In 1999 , a horror flick made for less than $ 25,000 shattered sovereign movie records at the box federal agency . The Blair Witch Project , which went on to gross $ 248 million worldwide , is a classic Hollywood success narration . But a new consultation with the film ’s directors reveals that their humble budget did n’t just give the movie its underdog position — it also resulted in one of its most scary scenes .
The majority ofThe Blair Witch Projectfollows college film students Heather , Josh , and Mike as they ’re antagonize by a supernatural force hiding off - screen . The suspense build until the last scene , when alternatively of facing a behemoth , Heather walk into a elbow room to find Mike standing in the corner with his back toward the entree . The image prognosticate back to an interview with a townsperson at the beginning of the film , where he describes how a local liquidator made one of his victims look the corner as he killed the others . The last view does n’t check a individual frame of gore , but it ’s retrieve as one of the shivery repulsion movie endings of all time — and it almost never happened .
As co - director Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez toldEntertainment Weekly , the picture was carry out of necessity rather than creative maven . " We did n’t have any money , so we could n’t do any exceptional effects so we had to see out how to stop it without ruining the balance of the cinema , " Sanchez said . " We come up with the thought three days before we shoot it . We thought it was majuscule — kind of unexplained , but it gave you the musical theme that something supernatural was happening . "
At the examination showing , consultation members tally that the finish was terrifying , but they also found it confusing . The gang returned to the set and film a few alternate termination that were more straightforward . agree to Myrick , they include shots of Michael “ hanging from a gin , crucified on a wooden joint gentleman’s gentleman , and with a bloody chest . "
They also take the interview that explains the mythology of the killer forcing his victims to stand in the corner , a aspect that was n’t include in the original playscript . That young detail added an eerie layer of import to the first termination . Both scenes end up making the final cut , and they ’ve been inspiring nightmares ever since .
[ h / tEntertainment Weekly ]
