A Blair Witch Prequel ?

Ed Sanchez and Dan Myrick as you may remember were the masterminds behind the "Blair Witch" phenom a few years back. Well apparently they approached Lions Gate to do a third film in the form of a prequel to give everyone some backstory on the Blair Witch tale. But Lions Gate decided to pass on the idea favouring the idea of the sequel.

But apparently he is still very keen on doing this movie, "I'm really hoping ALTERED does well enough so that LION'S GATE steps up and takes our PREQUEL idea seriously. As most of you know, last time we met they wanted to make another sequel and we all know how it went last time" Sanchez told Haxan.

Combining Hi-8 video with black and white 16mm film, The Blair Witch Project presents a raw look at what can happen when college students forego common sense and enter the world of voodoo and witchcraft. Presented as a straight-forward documentary, the film opens with a title card explaining that in 1994, three students went into the Maryland back woods to do a film project on the Blair Witch incidents. These kids were never seen again, and the film you are about to see is from their recovered equipment, found in the woods a year later. The entire movie documents their adventures leading up to their final minutes.