Now it's been 26 years since The Blair Witch Project in all its haunting, low-budget glory landed in theaters and launched a new genre of horror movie: found footage. (The idea wasn't conjured out of ...

Found footage horror had certainly been tried before. The 1980 horror film Cannibal Holocaust is often credited with inventing the subgenre. The 1999 movie, however, managed to popularize the style, ...

Heather Donahue, star of "The Blair Witch Project," has been embroiled in a spat with locals in her town of Freedom, Maine.

Heather Donahue, the star of the The Blair Witch Project, pauses on a walk to watch a songbird,Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Freedom, Maine.

Still finding trouble in the woods: ‘Blair Witch Project' star at center of Maine road dispute For the past several months, Heather Donahue has been embroiled in a spat with locals in her tiny ...