r/BlairWitch

I’m a massive fan of the Blair Witch franchise, and I really hope this new entry finally takes a bold step forward. Personally, I don’t think we need another found footage film. The Blair Witch Project already perfected that format, and even Blair Witch revisited it. I’d love to see something different this time.

I want a more traditional horror approach almost like a The Conjuring style treatment. I went them to dive deeper into the lore like the legend of Elly Kedward, Eileen Treacle, Coffin Rock, just like “Curse of the Blair Witch” did but in a movie format. There’s so much mythology there that’s barely been explored on screen.
Blair Witch 2 had the right idea by expanding beyond found footage, but it ended up feeling messy, largely due to studio recuts and a lack of clear direction. It showed there’s potential for a different kind of Blair Witch story, it just wasn’t executed properly. Imagine a grounded, cinematic horror film that builds atmosphere, explores the history, and then fully leans into the supernatural presence haunting Burkittsville and the Black Hills. If done right, this could easily become one of the strongest sequels in the franchise.

Have many of you really looked into the story of the Bell Witch that much and if so do you think it was a lot of hogwash where the family was either making up stories or imagining things?

I'm guessing the original ideas the filmmakers of BWP got for the movie were in some ways inspired by the Bell Witch mystery.

So I’m a fan of the original movie but never dug deeper - I know a lot about Book of Shadows and a little about 2016, I know some of the video games and read up on the lore that’s in the documentary, all this stuff I looked up over the years…

Yesterday, I was reading up on Kedward and Parr. And something struck me as I dug into the lore…

So I always followed what was the official narrative: that Rustin Parr killed the 7 kids, that the witch whispered into his ear. So far so good. But then reading up the lore, I was struck with Kyle Brody being left alive. It felt like the writers/filmmakers were particular in this detail for no reason, and I don’t think they did anything on accident.

I was also confused that Parr mentioned on his last day that he did not kill the kids. I thought this was odd, given he claimed to have acted upon the witches wishes and Kyle Brody supported this narrative.

So I dug in, read that Brody disappeared, led a life or crime and eventually committed suicide. But it still felt oddly atypical, even for a character supposed to suffer from PTSD.

It was about then that I stumbled over the detail that the director of the mockumentary perceived Brody to have killed the kids. And I was like… wait, what!? So if Brody killed the kids, this would mean Parr had been controlled by Brody.

And then something struck me, which is Kedward's story! Kedward was a troublemaker due to her environment and hand she's been dealt, but there’s little to support she was a witch outside of town lore… UNTIL a group of kids claims Kedward drew blood from them for a potion, which leads to the townspeople tying her up, and the kids coming to torture and likely murder her!

Suddenly, something clicked! I had read the story similar to the Nightmare on Elm Street lore - that a malignant spirit took revenge on a collective due to the "sins of the fathers", which leads to generational violence. That the witch essentially is the echo of that action.

But suddenly, I saw something else! It seems like each time, kids are to blame for the harm and death that is enacted upon others, and adults are blamed for it!

I’m now wondering if there is something that takes over the minds of kids in those woods, that controls their actions. Every time we hear about the witch, it’s narrated by kids. Every time somebody is murdered, kids are present. And every story is told by kids - from the old woman recounting seeing the witch to Brody to the group of kids blaming Kedward! And adults believe them every time.

I’m really curious what people think of this. Am I up to something?

Why do people want the witch (I know the question is silly), but isn't the idea of the movie ambiguous—whether there was a witch or if it was just hallucinations?

But for those who want to know what a witch looks like, if I'm not mistaken, in the first movie the producers, without the writers knowing, put a woman dressed as a witch, which is why the protagonist screams, "What the hell is that?" But because the camera was shaking so much, they couldn't see the witch.

Much like welcome to Derry they could mine the lore. I would love to see an origin or a Rustin Parr story.

The original creatives behind the original 1999 film have been neglected for 25+ years and two disappointing sequels (2000's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and 2016's Blair Witch) later.

Goofy question, yes, but I’m a complete dork and this is the stuff that wanders through my mind at times.

Ash Williams* from the Evil Dead is somehow the fourth member of the original film group. How does that alter events?

*Bahahaha! I originally had Campbell, given the actual actor’s last name. Ignore me. I’m a wreck of a human being some days.

I really hope we can get a sequel one. Maybe a new character with a different story. idc, just anything. The Blair Witch game is arguably one of the best horror video games I've ever played. I would honestly do ANYTHING to get a second game. I'm thinking about writing an email to Bloober Team, requesting a second game, that's how desperate I am.

What do you guys think?

Does anyone know what backpacks the trio carried into the woods? I’m at work right now and can’t watch clips to try to see the brands. I’ve recently found some external frame packs at thrift stores and think it would be fun to do a little Blair Witch costume group for Halloween. I’ll end up using what I’ve bought regardless, but I’m still curious about what they carried.

The Blair Witch Project, a landmark of modern horror, was released in 1999 with one of the greatest marketing strategies in history, and this marketing strategy prevails to this day.

I knew the movie's story was fake, a hoax, that it only had the theme of enchanted filmmaking, but this movie is so awful, it makes you so paranoid that I thought it was The Blair Witch Project It was a real legend from the United States; I thought the witch was just an urban legend, but it wasn't.

I searched on Google about the film's history, whether it was based on a true story, which was supposedly based on a murder, and also whether it was false.