The plot is about three film students, Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonardwho were filming a documentary about the legend of the Blair Witcha woman who terrorized the inhabitants of a town in Maryland that had that name.
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Although the young They left for the forest on July 8, 1994, they never returned. Between days of searching, they find fearsome objects of sorcery: clusters of blood-soaked branches, strange noises, screams of agony. Josh is the first to disappear, and while his friends search for him, terrible things happen.
This mockumentary It was a turning point for horror films, as was the fact that much of the film was shot by the actors themselves using handheld cameras. This film element was essential to make it seem as real as possible; the case of the missing students and the videos found the following year never happenedbut “The Blair Witch Project” became the most talked about horror film in history.
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The terrible legend of the Blair Witch
Although the film is fiction, it is true that it was based on a legend pre-existing. A book titled The cult of the Blair Witch (1809) tells the story of an entire town that was bewitched by an outcast witch. The woman accused of witchcraft had a name: Elly Kedward. elly was an Irish woman who was banned from entering the city of Blair because in 1785 Several children accused her of hurting them by wanting to steal their blood to make “potions and witchcraft.”. It is said that she wanted to find a cure for a disease that surrounded the villagers.
elly she was exiled to a forest of black hills, left blindfolded in the middle of a scorching winter to “purify her soul before the eyes of the Mister”. The villagers checked on him day by day. elly, but they kept finding her alive. Finally they tied her to a tree. The people of Blair He thought that he had finally achieved peace and had gotten rid of his nightmares of witchcraft, but they did not know that he was only initiated.
Many of the children and adults who accused elly They disappeared. And so, more than half of the children in the town of Blair faded away. The inhabitants swore never to mention the name of Elly Kedward for fear that it was a spell. Although the book was considered true at the time of its publication, today it is considered a work of fiction.
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Engraving depicting Elly Kedward tied to a tree.
Then came the incident Tappy East Creekwhere 11 people testified seeing a pale woman stealing the little girl Eileen Treacle, and his body was never found. The incident continued Coffin Rock: An eight-year-old girl named Robin Weaver was reported missing and many people went looking for her. Although Weaver returned, none of the search engines did. His dismembered bodies were found in Coffin Rock. These two incidents occurred in the vicinity of Burkittsville, Maryland.
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Burkittsville, a town in Maryland, is where the events of the film take place.
Legend has it that These atrocious events occur every 60 years.. But it is also linked to the legends of native peoples referring to an evil spirit called hekaitomix that lives in the forest Black Hills. The legend of the witch Blair It is definitely known all over the world.