehearse... in other words, a complete professional production... things got weird when we decided to film one of the death scenes and the guy who we chose to be the killer grabs me and my friend aside (all 3 of us males) and starts talking about raping one of the girls... at first, considering the context of the situation we thought he was was going overboard on the film, we didnt think he was serious so we just brushed it off and was like, "we cant turn that in for a grade"... then a few minutes later my friend comes up to me and was a little weirded out saying the guy kept asking him to help him do it. at that point we were all pretty over the project that wasn't going right in any way and decided it was time to go. but the girls had to wait on a ride and we didn't feel right about leaving them there so we waited and everything ended fine. back at school that monday we decided to pull her aside and tell her what happened. obviously she completely freaked out and he was expelled from the school. never heard from the guy again.
Putting myself in her shoes I'm thinking maybe she gets to that point where they grab her and then she starts to think wait a minute maybe this was their plan all along to make me think I was a part of this thing when I'm actually not and they're going to kill me for real and that look on her face at the end was like oh my God okay it's over with you know where that really was real it was a look almost as satisfaction but also relief the part I don't understand is why she turned it in to begin with unless maybe that was part of the whole failed marketing campaign that they just didn't expect to go off the rails. Maybe by the time she gives the found footage to the police if she realizes that she's in over her head because now she doesn't go through with it for real maybe they're threatening her with jail time for false accusation.
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I remember when the Blair witch came out everybody thought it was real oh my God I'm getting old (which is great 😁💪) also they even went on "TRL" which was MTV's after school thing after school program 😂ahh sweet memories
I remember when the Blair Witch Project came out. My friends and I even went to see it in the theater. We left there wondering if what we had watched was real. It was indeed revolutionary because none of us had ever seen anything like that. Anyone who tried to mimic the style afterwards, their movies fell flat because once it was already done, there was no way to recapture that magic.
20 years later and people are still committing borderline crimes disguised as "pranks" or "experiements" for the sake of clout and attention Nothing changes
im betting what happened was that they told her "we're gonna do a fake torture scene" and didn't give her any details and just started threatening her with a knife and burying her and she was too scared to say "no stop" cus she thought it was for real by that point, but they all thought that she knew it was part of the filming and didn't think to make sure she wa cool with it
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@@FreightmareFTWI agree with you, but derailing the conversation with an unrelated topic and derailing the topic is not a good way to endear people to your message.
To me, its a prank gone wrong. It's bad what they did but no malleolus intentions were meant... I wonder if Taylor only agreed with the kidnapping but not the grave or the knife.
Funny, I was actually rewatching the lost media case files as audio while I was cleaning. When I got a moment to take a break, I saw this show up on my page Talk about perfect timing After watching the video, I can see why some might be in this whole mix up rather Taylor could've been plating along or not First thing to note is that she clearly shows signs of fear and a bit of distress but honestly anyone could do that and the possibility of her kidnappers the whole situation before recording like telling her it was staged is a possibility Why people thought she was faking it, like I said the possibility of her being told about it before recording is there, that's besides the points that were made by Jorge. Now here is another thought I wanna bring up and see what others think. I think she waited the two days because 1. Like mentioned, she likely needed to recover 2. If she were to go to the police right away, who's to say they wouldn't believe her and she needed evidence to show proof that she was telling the truth so she waited for the right moment. That is a common key point that is usually taken note of when it comes to any kind of case: evidence, whether it's through a photo or video footage or what not This part is random but take this thought as like a..."coincidence" I guess. Notice how three of the kidnappers pass away after the whole incident, yet the documentary is called "the Blair witch" Think about that
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I absolutely feel like it was a matter of confusion on Taylor's end. Definitely could've been she had some idea of what was going to happen but as things got more intense than she anticipated she began to worry. She could've been in a state of questioning which can be really distressing, but also explain why she didn't fully struggle or panic or try to escape when she could. I think it's just a matter of young inexperienced film makers not taking the proper precautions when doing an unscripted shoot and it causing some unintended emotional consequences. It was a dumb thing to do but I don't think it was malicious. Just unfortunate for everyone involved. Don't think anyone left unchanged.
I think she may have been informed they were going to make a movie, but she wasn't in on the nature of the film or any other details. That's why in the beginning she's rather chilled out and scratching her nose and by the end she just goes into self-preservation mode, pretending to be dead and obliging with every request her captors make. I think she may have realized by the very end that they weren't going to kill her, because they very clearly did not cut her throat and she kept motionless in case they just missed. That's why by the end she's not angry or aggressive, because by then she already realized that THIS was the movie they wanted to make. She already processed this and has no energy to be angry about it. And that could have been the reason she waited two days before telling the cops since she didn't know if she had any right to be angry about it if she initially agreed to it.
i feel like danielle probably consented to being apart of the film but didn’t realize how far it would go. moral of the story: get consent forms that outlines everything
It’s interesting that the American version discusses the filmmakers death in 2006 and 2007 when the original film was made in 2003. It makes me wonder why a new version was made so much later but maybe there was just some renewed interest in the case
MSNBC contacted RawTV for comment rights to broadcast it. They added appendices as there was some renewed interest in the case due to similar style events playing out, according to Simon Egan
0:50 - Why do all four of the guys look like AI altered pictures of the same person. Its like some guy took a picture of himself, then ran it through AI and got 4 pictures of other males who look similar....and these are those 4 guys lol.
I think she agreed to take part in a film, but her acting was so good because it felt so real in the moment and she was probably having doubts about their honesty. She probably decided to take legal action because she didn't expect it to be that fucked up and genuinely traumatic
8:02 You can click the embed square then using googles inspect, you can inspect the video at the top with the captions underneath it will provide a link to an mp4 in the inspect window going to the at link you can download the mp4 from the webplayer do this for all the clips, stitch them together in an video editor and you have the whole thing again
I feel like she was in on it up until the point where her life was legitimately threatened Like....I dont know about you, but the threats sounded very geniune, so yeah, not ok.
I feel sorry for the five arrested for this but at the same time feel they probably took it a little too far but they likely got caught up in the excitement of a making a movie without considering how this was going to impact everyone in the movie . However being arrested for it was taking it too far as well. Honestly sad to hear of 3 of the film makers passing away.
I don't know if anyone else saw this but I remember seeing a Maury episode (90% sure it was maury at least) when I was a kid about this. He had the girl on and she was very much saying she wasn't a part of it, they played parts of the video on the show, and she explained things as they played clips from it. Some of the things she explained actually answered some of the questions people were speculating about like her "acting" dead after the knife to the throat. That doesn't need explaining though in my opinion because I would have done the same thing. Why would you start moving around after that? Either the guy made a mistake or he is pretending because he actually doesn't want to do it and is afraid of the others finding that out and hurting him. I can't think of any reason I would start moving around so I don't know why people are even questioning that to begin with. There's 5 people so nothing about weapons even matters, it would be assumed by any victim that resisting is only going to anger them and there's little chance of getting away from all of them. I think it's possible that this case was a little bit of both; like she agreed to the beginning parts of the film but not other parts or something. The whole thing is very strange.
There’s plenty of cheaply made movies that were mistaken for real snuff films such as 1970s Cannibal Holocaust or the Japanese film Flower of Flesh and Blood. There’s also the August Underground films. I think the people in this real Blair Witch just wanted to make a realistic horror film that blends reality. It was all staged. Sometimes these movies can seem real especially the low budget ones. I honestly think it’s hard to tell if the girl was actually scared. I mean if your filming a horror movie the whole point is to pretend your scared. Unless there was behind the scenes footage to see how she really acts out of character, everything shown can come down to her acting. Some people are naturally good at acting even if they don’t go into that field. But besides that it’s crazy how they all died, it’s almost like the video was cursed. Hmmm 🤔
I think, she was on it, but after the fact felt that it was too much and decided to hold them accountable. Still, I don't think the guys deserved to be charged with kidnapping, something like "endangerment" would be more fitting. In the end, it's obvious that all of this took a bigger toll on them than it took on that girl.
They weren't charged with kidnapping though, the charge was attempted kidnapping. If they'd really gone for the kidnapping charge the penalties would have been much more serious.
@@wendillon92 then attempted kidnapping too. I don't think they deserved to serve any real time at all, just a probation, since the girl wasn't in any real danger.
@@Killerstar13 If I grab a random person off the street, tie them up and take them into my home, feed them delicious food and explain carefully to them that I'm not going to hurt them and they're not in any danger it's still kidnapping. My intent doesn't matter, it's consent that's the issue. If she did not consent to being taken anywhere then they deserved to be punished regardless of their intentions. If she was in on it then she's a crappy person for going through with the criminal charges, but if she wasn't in on it then they actually got off pretty lightly. Moral of the story.....always get your friends or acquaintances to sign consent forms if you're gonna do something crazy.
Just ran through the comments really quickly and very surprised no one has pointed out that Taylor's crying while saying "goodbye" to her family is incredibly similar to the "I'm so sorry" monologue in BWP. Not saying it's not in here somewhere, but hard not to notice the similarities and that it hasn't been pointed out more frequently.
This does not look real! And her acting is not good. The phone call to family, scratching her nose, untied ropes comment. My guess would be maybe there was some kind of drama in the friend group that led to her to lie? Why would they film it all and then host a viewing party?
Man that judge is lucky. She's been a judge for 24 years and the worst most sadistic thing she's ever seen is a clearly fake tape? Did she not watch the news a few years before? 🤣
@@kevinf8439 ahaha haha haha What a completely new quip I've been presented and have never ever ever heard before lol But for real, yes. Like the Blair witch. I even garnered thr moniker "the Blair which designs" since I am a graphic designer. I love the association and the puns.
Where's the footage that didn't make it into the film? The footage with all the bloopers and actors breaking character. What were they like during these scenes? Was she still distressed during these scenes? Were the others still treating her like their victim? It's not just about the footage in the movie, but also the cut content.
I feel like she may've been in on it but being exposed to the possibility of actually dying with no one knowing AKA when she was about to be 'buried' in the grave, she just began to actually think it was the end for her. If this was the case, it was extremely screwed up of her to accuse them of this, unless they left out the part where this happened. This is why a Script and written consent in front of a lawyer is needed.
I like that the knife they used alongside the tape on the end is also facing the opposite direction, the dull side facing her and the blade part of it meant to cut facing away
A couple small things could have helped. Communication with their school about what they were doing beforehand or have some kind of signed document stating their intentions for the film, undersigned by all parties including the alleged victim.
Maybe they planned the movie before but Taylor got scared in the middle? Like, thinking this is not what I signed for or something, regretted her decision?
Bruh I’m sorry but those collage choose the worst layer. There are so many things that point to this being fake that this should have been a clear cut case.
What do people mean "she is clearly not acting" at scenes like 11:00 ? That's Hollywood cry, not even a good one. If that was a real kidnapping there would be a lot more Crying, a lot more sobbing, a lot more begging for them not to hurt her. The idea that she'd act that composed after being kidnapped is stupid. I'm by no means an expert on kidnapping but come on, if you've ever seen someone distressed you know they don't act that calm.
Has anyone considered that it could have been a mix of both? That is, Taylor agreed to certain parts of filming, like being tied up and certain other aspects, but was not told about other things the filmmakers were going to do, which is why in certain parts she's unbound and not panicked, and in others she's genuinely afraid. It wouldn't be the first time someone was lured into filming something that went in a completely different direction than they agreed to
that’s what i figured. it probably went too far and that’s why she reported it
reminds me of the actual blair witch project...
Yeah, all this is making me think is "what if some assholes decided to kidnap someone and hold them ransom, and they just talked the people into thinking they were in on it too, and had them under the impression it's "hidden camera footage"
Idk, that might be a bit far fetched in their case, but it doesn't seem too different than (example) predators pulling out pre-written letters to read to Chris Hansen just to "prove that they were only gonna explain all the dangerous things that COULD happen"
If I ever find myself caught in some monumentally stupid crime spree, I may as well bring a camera along and give the world's worst excuse a shot lol
ye but the trial was about whether the *rest* of their "project" was genuine or Taylor was just a really good actor
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. It reminds me somewhat of the unreleased Marlyn Manson film Groupie, where he hired an actress to act in a film set at one of his parties but didn’t tell her what was going to happen, resulting in Manson going too far, even by his own standards apparently, and likely traumatising who ever that woman was and everyone at that party. Obviously, the events in The Real Blair Witch film are tame compared to whatever happened in Groupie, but it feels like a similar situation where the actress involved did consent to the initial collaboration, but had no knowledge of what was going to happen and got scarred from the events as a result.
I think the moral of the story is to always get a clear written consent form when filming horror movies outlining exactly what will take place and possible distressing scenes.
Yup. 100%
In some cases that might help, but most lawyers/judges would try to have it thrown out in court if the person so much as got a paper-cut during filming.
@@D0ntTickleMe maybe it was all a work for fame
Let me amend that for you...*when filming ANY movies.
This is why professional projects are hardcore with their documentation, so stuff like this doesn't happen. This is why we have contracts, permits, legal docs, deal memos, wrap books, teams of accountants, so on and so forth.
If you hate cinema, real pros go the traumatizing the cast route
Fun fact: Heather Donahue brought a knife with her when filming “The Blair Witch project” (1999) because she was afraid it might be a snuff film. All of her friends and family urged her not to work on it.
Predating "Blair Witch" by nearly 20 years was "Cannibal Holocaust". One of the actors in that found-footage film suspected it might be a snuff film so he kept money and his passport on his person at ALL time!
@@Kian_0708 im pretty sure it's a horror movie with actual murder, but I might be wrong
@@Kian_0708 it's basically a recording, film, or movie that shows an actual murder in it
You got a source for that sir?
@@Kian_0708 Snuff is a film where the soul purpose is to record a death for financial gain. It doesn't have to be a murder but it's usually pre meditated.
“I’m sure this will be seen years later, I’m sure we’ll all be dead”
Kinda freaky how after all this time later half of the people involved with this incident have passed
half
almost like the original footage was filmed 2 decades ago.
@@toraatoro1106 they were still in college though they'd only have been like 40 by now
@@toraatoro1106Almost as if they were college kids two decades ago and they wouldn’t be elderly people on death’s doorstep right now.
@@alakazamlover4908 that’s what I’m saying, they wouldn’t be elderly people now lol
I feel like she was in on it until certain point. Once they took her out of the house she was scared bc she hadn't agreed to that part of it, and only went along bc who knows how they would've reacted if she fought back.
@nightwingdefeatingbadguys8076 seek help
@Андер Шафер link or it didn't happen
@Андер Шафер damn
@Андер Шафер for good reason, it seems.
@its really complicated being nice to straight men Touch grass.
I think the situation regarding Taylor’s consent in acting in the film might be a bit less black and white then “Taylor was willing” or Taylor was unwilling”. It seems to me personally , judging from moments such as the nose scratch and the fake throat slitting scenes that she was in on the act as an actress. however, as seen with the taped knife scene, there was a risk of her being put in danger, and it possible some of her fear and distressed reactions were genuine to some extent.
I think what happened was she did consent to being an actress in the film and had a vague idea of where the film was going. However, the filmmakers may have overstepped some boundaries and went too far with some of the threats and more intense scenes, causing some significant distress to Taylor in the process.
This is honestly the most likely issue. I'm really upset that the question is being framed like some Johnny Depp trial BS.
These kids where trying to do a gonzo movie, but stepped over the line constantly with one of their actors. Charges like kidnapping are legal issues, but a judge saw that this fit the bill and allowed for the trial to continue since there was merit here.
Overall, it looks like the major players involved messed up and owned up to that fact.
I feel both parties are equally guilty for being brain dead teenagers. You always had them in school, doing reckless, dangerous stupid stunts.
Yeah. It sounds like a mix pf both. But the problem is the crew was irresponsible. These things were dangerous.
The problem is that the argument is challenged by the fact that she never said "stop guys, your going too far", this means it would likely be one or the other.
@Sam Dreamurr They could've just edited out the footage of her saying no as well.
I remember just how people talked about The Blair Witch Project back when this came out. The hype was huge and the impression that this was real due to the marketing was something people got caught up in. It’s very fascinating to look back on.
Yep. Thought it was real footage when I went to see it. Was immediately disappointed and the disappointment only worsened. What a POS movie.
So can you fill me in please?? I haven’t heard about this before.
@@fcukjones6709 you must be fun at parties
@@ChristianGibbons777 well for me, I remember I was in grade 8 and it was before the times of "don't believe everything you read on the internet" haha...but ya, it was marketed like a documentary--not a horror film with actors...and when you went to the website it was very misleading with all these teasy facts and how long they've been missing and Blair Witch lore.... I remember being very confused when awards season came around, or maybe it was photos of the actors at the premiere or something, and they were alive and smiling...it was a bomb DROPPED let me tell you, haha. I was all "OMG they're ALIVE?!!" and then "...oh, wait whaaat?"
Genius, made the movie was better for sure...after we saw it in theatres we had to walk home by the woods and we may have started running at some point we were so traumatized hahaha
but also the feeling of being cheated by them was reaaal haha
@@teacue7007 I see.
I find the whole myth of the "Blair Witch" so interesting. The movie having this myth around it where they made everyone believe the actors all died, the investigation aspect of it is so cool for a low budget horror movie.
How does this comment function?!? Wasn't this just uploaded????
I'm kind of iffy on the movie myself, but I appreciate it for being an early found footage film and I get why people enjoy it.
@@Jakepf membership benefit or patreon early access probably
@@starredcosmos OHHH you're right! Dang. Lmao shoulda thought of that lol
Blair Witch 2 kinda showed (before studio interference) how hyped the movie was and how it affected different types of people
Why did five friends recruit a stranger instead of just having one of them play the role? All of this would've been avoided.
A girl makes for a more emotionally impactful victim, perhaps.
To be more lookin genuine i guess
Or just bring a 3rd party she picks
@@CuteCuteJames maybe you're missing the fact that one of the 5 was female...?
@@rogthepirate4593 Wait, seriously? I was listening to this while I was working and if that's true, yeah, I absolutely did miss that part. Huh.
You just reminded me how good the marketing was for the Blair Witch Project, it’s no wonder why people back then thought it was real lost footage that was being showing off in movie theaters
The website was so janky looking but it was early internet so it didn't take much to look legit. The "real interviews" were a nice touch.
The diary entries too
They just don't market movies like that anymore
The movie was absolute garbage tho lmfao
@@moneybilla I mean nowadays but for it’s time, it was the first of it’s kind
Fun fact, the budget for Blair Witch was roughly estimated to be around 200K - 500K and given how the film is shot that still might be a generous estimate. Its gross net from theaters gathered in almost 250 Mil. A massive financial success.
I'd love to see how walking around filming in the woods costs 200k.
@@NotALizardPerson81 editing, props, they had very good digital cameras for the time, paying the actors. Not sure if marketing is rolled up into these numbers, but marketing is on average half a movies total budget. In this case I'd say maybe the majority of the budget, given the massive media campaigns at the time.
Sources are actually really inconsistent on what the film’s budget was for some reason I’ve seen estimates as low as 20k and as high as 600k
@@NotALizardPerson81 the money doesn't 100% go into the actors and the camera.
I was told it only cost $60,000.. so idk if that’s true
I think it was a mix of acting and real fear. perhaps they did tell her they were going to fake-kidnap her, but didn't tell her they were going to threaten her life, maybe for "authentic fear" or something.
like she knew the kidnapping wasn't real but when they started threatening her she actually started to panic, but by the end realised it was part of the ruse and went along with it.
idk im just trying to make sense of this
It sounds pretty plausible to me
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@@FreightmareFTW beat it with your religious drivel.
She acted out a knife slitting her throat and her reaction after discovering she wouldn't die contradicts basic human behavior. Did somehow all of you miss that? She was in on the entire thing, end of story.
Maybe she initially planned to go along with it, then in the moment got cold feet? Maybe it was different from what she expected or was told, and they did stuff she wasn't warned about? She also could have taken something like drugs or alcohol which made her compliant simply because she was high/drunk?
It wouldn’t be the first a filmmaker told their actors one thing only to do something else completely different. Maybe the idea was that they wanted her to look genuinely afraid by tricking her? But even still, in the moment that’s fucking terrifying and they in no way had the right to trick her like that. All parties should be aware of what they’re signing up for.
@its really complicated being nice to straight men ii n Hollywood there goes alot more and satanic stuff on
You wouldnt believe it
Drugs and alcohol aren't a good excuse for further bad decisions. You sound very soft. Have fun getting bent over by life
The thing that creeps me out about the blair witch is that to this day people make those little stick men and leave them all around the woods and they just fit in too well for that creepy atmosphere
You're going to woods that are too well traveled. Find somewhere the forest management doesn't take care of anymore.
@@A_Black_Sheep94 That's where you find the big ones.
Guilty , I've made and put a few in my time
When one of the lawyers says that she should act angry instead of relieved after discovering it was a joke, idk man. If I had spent the last hours tied thinking I'm going to be killed and then they say it's a joke, I might be more inclined to play along instead of threatening them in the spot, knowing they can still kill me.
his argument was that she wasn't a "perfect victim" and it's so stupid.
Call me a moron, but I'd run away from them faster than Usain Bolt, screaming through the woods like a Banshee.
@@hellomadetScuffed if you know you'r far away from other human beings, running away may increase a potential reaction if they thought you'd incriminate them, and you don't know if they have a gun or other means to kill you even if you try to run
@@luismercado5160 I mean, given that I'm already dead, why shouldn't I even try to save my own life by running away?
I agree with him, because that's exactly how people who aren't in on such stunts react. Every single major case I've seen, including the popular "killing my friend prank" end like that.
She would at least get into fight or flight mode. I don't agree at all and I feel like this is coming from someone who hasn't consumed much of actually real cases unlike this one, it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask.
That is really weird and creepy that 3 of the 5 filmmakers died before reaching the age of 40.
Not really
Coincidence probably
@@FFraciSS 3.4 percent of people die before the age of forty I think not 😂😂😂😂
@@sarahcosgrove6771 If your explanation for it is some ghost, drop the statistics because you're not basing it on the real world to begin with.
Most likely related due to the stress, depression from the whole ordeal-suicide or otherwise I can see how these people's lives would have spiraled out of control
If someone kidnapped me and pretended they were going to kill me as a prank, then I probably wouldn't go over to their house to watch the video with them. Maybe if it was Martin Scorsese.
If it was Quentin Tarantino you probably would have gotten killed
@@agent2608 Always insist on method acting
good point
Could have, would have, should have... this behaviour happens frequently with for instance rape victims. You cannot predict how someone is gong to react to trauma. Some try to normalize the events as a coping mechanism.
Well, in her defense, she went over there to get the tape to prove that these events happened to her. It would be pretty hard to make a case like this without evidence.
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Her being able to scratch her nose and acting like that fake throat slit killed her were huge red flags for me as far as believing her.
I think the lawyers and the judge just didn't care
I see where you're coming from, but the boys could have instructed her to do those scenes (the throat cutting) while her still being an unwilling participant in the whole thing overall.
The nose scratching thing, i mean they were never planning to hurt her in the first place so it stands to reason they wouldn't care so much about her restraints.
Besides, she was surrounded by guys way stronger than her, even if she tried to run they would have little trouble overpowering her, so even the fact that she informed them that her restraints came loose doesn't entirely discredit her story, because she knew that even if she wasn't tied up she still wouldn't be able to escape them, so might as well show them you're going to co-operate with them in the hopes they won't hurt you.
That's my take at least.
I bet she went to the police so she could have got a good amount of money out of a big lawsuit. She did it for the money most likely.
@@JonasC22 That does make sense.
@@annemaeisgey5762 I’m not a lawyer, but would criminal charges like assault and kidnapping even demand compensation for Danielle? I mean if she wanted money, wouldn’t it have made more sense to pursue civil charges?
Honestly Kudos to Brunel University for at least replying and providing proof of existence. IMO I think one of the reasons the movie the Blair witch Project was OG thought to be a documentary was because there was less mistrust in teh media and the fact that internet wasn't as advanced as it is now. Remember when Vince Mcmahon was "killed on Raw" in 2007 The internet believed it was true for a week.
Vince McMahon's "death" is obviously fake because the cameraman didn't even react to the fact that someone was just blown up right in front of him.
@@dimitrescu182 Fair enough but I mean in the aftermath people (including Vince's friends such as Trump) and the internet legit thought he had died. I was in PS at the time and I remember all the kids were talking about how Mr. Mcmahon had died.
To be fair the internet even in 2007 for most of the world still had used modems that used broadband / dial up as broadband/ satellite internet were set at premium prices and not as accessible to all, we also sucked at archiving stuff compared to now.
The real game changer was definitely was the wifi competitor changes to suddenly be accessible in 2009. In 2003, only about 50% of Americans had regular access to internet in their communities. Only about 38% had their own stable internet in their homes. The rest of us had to go to computer labs, Interernet cafes or libraries to get stuff done.
Having to explain this concept to my youngest brother was like I was speaking of ancient times and even played him audio of what old internet sounded like as it was connecting. He was horrified lol.
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I'm not a doctor, but I will say that Taylor reminds me of a lot of the people I've known who were on the autism spectrum. What I know for certain is that she didn't have a lot of friends, and this group of people were being very welcoming, and she was excited about that. I saw in another video that another girl started hanging out with them before this, and they told her they were going to pretend to kidnap her and make a movie of it. She told them not to and started avoiding them. Given what I know about this case, I think it's pretty likely that they told Taylor what they were going to do, and she went along with it because she wanted to fit in with this group. I think it was a lot more intense and frightening than she expected, and her doctor and probably anyone else she told said she should take the tape to the police.
I think the deaths that followed are a mix of coincidence and sad truth. It sounds like Derek Faxlanger had epilepsy and it was expected to dramatically shorten his life. Jonathan and Travis, I'm sorry to say, very likely fell victim to the epidemic of suicide that plagues young men, particularly in rural communities. I think it might not be a coincidence that one of them died in 2014, the year the water crisis began. That made a lot of people lose hope entirely. From where I'm standing, it looks less mysterious and more sad.
When Taylor's reaction to the reveal was being criticized as unrealistic, that really irked me. People react in all sorts of confusing ways to distress/trauma, and as an autistic person myself, I've become hyper aware that I seem like I'm "acting" to people pretty often.
So I've pretty much come to hate any sort of dissecting of body language or facial expressions, cuz it's almost always done without an ounce of nuance.
@Hailey - you’re not a doctor, so shut up and stop your “insightful” diagnoses.
I thought of the water crisis as soon as Jorge mentioned Flint, TBH. Kinda sad to say but true
This is the best explanation for everything in this video was trying to get more of a understanding why it played out by reading through comments and I certainly would pick this over the other points that just don’t seem plausible
Since when is Flint considered “rural”?
I think the truth lies somewhere between fake and real. It was likely meant to be a movie, and the "victim" probably was aware she would be in it. That being said, i don't think she knew the details of what was going to happen to her, or how intense it would feel in the moment. When it was over and she had time to reflect, she probably decided to press charges in light of the trauma it left her. That's just my theory tho. Only the kids involved actually know how this was supposed to go down
Blair Witch still remains one of my favorite movies. I’ll never forget popping in the vhs of it back in 2010 or so and being convinced it was all real at the age of 7
Lol at the age of 7... whew I'm old. I feel this, though. It was extremely convincing up until you got to the credits at the end of the movie. Truly ahead of its time in terms of found footage mixed with arg elements.
wth vhs in 2010??lol..dvds were out b4 2000....
@@user-aa40 Yeah my sis is a nostalgic person and she collected and still collects vhs’s to this day. She turned me on to the habit actually and i bought it. still have no idea where the actual vhs is but i have the slipcase on display lmao
@@user-aa40 I for one consider it wasteful to get rid of something that works perfectly well just because there's a new thing to be had. I had a VCR - and used it - up until 2013. I would still have it if I hadn't gotten rid of a bunch of stuff when I moved across the country.
Me and my dad had a horror movie marathon 2 years ago and on halloween night we watched Blair witch and hereditary back to back. Safe to say I didn’t sleep well that week
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Honestly, this whole thing reminded me of something that happened to me long ago; I worked in a mall when I was around 19-20 and made a ton of different kind of friends there. One guy I had befriended was into film and we would chat together often on our lunchbreaks. He asked me if I would be interested in acting in one of his movies and explained the plot and a bit about the character I'd be playing. I thought it sounded like a ton of fun and was ready to agree because I loved film myself. Eventually he tells me I'd have to act out a r*pe scene. I pretended I was okay with it just so I wouldn't add to the sudden awkwardness. Thankfully I was smart enough to cut off ties with him pretty fast, but sometimes I think about if he had conveniently left that part out, I would've found myself in a very uncomfortable position or maybe worse. Maybe something like that happened here? Even so, I believe her.
Wow that’s crazy!!!
Probably the dumbest most paranoid thing anyone’s ever said. Hope you don’t watch law and order or criminal minds or anything even remotely like that. You wouldn’t imagine what they ask actual actors to do. I couldn’t imagine saying “wait you want me to act in order to be in your movie as an actor? No I don’t think so” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡
"i pretended i was okay with it so i wouldn't add to the awkwardness"
DON'T ever do this. Jesus.
Never make movies with someone who works at Mrs. Fields.
That's so creepy and weird. Act out a r*pe scene, but I bet it would have turned real. Good thing you were smart. What a weird way to lure someone into what others want
Did nobody who saw the Blair Witch and thought it was real stop to think how they are watching a group of people's last days alive in movie theaters? As far as I am aware there has never been a snuff film put in American theaters for the sake of entertainment and money.
You're right, snuff films are indeed a crime and would never be put in theaters, but think about this: The internet was brand new to most people at the time and managed to fool a lot of people. People in the present-day are now dumber than before because of the internet. The irony is to die for.
Try Grizzly Man
@@kenhollis6197 I don’t know about that, I would never fall for something as stupid as that because it’s really stupid. Probably because I’ve been around the internet. And the internet isn’t actually a mysterious evil plague
I was a teenager and I was told by a friend it was real. It's not like I was able to take out my smartphone and instantly fact check like I can do nowadays
The conceit was that the authorities believed it was a hoax and releasing the movie publicly, alongside an internet campaign, was the only way to get people to see the footage... it was 1999.. we were all so innocent
I think it's likely she agreed to pretend to be kidnapped for a movie by one of them, but the whole knife thing and sitting in a grave the others came up with. She was probably in this weird "I agreed to this so I have to go along with what they do... right? I already said I was ok with it, they'll be mad at me if I make a fuss now.... lemme just go with it..."
Why not both? It's not a far stretch to say that she may have agreed to the project, but then had some thoughts in the back of her mind during it that the group could actually kill her if they wanted to. The group of "friends" would have just seen her panic as acting. Why she went to the police afterward is anyone's guess. Attention, maybe some sort of disassociation from feeling traumatized in the moment, who knows.
bc thats not what she claims
I believe she was on it but fear won her over. It's like those halloween scare houses. People know it is fake but fear wins them over and start freaking out or even crying out of fear.
No one goes to the police for attention, they don’t take us seriously as it is are you fucking kidding me
The "Blair Witch" was very interesting at the time. Reminds me of The Scooby Doo Project Cartoon Network did back in 1999 as a parody of The Blair Witch Project.
I've been seeing that pop up in shorts and recommended on RUclips! Takes me back to the good ol days.
This is why films have contracts that actors need to sign before filming. If they had taylor signing to be an actress in a film stating that it was okay to tie up and threaten her the case would have been closed very, very quickly.
That of course implies that the movie was fake, which I'll be honest I believe it is.
As everyone else here, I think Taylor simply wasn't informed about the extent of the things they were planing. She was preparing for being tied and getting a movie about being "kidnapped". The moment they take her out of the house, she begins to worry, when they begin threatening her with a knife she begins crying. Maybe when they finally reached the end, when she's "killed" she remembered that was a scene they told her about, and she's embarrassed at getting cold feet and tries to finish like nothing happened.
But I don't doubt that they traumatized her, because she genuinely believed she was in danger. So I think her thought process went more or less like this: She feels terrible after what happened, but tells herself it was just a film, it just got a little heavy, and she got scared. After all, nothing actually happened. Then the doctor begins asking about her bruises, maybe her family was also worried. And then she finally gets to watch the "film" and can see for herself that she wasn't overreacting, what they did *was* messed up, so she takes the tape as proof and goes to the police.
Yeah, makes sense. Especially with young filmmakers who probably were a couple of friends and acquaintances. Like, you probably don't know how they make those scenes in Hollywood at the time, and kind of go too far for someone who wasn't used to it, and maybe was a little too real at times?
What's normally a learning experience went a little too far because of the type of look they wanted I guess.
You kinda still feel bad for the men that killed themselves, though. Say what you will about what they did, the fact Taylor is doing fine today and 3 of the men are dead is an unfortunate imbalance. She really ruined all their lives, regardless of what your stance on the matter is.
Saw this topic from another RUclipsr! Now it's being covered by one of my favorites, such a strange mysterious case. Happy Holidays Jorge!
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*Kidnaps someone* "It's just a prank, bro"
really fucking hate it when people try to prove something did/didn't happen based on how a victim responds to trauma. "she should've fought back/she should be angry" when you're in survival mode normal social interaction rules don't apply and so you're bot going to react in a logical way, i feel like this should be obvious. i know that lawyer's just trying to do his job but i really do lose all respect and credibility for people the second they say "this is how you have to react to a threat for it to be real"
trauma makes the victim lose all of their survival instincts?
@@tonyisnotdead no obviously not. i'm saying that survival doesn't always look like a correct or normal repsonse to someone outside the situation. survival isn't just physically fighting, it's doing whatever you can to make it to the next moment, which includes someone being compliant with their captors to avoid being hurt even worse.
I think they wanted to make a movie but wanted her real reaction, so they didn't tell her. Everything she did in the film is exactly what someone thinking on their feet would do in that situation. Pretend they slit your throat then play dead and hope they leave before they realize what's going on. when they admit it was a scene, and untie her, just stay calm and act ok, so these crazies don't do something worse. Even going and getting the evidence before these guys realize how fucked up their actions were and try to destroy the evidence, was smart.
If this happened to me, I'd never be able to look at my friends the same way again. Certainly would never consider them normal or safe to be around after that.
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My personal conclusion is that she likely did agree to film *something* for the group, but the actual details and big kidnapping aspect was hidden from her. So she went in expecting to be fake tied-up for 30 minutes or so, then the others dragged her in to much more frightening situations that made her genuinely afraid for her life and she reported them based on that. I think you could even argue parts like the throat-slitting and the end where she’s “released” were also a case of her continuing to play along with the original plan because she was afraid of what they’d do if she tried to stop and leave.
Why lie? Probably because she or her lawyer guessed that if she admitted to agreeing to filming one thing, the court might rule she agreed to all of it, so saying it was a full-blown kidnapping was easier to make a case out of. Or maybe she felt like the group was actually dangerous and wanted to be sure they couldn’t argue out of consequences.
Would have never thought that Jorge would ever say the word "transbian"
It's not a word
@@canaconn2388 yes it is
@@jacm4150 I thought you two were the same person
Right on time Blameitonjorge! This is really disturbing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if some people thought the Blair witch project was actual real back then.
I was there and everyone in my school was convinced it was real.
@@charliemalick8985 10 year old me didn't know any better when I saw it in theaters. This reasoning hit the nail on the head. Hand held cameras still held a mysterious vibe that big budget filmmakers could not replicate.
A lot of people did. The internet was brand new to most people, and the web site along with everything else made it seem incredibly real. I was 12 when it came out and saw it in the theater with my mom. I was convinced it was real and slept with the lights on for several days. I even tried to solve the supposed mystery by researching. Eventually, I realized that it was all fictional, but I still love it all to this day.
@@jacksnap425 I recall back then some people thought it was really. I also remember The Scooby Doo Project Cartoon Network did back in 1999 as a parody of The Blair Witch Project.
We did xD
The internet wasn't what it was now. Fact checking wasn't a thing back then.
Just a note on how she was just standing in her grave opposed to wrestling around, there is fight or flight. Someone in such a situation would likely choose one but beneath our fight or flight instinct we learned a long long time ago is the freeze response. In times of great stress freezing isn’t uncommon.
Could all be half real. By that I mean she's in on the captive idea back at the house, goes along with it but they planned for it to be way more intense and didn’t tell her because they knew she wouldn’t agree to that.
Whole thing is just bizarre.
I haven’t a clue.
Using "her acting seems convincing" to base your entire opinion on is ridiculous. Her acting seems TERRIBLE, I'm sure you could show this to any number of people who have worked in film and they can tell you the nuances that make this a case of untrained actors attempting to act. If you see something different then that's fine, but to continually state how "horrible" these acts were just because you bafflingly found the acting "realistic", is a big big stretch.
It's surely something in between. A similar (not so extreme, but exactly that proves a point) thing happened to my friend. They were filming a scene where 2 officers are sitting in a police vehicle and 4 hooligans come up to them and start threatening them, pounding the car, shouting and such. After filming the scene for like 30min one of the actors playing the policeman (professional actor) lost it and started shouting back and fighting the others (not in the script). He probably suffered some form of panic attack after being continuously threatened by "hooligans" repeating the takes one after another. It just shows filmmakers should really consider the safety of everyone involved and not just physical safety but also emotional one.
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I was 9 when The Blair Witch came out and I remember my older siblings and their friends saying how scary the movie was and how it gave them nightmares. I never watched it, still haven't to this day. I just remember there was so much hype and fear around the movie.
its horrible, incredibly overhyped. its a nice stroll thru the wilderness for *_LITERALLY_* 99% of the movie, i just dont see the appeal.
It's alright, it's more of a suspense kind of thing. You don't really see anything scary, most everything is implied and you never see the witch.
It’s not a scary movie it was all hysteria it was fun if you were the right age for it though
that movie is sooooo boring, cant believe people say its scary
It’s one of those films you watch once and don’t bother with again coz not a lot happens
I think she was more than willing
She’s obviously acting. She’s a bad actor also. She’s in it.
blair witch project came out when i was in high school. EVERYBODY wanted to make a movie because of it. i remember a couple friends and acquaintances and i from school decided to do it for a project. one of the guys in the group lived out near a wooded area and we all went out to his house one friday night to film. we knew nothing about filming lol. it was pitch dark and we had no lights, so we built a campfire and decided we would just "adlib" because we didn't write a script or rehearse... in other words, a complete professional production... things got weird when we decided to film one of the death scenes and the guy who we chose to be the killer grabs me and my friend aside (all 3 of us males) and starts talking about raping one of the girls... at first, considering the context of the situation we thought he was was going overboard on the film, we didnt think he was serious so we just brushed it off and was like, "we cant turn that in for a grade"... then a few minutes later my friend comes up to me and was a little weirded out saying the guy kept asking him to help him do it. at that point we were all pretty over the project that wasn't going right in any way and decided it was time to go. but the girls had to wait on a ride and we didn't feel right about leaving them there so we waited and everything ended fine. back at school that monday we decided to pull her aside and tell her what happened. obviously she completely freaked out and he was expelled from the school. never heard from the guy again.
good on you all for staying with the girls and making sure they were safe
"Filming this crime spree is the best idea we’ve ever had!"
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I don’t know why people thought she wasn’t in on it… she just wanted to play victim lmao. She was clearly acting the whole time.
Putting myself in her shoes I'm thinking maybe she gets to that point where they grab her and then she starts to think wait a minute maybe this was their plan all along to make me think I was a part of this thing when I'm actually not and they're going to kill me for real and that look on her face at the end was like oh my God okay it's over with you know where that really was real it was a look almost as satisfaction but also relief the part I don't understand is why she turned it in to begin with unless maybe that was part of the whole failed marketing campaign that they just didn't expect to go off the rails. Maybe by the time she gives the found footage to the police if she realizes that she's in over her head because now she doesn't go through with it for real maybe they're threatening her with jail time for false accusation.
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I remember when the Blair witch came out everybody thought it was real oh my God I'm getting old (which is great 😁💪) also they even went on "TRL" which was MTV's after school thing after school program 😂ahh sweet memories
I remember when the Blair Witch Project came out. My friends and I even went to see it in the theater. We left there wondering if what we had watched was real. It was indeed revolutionary because none of us had ever seen anything like that. Anyone who tried to mimic the style afterwards, their movies fell flat because once it was already done, there was no way to recapture that magic.
20 years later and people are still committing borderline crimes disguised as "pranks" or "experiements" for the sake of clout and attention
Nothing changes
It's just a prank bro!
To quote the late Heath Ledger, "We live in a society"
im betting what happened was that they told her "we're gonna do a fake torture scene" and didn't give her any details and just started threatening her with a knife and burying her and she was too scared to say "no stop" cus she thought it was for real by that point, but they all thought that she knew it was part of the filming and didn't think to make sure she wa cool with it
Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven, you must become a new creation and be born again by responding to the Holy Spirit. - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3. Pay close attention to your thoughts and how you respond to your inner monologue because it has a greater impact than you think. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life, and do all that you can to follow His ways.
@@FreightmareFTWI agree with you, but derailing the conversation with an unrelated topic and derailing the topic is not a good way to endear people to your message.
To me, its a prank gone wrong. It's bad what they did but no malleolus intentions were meant... I wonder if Taylor only agreed with the kidnapping but not the grave or the knife.
Funny, I was actually rewatching the lost media case files as audio while I was cleaning. When I got a moment to take a break, I saw this show up on my page
Talk about perfect timing
After watching the video, I can see why some might be in this whole mix up rather Taylor could've been plating along or not
First thing to note is that she clearly shows signs of fear and a bit of distress but honestly anyone could do that and the possibility of her kidnappers the whole situation before recording like telling her it was staged is a possibility
Why people thought she was faking it, like I said the possibility of her being told about it before recording is there, that's besides the points that were made by Jorge.
Now here is another thought I wanna bring up and see what others think. I think she waited the two days because
1. Like mentioned, she likely needed to recover
2. If she were to go to the police right away, who's to say they wouldn't believe her and she needed evidence to show proof that she was telling the truth so she waited for the right moment.
That is a common key point that is usually taken note of when it comes to any kind of case: evidence, whether it's through a photo or video footage or what not
This part is random but take this thought as like a..."coincidence" I guess. Notice how three of the kidnappers pass away after the whole incident, yet the documentary is called "the Blair witch"
Think about that
its amazing and awesome how much jorge has grown , ive been subbed since urban legend videos and still amazes me the research and quality of each video
Seeing how Taylor reacted to everything, this was definitely just her wanting to get back at the group
I absolutely feel like it was a matter of confusion on Taylor's end. Definitely could've been she had some idea of what was going to happen but as things got more intense than she anticipated she began to worry. She could've been in a state of questioning which can be really distressing, but also explain why she didn't fully struggle or panic or try to escape when she could. I think it's just a matter of young inexperienced film makers not taking the proper precautions when doing an unscripted shoot and it causing some unintended emotional consequences. It was a dumb thing to do but I don't think it was malicious. Just unfortunate for everyone involved. Don't think anyone left unchanged.
They should have had her bring a 3rd party
I think she may have been informed they were going to make a movie, but she wasn't in on the nature of the film or any other details. That's why in the beginning she's rather chilled out and scratching her nose and by the end she just goes into self-preservation mode, pretending to be dead and obliging with every request her captors make. I think she may have realized by the very end that they weren't going to kill her, because they very clearly did not cut her throat and she kept motionless in case they just missed. That's why by the end she's not angry or aggressive, because by then she already realized that THIS was the movie they wanted to make. She already processed this and has no energy to be angry about it. And that could have been the reason she waited two days before telling the cops since she didn't know if she had any right to be angry about it if she initially agreed to it.
i feel like danielle probably consented to being apart of the film but didn’t realize how far it would go. moral of the story: get consent forms that outlines everything
Also bring a 3rd party to watch
I actually briefly remember seeing some of this back in the day. I specifically remember the bit about the taped knife.
It’s interesting that the American version discusses the filmmakers death in 2006 and 2007 when the original film was made in 2003. It makes me wonder why a new version was made so much later but maybe there was just some renewed interest in the case
MSNBC contacted RawTV for comment rights to broadcast it. They added appendices as there was some renewed interest in the case due to similar style events playing out, according to Simon Egan
0:50 - Why do all four of the guys look like AI altered pictures of the same person. Its like some guy took a picture of himself, then ran it through AI and got 4 pictures of other males who look similar....and these are those 4 guys lol.
Lots of inbreeding.
I think she agreed to take part in a film, but her acting was so good because it felt so real in the moment and she was probably having doubts about their honesty. She probably decided to take legal action because she didn't expect it to be that fucked up and genuinely traumatic
Maybe she went to police out of fear the footage would be released against her consent
Thanks for hitting me up for info on Reddit & crediting me for the find. I appreciate the hard work you put into going beyond the source video.
This is pure garbage. She didn't fight one bit. She was clearly a knowing participant.
The scariest “It’s just a prank bro”
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You can click the embed square
then using googles inspect, you can inspect the video at the top with the captions underneath
it will provide a link to an mp4 in the inspect window
going to the at link
you can download the mp4 from the webplayer
do this for all the clips, stitch them together in an video editor and you have the whole thing again
I feel like she was in on it up until the point where her life was legitimately threatened
Like....I dont know about you, but the threats sounded very geniune, so yeah, not ok.
Oh man, you know it's gonna be good when RUclips has to ask you to confirm if you really wanna watch this! Even if you're over 18 and have premium.
Takes based on a true story to another level
I feel sorry for the five arrested for this but at the same time feel they probably took it a little too far but they likely got caught up in the excitement of a making a movie without considering how this was going to impact everyone in the movie . However being arrested for it was taking it too far as well. Honestly sad to hear of 3 of the film makers passing away.
She was invited to the house where it happened and she went willingly? And didn’t call the cops? She’s in on it
I don't know if anyone else saw this but I remember seeing a Maury episode (90% sure it was maury at least) when I was a kid about this. He had the girl on and she was very much saying she wasn't a part of it, they played parts of the video on the show, and she explained things as they played clips from it. Some of the things she explained actually answered some of the questions people were speculating about like her "acting" dead after the knife to the throat.
That doesn't need explaining though in my opinion because I would have done the same thing. Why would you start moving around after that? Either the guy made a mistake or he is pretending because he actually doesn't want to do it and is afraid of the others finding that out and hurting him. I can't think of any reason I would start moving around so I don't know why people are even questioning that to begin with.
There's 5 people so nothing about weapons even matters, it would be assumed by any victim that resisting is only going to anger them and there's little chance of getting away from all of them.
I think it's possible that this case was a little bit of both; like she agreed to the beginning parts of the film but not other parts or something. The whole thing is very strange.
This is just so well made and so interesting. I love this channel!
There’s plenty of cheaply made movies that were mistaken for real snuff films such as 1970s Cannibal Holocaust or the Japanese film Flower of Flesh and Blood. There’s also the August Underground films. I think the people in this real Blair Witch just wanted to make a realistic horror film that blends reality. It was all staged. Sometimes these movies can seem real especially the low budget ones.
I honestly think it’s hard to tell if the girl was actually scared. I mean if your filming a horror movie the whole point is to pretend your scared. Unless there was behind the scenes footage to see how she really acts out of character, everything shown can come down to her acting. Some people are naturally good at acting even if they don’t go into that field.
But besides that it’s crazy how they all died, it’s almost like the video was cursed. Hmmm 🤔
I think, she was on it, but after the fact felt that it was too much and decided to hold them accountable. Still, I don't think the guys deserved to be charged with kidnapping, something like "endangerment" would be more fitting. In the end, it's obvious that all of this took a bigger toll on them than it took on that girl.
They weren't charged with kidnapping though, the charge was attempted kidnapping. If they'd really gone for the kidnapping charge the penalties would have been much more serious.
@@wendillon92 then attempted kidnapping too. I don't think they deserved to serve any real time at all, just a probation, since the girl wasn't in any real danger.
@@Killerstar13 If I grab a random person off the street, tie them up and take them into my home, feed them delicious food and explain carefully to them that I'm not going to hurt them and they're not in any danger it's still kidnapping. My intent doesn't matter, it's consent that's the issue. If she did not consent to being taken anywhere then they deserved to be punished regardless of their intentions. If she was in on it then she's a crappy person for going through with the criminal charges, but if she wasn't in on it then they actually got off pretty lightly. Moral of the story.....always get your friends or acquaintances to sign consent forms if you're gonna do something crazy.
Just ran through the comments really quickly and very surprised no one has pointed out that Taylor's crying while saying "goodbye" to her family is incredibly similar to the "I'm so sorry" monologue in BWP. Not saying it's not in here somewhere, but hard not to notice the similarities and that it hasn't been pointed out more frequently.
This is actually a really good point.
If I get any nightmares from this, I can just blame it on Jorge.
I still didn't get the point where both "projects" are similar. (except of the handheld filming style)!!
This does not look real! And her acting is not good. The phone call to family, scratching her nose, untied ropes comment. My guess would be maybe there was some kind of drama in the friend group that led to her to lie? Why would they film it all and then host a viewing party?
You know it's gonna be good when RUclips asks you to confirm your age four times 💀
Man that judge is lucky. She's been a judge for 24 years and the worst most sadistic thing she's ever seen is a clearly fake tape? Did she not watch the news a few years before? 🤣
Virtue signalling
3/5 people dying afterward... that's some cursed karma right there.
As a person whose name is Blair, this puts a whole new context to the Witch Project that I'm constantly having to roll my eyes at.
Blair? Like the Witch Project?
A witch. May we burn her
@@kevinf8439 ahaha haha haha
What a completely new quip I've been presented and have never ever ever heard before lol
But for real, yes. Like the Blair witch. I even garnered thr moniker "the Blair which designs" since I am a graphic designer. I love the association and the puns.
Where's the footage that didn't make it into the film? The footage with all the bloopers and actors breaking character. What were they like during these scenes? Was she still distressed during these scenes? Were the others still treating her like their victim? It's not just about the footage in the movie, but also the cut content.
i remember seeing this documentary on channel 4 around mid 2000s. i taped it on video. it was very interesting to watch
I feel like she may've been in on it but being exposed to the possibility of actually dying with no one knowing AKA when she was about to be 'buried' in the grave, she just began to actually think it was the end for her. If this was the case, it was extremely screwed up of her to accuse them of this, unless they left out the part where this happened. This is why a Script and written consent in front of a lawyer is needed.
I’ve gotta give it to Jorge, been watching you for a long time now and your content never disappoints it’s always top tier! ✊🏻
I like that the knife they used alongside the tape on the end is also facing the opposite direction, the dull side facing her and the blade part of it meant to cut facing away
A couple small things could have helped. Communication with their school about what they were doing beforehand or have some kind of signed document stating their intentions for the film, undersigned by all parties including the alleged victim.
Maybe they planned the movie before but Taylor got scared in the middle? Like, thinking this is not what I signed for or something, regretted her decision?
But she knew they wouldn’t kill her ,she trusted them right?
Bruh I’m sorry but those collage choose the worst layer. There are so many things that point to this being fake that this should have been a clear cut case.
What do people mean "she is clearly not acting" at scenes like 11:00 ?
That's Hollywood cry, not even a good one. If that was a real kidnapping there would be a lot more Crying, a lot more sobbing, a lot more begging for them not to hurt her. The idea that she'd act that composed after being kidnapped is stupid.
I'm by no means an expert on kidnapping but come on, if you've ever seen someone distressed you know they don't act that calm.
Danielle Taylor was the bad guy the whole time. She indirectly caused the death of three people