Curse of the Blair Witch (Fernsehfilm 1999)

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Peg O'Keef

Narrator
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Heather Donahue

Heather Donahue
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Michael Hoover

Michael DeCoto, Montgomery College Film professor

Rachel Braaten

Rachel Meyer, Heather Donahue's best friend

Randy Campbell

Randy Donahue, Heather Donahue's grandfather

Jim King

Burkittsville resident Interviewee
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Joshua Leonard

Joshua 'Josh' Leonard
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Lisa Heesch

Lisa Toller

Michael C. Williams

Michael 'Mike' Williams
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Tom Williams

Tom Williams

Joe Nagy

news presenter Joseph Nagy

Minette Marcial

news presenter Minette Marcial

Ronald Cravens

Burkittsville sheriff Ronald Cravens

Dottie Corrigan

Dottie Fulcher

Lucan Johnson

Lucan Johnson

Charlie Carlson

Charles Moorehouse, professor of folklore at Hampshire College

Bill Dreggors

Burkittsville historian Bill Barnes

Frank Pastor

Rustin Parr

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This mockumentary was produced for airing on The Sci-Fi Channel as a promotional prelude to the release of Blair Witch Project (1999). It was subsequently given a separate home video release. It was also included as a bonus feature on the special edition of "The Blair Witch Project" DVD.

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(at around 19 mins) In the history of the township of Blair, it is related that surveyors found the abandoned village of Blair in 1825 while surveying the area for a railroad. Although small railroads were built in 1826, the first commercial railroad was not built in the USA until 1828.

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Narrator: In 1785, several children in the township of Blair, Maryland, accused Elly Kedward of witchcraft. She was found guilty and banished in the middle of winter. It was assumed she died from exposure. The following year, all of her accusers and half the town's children had vanished. Fearing a curse, the entire township fled as soon as the weather broke and vowed never to utter the name Elly Kedward again.

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Features Stadt der Toten (1960)

Fun Start to the Blair Witch Craze

Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)

*** (out of 4)

This is the TV special, which ended up leading to one of the biggest blockbusters of all time. This documentary build up the "legend" of the Blair Witch and also made people think that three filmmakers went into the woods to do a documentary on it and disappeared only to have their footage found later. This "footage" was released into theaters as THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which of course became a huge hit. I must admit that this feature was a lot more effective back when it was originally released but watching it all these years later at least kept me entertained due in large part to nostalgia. With that said, you still have to give this fake documentary credit for at least making up a good story to play along side the actual film. I thought there were some good stories here and the most important thing is that it actually built up interest in the film and that still rings true when viewed today. I thought the best aspect was the backstory on the legend of the Blair Witch as it managed to be quite creepy and the story itself is just so well told that you can't help but get caught up in it. What doesn't work so well are a few of the interviews and especially the stuff from a 70s TV show. At just 44-minutes the film sets itself up like one of the countless reality/docu-dramas that are all over the place today. For the most part it succeeds but once you know the truth it's hard to see it in the same way.