Blair Witch Project

In October of 1994, Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard, student filmmakers, set out to shoot a documentary about a local legend, the Blair Witch. In the forests near Burkittsville, Maryland, many children have vanished in the 1940s and people still avoid going too deep into the woods. So, the group sets out to look for facts that prove the legend, equipped only with two cameras and a little hiking gear. First, they find little piles of stone that must have been arranged artificially, later, they have to admit to be lost in the woods. Strange sounds at night and more piles of stones in places where they have not been before cause the already desperate group to panic. And one night, when they should be at home days ago, Josh disappears in the woods. Only what has been recorded and filmed with the cameras is found a year later and shows what happened in the woods.

Following Josh's voice, Heather and Mike find an abandoned house in a clearing and they enter the house where they see runic symbols on the wall next to child sized hand prints. Josh's voice seems to be coming from somewhere inside the house and Mike rushes upstairs so that he could rescue Josh. Mike then realizes that the voice is now coming from the basement and rushes down the steps. Suddenly, Mike is standing still and the camera falls. Heather gets out of control when she sees Mike in the corner of the room, face against the wall. Suddenly Heather's camera is knocked down too and she is rendered silent. The film runs for a few seconds and then dies.