Party like it’s 1999: 10 movies that encapsulate one of the greatest years for cinema
It was the year when arthouse brains met Hollywood brawn. But what made the last 12 months of the 90s so special? These films tell the story
April 2024
The Blair Witch Project’s original cast ask for retroactive payments as reboot announced
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
From Oppenheimer to Scoop: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
July 2023
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Till to The Beanie Bubble: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
A passionate and furious film about a 14-year-old boy killed in the US in the 50s, and a quirky story about Beanie Babies becoming a word-of-mouth craze
October 2022
‘I squeamishly refuse to rewatch’: Guardian writers on their scariest movie endings
From the final moments of Don’t Look Now to Midsommar to Men, critics pick the endnotes that caused the biggest nightmares
April 2019
Steve Rose on film
How The Blair Witch Project changed horror for ever
The movie’s marketing took advantage of trust in the early internet, but fake news isn’t what it used to be
January 2019
Magnolia to The Matrix: was 1999 the greatest year in modern cinema?
It was the year that brought us a feast of multiplex and arthouse pleasures and two decades on, its impact can still be felt in Hollywood
July 2018
All-nighter at the Scream house? The worst movie locations for a party
A gimmick-filled weekend away to the house that saw multiple teens get stabbed in the 1996 horror film brings other strange ideas to the surface
June 2018
Ranked
The scariest horror films ever – ranked!
Occult chiller Hereditary is the latest in a proud line of big-screen blood-curdlers. Our critic picks his 25 most terrifying
May 2018
How we made
How we made The Blair Witch Project
‘We were listed as deceased on IMDb. Our parents started getting condolence calls’
September 2016
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Blair Witch review – efficient horror sequel
I died in the first Blair Witch film. I can’t wait for the new one
Heather Donahue
First look review
Blair Witch review – found-footage sequel brings horror of deja-vu
Bad omens: Blair Witch and the trouble with the horror franchise revival
July 2016
Trailer park
Blair Witch trailer: watch first footage from the surprise sequel – video
At Comic-Con on the weekend, it was revealed that The Woods, Adam Wingard’s new horror, is in fact a sequel to found footage classic The Blair Witch Project (1999)
October 2014
The film that frightened me most
Blair Witch Project: the film that frightened me most
Steve Rose: Entrails, ghosts, devil-worshippers: horror films generally leave me unperturbed. But in 1999 a new genre in a dark cinema left me absolutely terrified
October 2010
The 25 best horror films of all time
The Blair Witch Project: No 22 best horror film of all time
Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, 1999
January 2002
Blair Witch 3 gets green light
The original creators of The Blair Witch Project have finally committed to write a script for a third film, following 2000's disastrous sequel.
October 2000
Blair snitch gives thumbs down to sequel
Plus: Moulin Rouge opening delayed, Meg opts for Deep Throat career switch and Rupert Everett fave to play Prince of Wales as tree-hugging rasta
September 2000
Net debut for Blair Witch 2 trailer
The first trailer for the eagerly awaited sequel Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows, has just been released exclusively by Yahoo on the internet
