![]() ![]() While 1999 did mark the year that The Blair Witch Project racked up tons of box office loot, it also happens to be when King was recovering from the near fatal accident that saw him hit by a van while running. ![]() However, the bestselling author has an even stronger case for this initial exposure not happening at the best of times. A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself. With Kurt Loder, Chuck Scarborough, Bruce D. To be perfectly fair “in the hospital” doesn’t sound like the place that someone would want to be when first watching any horror movie, even if you’re Stephen King. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2: Directed by Joe Berlinger. My son brought a VHS tape of it and he said, ‘You gotta watch this.’ Halfway through it I said, ‘Turn it off it’s too freaky. Free with ads Categories Blair Witch Its been 20 years since a local girl vanished into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland while researching the legend of the Blair Witch, leaving a trail of theories and suspicions in their wake. The first time I saw, I was in the hospital and I was doped up. ![]() Here’s how Stephen King recalled his first run in with The Blair Witch Project: ![]() Though to be fair, the way he described his initial encounter with 1999’s found footage favorite didn’t exactly paint a picture of an ideal movie watching experience. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is a 2000 American horror film directed and co-written by Joe Berlinger and starring Jeffrey Donovan, Stephen Barker Turner, Kim Director, Erica Leerhsen, and Tristine Skyler. During a guest spot on Shudder’s series Eli Roth’s History of Horror (via Dread Central) King admitted that his first encounter with Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s indie horror hit freaked him out. ![]()
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