Did Anyone Honestly Believe That "The Blair Witch Project" Was Real? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 10-24-2008, 06:05 PM

This was a genius marketing plan for this movie... well for a ****ty movie.

I was 13 when this came out so of course I believed all the hype about it and people saying that this is real footage.

Nobody seemed to not think about how the footage of the last moments of 3 missing, perhaps dead, young adults got commercially released in theaters around the world. Blood money at its finest. I'm sure the parents and families would have caused a stir about this, wouldn't you think so?

Despite all that the film grossed in the millions.

MusicJunkie · 10-24-2008, 06:43 PM

I remember how they tried to pretend it was real for the first few weeks, and then suddenly after it made over $100 million, admitted it was fake.

I think the bigger surprise is that they tried to promote the movie as scary. I mean, I think anyone can get a camcorder, pretend to be lost in the woods and say the f word 300 times and people would be scared by it

veggie-tari-jenn · 10-25-2008, 02:07 AM

Nope...Bought it for my Fiance and we were both very dissapointed thought it was soooooooooooo boring and never watched it again.

MusicJunkie · 10-25-2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by veggie-tari-jenn

Nope...Bought it for my Fiance and we were both very dissapointed thought it was soooooooooooo boring and never watched it again.

I remember buying that DVD as soon as it came out thinking that it's going to be one of the best horror movies ever with the hype and reviews it got and kept waiting for the movie to get scary and instead was rewarded with incredibly bad acting. Heather Donahue won a Razzie for her "performance" that year

MrRetro_08 · 10-25-2008, 07:30 AM

I did at first, but then again I was only 7 years old at the time.

MusicJunkie · 10-25-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MrRetro_08

I did at first, but then again I was only 7 years old at the time.

cripes, make me feel old why dontcha

I was 19 and out of high school

10-24-2008, 06:05 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Did Anyone Honestly Believe That "The Blair Witch Project" Was Real? This was a genius marketing plan for this movie... well for a ****ty movie. I was 13 when this came out so of course I believed all the hype about it and people saying that this is real footage. Nobody seemed to not think about how the footage of the last moments of 3 missing, perhaps dead, young adults got commercially released in theaters around the world. Blood money at its finest. I'm sure the parents and families would have caused a stir about this, wouldn't you think so? Despite all that the film grossed in the millions.

10-25-2008, 07:30 AM	#5
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10-24-2008, 06:43 PM	#2
MusicJunkie Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2008 Location: where I live Posts: 791	I remember how they tried to pretend it was real for the first few weeks, and then suddenly after it made over $100 million, admitted it was fake. I think the bigger surprise is that they tried to promote the movie as scary. I mean, I think anyone can get a camcorder, pretend to be lost in the woods and say the f word 300 times and people would be scared by it

10-25-2008, 02:07 AM	#3
veggie-tari-jenn SARCASTIC COUPON PRINCESS!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2008 Posts: 1,882	Nope...Bought it for my Fiance and we were both very dissapointed thought it was soooooooooooo boring and never watched it again.