(#9) The Big Stick Figure Has A Name
The cast and crew referred to the largest stick figure as "Chewbacca."
(#1) Heather Donahue's Mother Received Sympathy Cards
The marketing strategy of The Blair Witch Project was to create a perception that the film was real. It worked so well that many people really were convinced that the actors and actress were actually slain. They were listed as "missing, presumed [passed]" on IMDB. When the film first came out, Heather Donahue's mother even received sympathy cards for her loss.
(#3) The "Script" Was Only 35 Pages Long
Creating more of an outline than a script, writers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez intended for most of the dialogue to be improvised. The two wrote it in 1993 while they were still in film school. There they also created an eight-minute faux documentary about the Blair Witch mythology, complete with fake newspaper clippings.
(#15) Heather Donahue Quit Acting To Grow Medical Weed After The Film Was Released
The actress became disillusioned with Hollywood, even burning most of her things related to her acting career. She saved the recognizable blue ski cap, thinking she "could always sell it on eBay." She got a medical cannabis prescription for PMS in 2007 and grew weed in California for a time. She eventually quit growing when a friend of hers was detained by the federal government. Donahue authored the book Growgirl, which chronicles her experience.
(#5) The Actors Survived On Power Bars And Bananas
According to the cast, supplies ran out quickly during the speedy shoot. As production neared completion, Donahue said she "ate nothing but bananas and Power Bars," while Williams decided not to eat at all.
(#10) Filming Finished On Halloween Night
The intensive filming finished at the abandoned house in the woods. The actors were not aware they were going to come upon a house; they were just told to walk in its direction. When they came out of the woods after filming, there were people in costume everywhere.
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The Blair Witch Project is a supernatural horror film, released in 1999. The film pioneered a pseudo-documentary horror film. It tells the story of 3 student filmmakers who went to a small town to investigate local legends about Blair witch and prepared to make them into a documentary, but they disappeared strangely soon afterward. Before the release, the producers have created the official website and published various information on the website.
Many people think that film is based on a real story. This page includes 15 awesome facts about the original Blair Witch Project. There is something that people don't know. Welcome to check the interesting collection.
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