This Day in Halloween: The innovative faux-documentary and found footage classic "The Blair Witch Project" opens in the U.S. in 1999. / Illustration by Deanna Lim
The Blair Witch Project opens in the U.S. in 1999. The innovative faux-documentary and small-budget indy film becomes a massive hit and, though it comes 14 years after Cannibal Holocaust, essentially creates the “found footage” sub-genre of horror.
