Nosferatu (1. 92. IMDb. Edit. Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok's castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase an isolated house in Wisbourg. They plan on selling him the one across the way from Hutter's own home. Hutter leaves his innocent wife, Ellen, with some friends while he is away. Hutter's trek is an unusual one, with many locals not wanting to take him near the castle where strange events have been occurring. Once at the castle, Hutter does manage to sell the Count the house, but he also notices and feels unusual occurrences, primarily feeling like there is a dark shadow hanging over him, even in the daytime when the Count is unusually asleep.

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Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in modern Europe. This is not meant to be a list of every movie with a snake in it, just some of those I know about. When I watch or learn of a new one, I'll add it to the list. The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It tells the fictional story. Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouhtɪr], born 21 November 1965), known as Björk (/ ˈ b j ɜːr k /), is an Icelandic.

The Blair Witch Project - Wikipedia. The Blair Witch Project is a 1. American psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It tells the fictional story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard) who hike in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, in 1. Blair Witch. The three disappear, but their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) is discovered a year later; the "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching.

Myrick and Sánchez conceived of a fictional legend of the Blair Witch in 1. They developed a thirty- five page screenplay with the dialogue to be improvised. A casting call advertisement in Backstage magazine was prepared by the directors and Donahue, Williams, and Leonard were cast. The film entered production in October 1. Maryland for eight days.

About twenty hours of footage was shot and was edited down to eighty- two minutes. The Blair Witch Project premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 2. Owing to its successful run at Sundance, Artisan Entertainment bought the distribution rights for $1. North American release on July 1. Watch Le Grand Bleu HD 1080P more. July 3. 0. While critical reception was mostly positive, the audience reception was polarized. Nevertheless, the film was widely regarded to have popularized the found footage film technique, which was later employed by similarly successful films such as Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield. A sleeper hit, The Blair Witch Project grossed nearly $2.

The Blair Witch Project spawned two sequels—Book of Shadows and Blair Witch—released in October 2. September 2. 01. 6, respectively. The Blair Witch franchise has since expanded to also include various novels, dossiers, comic books and additional merchandise. In October 1. 99. Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch.

They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, and interview residents about the legend. Locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who lived in the woods and kidnapped eight children in the 1. After spending the night at a motel, the students explore the woods in north Burkittsville to research the legend.

Along the way, they meet two fishermen, one of whom warns them that the woods are haunted. He also tells them of a young girl named Robin Weaver who went missing in 1. When she returned three days later, she talked about "an old woman whose feet never touched the ground." However, his companion is skeptical of the story.

The students then hike to Coffin Rock, where five men were found ritualistically murdered in the 1. The group then camps for the night.

They move deeper into the woods the next day and locate what appears to be an old cemetery with seven small cairns and set up camp nearby. Later that night, they hear the sound of twigs snapping from all directions but assume the noises are from animals or locals. The following day, they attempt to hike back to the car, but are unable to find it before dark and make camp.

That night, they again hear twigs snapping but fail to find the source of the noises. At morning they find that three cairns have been built around their tent during the night, which unnerves them. As they continue, Heather realizes her map is missing and Mike later reveals he kicked it into a creek the previous day out of frustration, which prompts Heather and Josh to attack him in a rage. They realize they are now lost and decide simply to head south. They eventually reach a section where they discover a multitude of humanoid stick figures suspended from trees.

That night, they hear sounds again, including the sound of children laughing among other strange noises. After an unknown force shakes the tent, they flee in panic and hide in the woods until dawn. Upon returning to their tent, they find that their possessions have been rifled through, and Josh's equipment is covered with slime. As they continue, they come across a log on a river identical to one they crossed earlier.

They realize they have walked in a circle, despite having traveled south all day, and once again make camp. Josh suffers a breakdown while holding the camera, taunting Heather for their circumstances and her constant recording of the events. Heather and Mike awaken the next morning to find that Josh has disappeared. After trying in vain to find him, they slowly move on. That night, they hear Josh's agonized screams in the darkness but are unable to locate him. Mike and Heather theorize that Josh's screams are a fabrication by the witch in order to draw them out of their tent. Heather discovers a bundle of sticks the next day, tied with a piece of fabric from Josh's shirt outside her tent.

As she searches through it, she finds blood- soaked scraps of Josh's shirt as well as teeth, hair, and what appears to be a piece of his tongue. Although distraught by the discovery, she chooses not to tell Mike. That night, Heather records herself apologizing to her family, as well as to the families of Mike and Josh, taking full responsibility for their predicament. They again hear Josh's agonized cries for help and follow them to a derelict, abandoned house containing symbols and children's bloody hand- prints on the walls. Mike races upstairs in an attempt to find Josh while Heather follows.

Mike then says he hears Josh in the basement. He runs downstairs while a hysterical Heather struggles to keep up. Upon reaching the basement, something attacks Mike and causes him to drop the camera and go silent. Heather enters the basement screaming, and her camera captures Mike facing a corner.

Something then attacks Heather, causing her to drop her camera and go silent as well. The footage continues for another moment and then ends. Production[edit]Development[edit]Development of The Blair Witch Project began in 1. While film students at the University of Central Florida, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez came across the idea for the film after realizing that they found documentaries on paranormal phenomena scarier than traditional horror films. The two decided to create a film that combined the styles of both.

After graduation, Myrick and Sánchez, along with Gregg Hale, Robin Cowie, and Michael Monello started the production company Haxan Films, derived from Benjamin Christensen's 1. Swedish- Danish silent documentary horror film Häxan, whose English- language title is Witchcraft Through the Ages.[4]In developing the mythology behind the film, the creators used many inspirations.