The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Three budding film students hiked into Maryland’s Black Hills Forest to shoot a documentary on the local legend, The Blair Witch. They were never heard from again. One year later, their footage was found, documenting the trio’s five day journey through the forest and capturing the terrifying events that led to their disappearance.

A cultural phenomenon when it was originally released, with a marketing campaign that convinced millions that the events depicted in the film were true, The Blair Witch Project was the 10th highest grossing film of 1999 and single-handedly spawned the found footage horror genre.