We’re staring into the abyss of 1999’s The Blair Witch Project to see what will gaze back. This independent film placed the found footage subgenre into the mainstream. From the insane film conditions to the viral marketing campaign - there hasn’t been a movie quite like Blair Witch since. In this episode, we talk about its importance to the genre, the mental health effects of media & much more.

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Abyss Gazing is a production of Victims and Villains and is written by Josh “Captain Nostalgia” Burkey (& produced by) and Mark Moore. Music by Kevin MacLeod, Purple Planet (https://bit.ly/ppcoms).

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