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Discuss how The Blair Witch Project (1999, Directed by Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick) develops the genre of a horror film in new and unexpected ways.  

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Luke Tootle Media Essay Q, Discuss how The Blair Witch Project (1999, Directed by Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick) develops the genre of a horror film in new and unexpected ways. A, The Blair Witch Project can be said to be a landmark in the history of the horror film. It introduced a new kind of horror, as it gave us the story of real people in real situation filming real events. This had not been done before, and it scared people in a completely different way than previous horror films. It brought back the audience screams that came about during screenings of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960.) It is said that people watching The Blair Witch Project were vomiting and passing out during the screening. For the first time in a horror film, the entire film was filmed on hand held camera. This added extraordinary realism to the film as there was...

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