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The Blair Witch Project

Daniel Myrick

1999 · USA · The Self-Aware Nineties

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Directed by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez

A website, missing-person flyers and a shaky camcorder turned a tiny budget into a global phenomenon.

Found FootageWitchcraft

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Shaped by

Cannibal Holocaust 1980
Its faux-recovered footage is widely cited as a found-footage ancestor.

Went on to shape

Paranormal Activity 2007
Found footage becomes a business model.
[REC] 2007
Found footage in Spain.

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