it was sold to Artisan Entertainment for a price in the low seven figures. When it was eventually released on 22 October 1999, Blair Witch went on to gross nearly $250m (£202m) globally.

Illustration by Tala Safie; Photos via Artisan Entertainment and Getty Images Initially shot for just $35,000, “The Blair Witch Project” grossed almost $250 million, then a record for an indie ...

First time around, it was impossible to avoid. The Blair Witch phenomenon had everyone scared - from net surfers to cinema audiences to Hollywood executives who watched in horror as a bunch of ...

A quarter-century after The Blair Witch Project came out of nowhere to ... and his costars were paid much less than the $4 million figure claimed by an unnamed "Hollywood insider." ...