Blair Witch Project 1999 Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. Depending on how you view the current state of horror this is either a film that's revered or one that's reviled. Several films used the found footage conceit before Blair Witch but this is the one that crossed over in a big bad way. The film made $248 mil worldwide on a $60 k budget. I'm not terribly interested in box office figures but it is important to help illustrate the impact it had. Its easy to draw a line in the sand of films that came before and after Blair Witch. Unfortunately it seems like most producers and a number of film makers latched on to the obvious conceit of the film and ignored what made it work, it wasn't the camera work or special effects, no, it was the performances. This film is scary as hell because you become invested in the protagonists. If you ha