Film Theory: Blair Witch's SECRET KILLERS! (Blair Witch Project)
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Through the movie hype, the viral marketing, and the fake websites created for the movie, we've all been led to believe that the Blair Witch is a dangerous demon roaming the woods, ready to kill us. But what if that was never the case? What if, even in the movie, there's no such thing as the Blair Witch? Today's episode uncovers a secret murder plot where the only monsters are the kids making a documentary in the woods...
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Some things that I thought were really interesting about the movie: - The directors gave the actors a script of a few pages that explained the story and the actions they would have to follow while filming BUT it didn't have many details, there were many things they didn't know, a lot was added by the directors while filming. - To guide the actors the directors were nearby all the time (the actors were aware of this from the beginning), they would place a basket with food and personal stuff every morning nearby their tent before they wake up. The basket also contained notes about what they would have to do that day (That's how the directors added decisions while filming). - It was stablished that the directors would use flashlights to guide them in the night, also they would add things, like the piles of rocks and the dolls BUT the directors didn't tell the actors the methods they would use to scare them so a lot of their reactions are real, even the crying. - There were other endings filmed like one in wich Mike was found dead by Heather hanging from a rope. - The people that are interviewed in the town at the beginning of the film are not part of the casting, they were not actors. Those were actually residents of the town nearby the forest. - The actors didn't know there was no Blair Witch legend, they thought the legend was used as an excuse for the film, also the people in town were paid by the directors to tell scary stories about the witch to the actors so they would believe that is was an actual legend of the town, this increased the initial fear of the actors. - The movie was filmed in 8 days - There were not many people involved in the making of the film, the 2 directors, the 3 actors, the writer of the script and a couple more. And because the film doesn't have special effects or sounds, just editing, the making of the film was very low in cost - Due to it's low cost "The Bllair witch project" is one the most profitable movies in history and one of the most succesfull independent films ever. With an original budget around $50000 the movie earned $250 millions
How does this have 2 likes?
Wow amazing compilation of interesting facts!! Thank you!!
Insane profit they made out of this. Must have taken alot of work to get people to agree to work on this film.
Really intresting facts I and others never knew about until now so thanks!
wait... "There were other endings filmed like one in wich Mike was found dead by Heather hanging from a rope." watching this video i was shocked that he was standing, i thought that he was hanged, at least i remembered it this way, but then i've read your comment
My favorite part of this movie is that the film crew would send someone out dressed up to rush through the woods or hide to scare the actors. If you see something walking around in the background, it's one of those crew members and the actors weren't aware. So if you hear one of them going "What was that!?" It's the actual reaction.
that's crazy. never knew that.
Jeez
Kinda fucked up but still props to them for creativity tho
That is sad and hilarious at the same time. 😂
All fun and games until they find him and beat him up
I like to think both theories are true. The guys, annoyed by the girl decide to prank her by pretending to be lost only to walk right into a actual supernatural event.
that is actually cool and a new movie should pick up on that
@@bananajoelikesbanan technically the game until dawn is that.
I think that they tried to do this but it all went wrong and the blair witch acc killed josh, mike and heather
@@Tues48 i was just watching a lets-play of until dawn after finishing one of the quary Then I watched the game theory episode about josh, then I decided to watch this only to see a comment about the game
@@catjayp the quarry didn't start as a prank,.it was an attempt for a guy to get a girl back.
I think its also plausible that mike and josh were attempting a malicious prank and got scared by a real haunting halfway through, it would explain their weird actions and reactions, but also explains any unexplainably supernatural buts in the movie
Yours truly is a brilliant set up for this movie 😊
Yeah I really like this idea
I find the idea of two guys trying to scare and kill a girl in the woods is way scarier then a stupid witch.
Tai Porto 😂 I do too
RIGHT thats what I said
Same!
Just A Random Guy you really think there aren't some evil fucks out there that would lure a girl into the woods to kill her? I'm pretty sure its happened before. Forget the fact that the director confirmed otherwise, I'm just surprised that you don't think someone would do that...
King Jay the Bearded There have been worse and crazier murders 😕.
can we all agree that kicking a piece of paper is the worst way of disposing of it
Singing Duckling lmfao. true, could have just ripped it up.
or just cruple it up and throw it
he kicked it into the creek, aka water.
or crumpled it up and....kicked it.
or folded it neatly then kicked it into the creek
I’m pretty sure the reason Mike was standing in the corner of the room was because of the killer that supposedly lived in the house explained at the beginning of the movie, apparently the man would face the children the other way because he didn’t want them watching as he killed other kids.
Honestly, I thought that Mike was hanging and not just standing in the corner.
Where was this explained?
@@nationalinstituteofcheese3012 when they are interviewing locals at the beggining of the film
@@nationalinstituteofcheese3012 this Is the story of Rustin Parr, they go into more depth into it if you watch the mockumentary curse of the blair witch. It seems to be that Heather, Mike and Josh were transported back in time since the house was said to have been burned down in the 40's, also the camera was found buried under undisturbed soil where the house once lay. The time travel theory was also used in Blair Witch 2016
This is true in the beginning the local said that Rustin parr would to two kids into the basement and make one of the them look away while he killed the other one so that’s why Mike was In the Corner.
The thing I like best about this movie is IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE CAUSE IS. Supernatural or not, it’s terrifying, and it’s infinitely scarier not knowing exactly what’s going on. Whether she’s seeing some kind of supernatural abomination or someone she used to trust about to brutally end her life, something very wrong is happening and it’s scary.
Plot twist: After murdering Heather, Josh and Mike die from a mixture of exposure and starvation cause they lost the map. :D
That will be the most BRUH moment in history
Well, considering how they were able to navigate to the house well enough without it, that means either... A: They know the woods well enough to navigate it without a map. B: They actually had the map the entire time, and faked destroying it to justify going so far off course.
Nah they had a compass but of course it just an Plot twist you thought of
Just eat Heather its that easy.
Or they might actually got haunted by the real witch.
MatPat: There’s nothing supernatural in the Blair Witch franchise Blair Witch the game: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
Yeah, holy cow the games insane
I started playing last night. *grown man checking shadows in corner of eye* Its not real. It's not real. It's not re.......
That Games So Good. I Swear Though If Bullet The Dog Gets Hurt Imma Be Angry
Nothing really crazy actually happens in the game. Ellis just suffers from some crazy ass hallucinations and ptsd. He's imagining everything that is going on the entire game. He is even the one who killed the sheriff and stuff. The Carver guy wasn't real either, if he was. Don't you think Bullet would be barking at him when you first meet him?
@@m36games tbh if thats the actual ending/plot and you just spoiled it you're a piece of shit for that seriously. If this is just your speculation then that's actually a good theory and thinking ahead man, i personally like to think it's real and she's using his ptsd to fuck with him and lure him to his death or some shit.
I come back to this one all the time, because this is one of a few theories that I treat as very plausible, and in fact very likely. There are some small issues- like how Mike and Josh would get away with this without drawing suspicion (then again, disappearing in '94 was a lot easier than today)- but for the most part there's zero evidence of a monster, and plenty of opportunity for the boys to slip away and set up the scary stuff. There are several things that the movie almost included- an actual visual of the witch, alternate endings where Mike was staring at Heather or doing something different- but the end product as-is tells us that there's zero evidence of the paranormal that can't be explained or reasonably doubted. I'm also of the mind that a demonic entity is far less terrifying than real people. Like yeah, the unknown is scary. But what's scarier to me is how awful people are capable of being. I've heard too many true crime stories and seen too much of the dark side of humanity, that the paranormal is no longer as scary. When I'm in the woods at night, my top fear is other people, not wild animals or cryptids. All in all, one of my top 5 theories across channels
Nope. Completely implausible. Click bait bullshit.
@@alenahubbard1391 What's your reasoning though? I've never actually watched Blair Witch but from the evidence it sounds like a pretty plausible theory.
Why would they go through all that trouble? They could've murdered her at any point since nobody knew they were there. Also leaving the footage behind? That'd be too risky and made no sense if they murdered her. It'd be like trying to clear themselves from a murder nobody knows they commited. It's a fun theory of course. But saying it is very likely is a huge stretch.
@@Madferit91 there's also another flaw of the theory, one part of the movie shows that something attacked three of them in the tent by shacking the tent and almost like punching it and they all run out of the tent. could they two men have planted some other guys to follow them, was it something else? unclear so far
I used to believe supernatural entities were scarier, but after playing something like Fears to Fathom, yeah, the idea of the fear of what actually exist is much more terrifying.
When The Blair Witch Project was the scariest movie you’d ever seen so you tried to scare your sister by making her watch it but she’d already watched MatPat’s theory about it so the entire movie she was like “ooooohhh piles of rocks so SCARY.” Thank you MatPat. You have destroyed my dreams
SHAME ON YOU! If you really wanted to scare your sister that’s NOT COOL that movie was lame anyway but because you thought it was scary, you wanted to scare your sister?? Wow even I can’t sink that low
@@Vixen743that is something siblings do. If you have any siblings, you would know that tormenting them is morally correct.
@@Vixen743 cope
@@Vixen743 you must be an only-child
@@Vixen743I'm assuming you're an only child?
Everyone *Sleeping* Mike at 12 am: You know what....Im gonna build a rock pile
It's to scare Heather, but saying it like that is pretty funny
To be fair I kinda find it odd that even if it was a murder, why did they keep it up for so long? Why didn't they do it on day 1 or 2 of the trip and keep the recordings??? I feel like mike was the one who set it all up, and what killed her with** a trap set up by him, and mike is dead in the corner as maybe he set off a trap on himself. Josh just finds it and grabs whatever he found (aka the camera ) and yeets out of there?
C Godejohn I think they just wanted enough time to fully have her scared and manipulated idk
@@El1society but still, why ever keep the video?? It would be the only evidence leading to them if she disappeared.
Me
I always felt bad for heather, she just wanted to make her movie :(
And then her brother decided to find her
@@vengefulkatana7613 actually Mike's brother, Josh's GF and Heather's mom decided to look for them first.
I’m your 666 like
She did make her movie. She didn't stick around to see it.
I felt the same.
i just watched this movie for the first time recently, and I love this theory, and I fully believe it. The nail in the coffin for me is, at the beginning of the movie when Heather is interviewing the people of the town, she comes across a mother who says that two men went hunting up by the cabin where the witch lives, and disappeared off the face of the earth (those men possibly being Mike and Josh and the cabin being the murder house at the end?) and then another guy she talks to mentions there was a male serial killer who killed seven kids, and killed them by twos, making one face the corner while he killed the other. Both of those two interviews are undeniable evidence for me that this theory is true. Idk if I believe the whole thing about Mike being able to set up speakers, especially considering this movie took place before Bluetooth speakers were a thing, and there are no outlets in the woods, but I believe this theory nonetheless. Also, about the seven kids thing, I noticed while watching the movie that the first time they see the piles of rocks, there are seven piles (which I’m sure Heather would immediately connect to the seven dead kids) and then the second time they see the piles, there’s three, which I assume is supposed to be a foreshadowing by the “witch” that the three of them are next. Idk. Just thought that was an interesting detail.
Heather is with Josh and Mike interviewing a woman that said two men went missing and those two men are Josh and Mike?
Yes there is a witch. This guy didn't mention the scene where they are in their tents and it sounds/looks like a bunch of school kids scream and smack their tent. So what they got a bunch of kids to come out in the middle of the forest to do this? Or they hauled a sound system to project the sound of a bunch of kids screaming all around and slapped her tent and then hid the sound system 5 seconds later when she came out of the tent? Also there were scenes cut from the original that showed the witch and alternate scenes of one of the guys dying hanging in the house.
Then you need to watch the movie again, because you didn't pay attention. There's plenty that blows this theory apart, both in THIS movie and in Curse of the Blair Witch, and arguably the Dossier.
For sound speakers in 94 all you need is like idk 2 boxes, around 50m/164feet cable hid under leaves and a power generator powered by gas hid inside deep woods. Not impossible and as long as you don't directly shine the light at the ground you wouldn't even see them very good in the woods esp if you hide the with leaves, stones mud etc.
@@ea8455 sounds like a lot to hide at the exact spot you need it to, in a very giant forest. Also Heather was leading the way most of the movie.
I had all the same questions and suspicions years ago after it came out - I was teased for having "writer's brain" where I'm always over-thinking plots and can't just enjoy the movie. Glad to see I'm not alone.
To be fair to your "Writer's Brain" there was no definitive script, just directions on how to do things, effectively improve in a sense.
Thing is, that only works when the theories posed make sense within that universe. It doesn't here.
@@dreamsofcosmicoceans8105How doesn't it work?
@@reasonableskeptic5703there can’t just be 2 people because the tent shakes there’s tons of giggling can’t be made easily especially at the time and they get chased by something (I do believe it just think there’s a 4th person)
"writer" Nobody will ever know or care about your narcissistic behavior.
Imagine if they actually put this in the movie. Picture this: just one scene at the end, after everything else. Mike and Josh running through the forest, laughing. That’d be crazy.
I need to see that! I wish that happened!
better. heather’s camera doesn’t cut when it hits the ground at the end and we hear josh and mike talking and laughing about it, then one of them picks up the camera and cut it off. i personally would like that more.
nah it's better that its left up for interpretation. the best part about the blair witch project was that a person's imagination fills in all the blanks. thats what makes it scary/discussion-worthy
Something tells me that they wouldn't run. They wouldn't need to run.
doing this would completely ruin the movie though and would destroy the ability to interpret it as you see it. You would no longer question anything after seeing the movie and just know the answer which is lame.
This theory makes the movie so much more scarier
And a whole lot more fun, too.
Agreed! I'm going to rewatch.
K see you when I get the courage to watch it then I’m about a 25 percent through sooooooooo.... bye
At the beginning of the movie, it says everybody died too. I just watched it and jeez there’s a lot of stretching he does to make this work
@@breadstickboss4358 ??? argue with the theory in a better way lmao... because he explicitly states that THIS IS THE PLAN. make it SEEM like EVERYONE died there so the guys would be presumed dead and therefore got sway with their crime. "it says everyone died so it must be true" is a bad argument. I haven't seen the movie myself so I'm all open for you to elaborate on the "stretches", but if this is the only argument then it's really weak. also even if he does it still makes sense and it's still believable. it doesn't have to be accurate since it's a theory. edit: should've initially gone with the better argument, I have seen what the actual arguments are and they are plausible, but the "it says so so it's true" isn't a good rebuttal
Mat is 100% correct here, getting spare human teeth is shockingly easy
Getting a duffel bag under an undisturbed 100 year old foundation, though... not so easy.
I guess it depends on the dentist. I've had a couple of teeth pulled and both times I asked if I could keep the tooth and the dentist said no.
Fun fact; Up until recently in human history dental prostetics were actually ‚made‘ / consisted of the ‚spare teeth‘ provided by the dead soldiers of the battlefields (x
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@@0okamino They clearly didn't watch Curse of the Blair Witch.
Fun fact: 90% percent of this movie was unscripted the actors ACTUALLY got lost in the woods mike really did kick the map into the creek most likely because the directors basically drove them to insanity by playing spooky sounds in woods and giving them less and less food but still enough so they wouldn't starve. Edit: ok so most of this is just lies the actors had personal scripts that they couldn't say to the other actors. Sorry for messing it up
Sounds like someone needs to be in jail. That's terrifying
Wrong, they had personalized notes for them left by the directors that they weren't allowed to share among their fellow actors. Mike was informed of the map kicking, but he revealed it a little later. Don't word it like that, y'all are just badmouthing the directors.
The reason he stood in the corner was because in the movie the group were told stories about how the murderer would make children stand in the corner so they wouldn’t be scared by the deaths of their fellow kids.
They wanted it to be found and hopefully someone pieces it together to make a good movie
@@spawncampe and all they got was dissatisfaction
@@spawncampe No, though this theory is an interesting analysis and an alternate take on the film it has little to no substance to show for it. This theory dismisses the mockumentary companion that serves as the backdrop for the Blair Witch’s lore and illustrates how the film reels found couldn’t of been faked nor planted there by any human. It states the film reels were hidden underneath a colonial-era wall that was never disturbed and that the intention of hiding those there would be so that nobody would discover them. Then there’s also the facts about the house at the end of the film not being there physically as police and the FBI found no evidence of the house in the woods, meaning that the house that Mike and Heather go into doesn’t exist anymore and further proves the supernatural element to be true and dismisses this theory that Mike & Josh were the killers of Heather.
@@RealmBeyond lol that comment was a joke
its not so the kids wouldn't be scared, its because the murderer could "feel their eyes staring"
“Sorry your daughter was killed by a forest witch.😪” I’m sorry I’m wheezing😂😂
you can't possibly be this stupid to not understand how supernatural horror works.
@@zimzimzalabim It's a joke
@@Chris-ft2yx and you are a dumb sheep
@@zimzimzalabim and you are a dumbass
@@zimzimzalabim WAKE UP, SHEEPLE. WITCHES ARE REAL!
I thought this exact thing as soon as I finished the movie, it all seems so weird how Josh and mike get so angry at her and yell to the point Heather is crying and screaming at them to stop, after constant arguments and disagreements Josh goes missing and everyone else is left alone??? Then they hear Josh yelling and whenever mike calls out for Josh’s name he does not answer however almost every time Heather calls for Josh, a scream can be heard back that sounds like josh, mike leads them to that house, then they camera cutting to mike in the corner and heathers camera goes blank??
If you watched the movie then explain the children attacking them tent with all 3 of them in it
maybe there was someone else in on it?@@RealRagnar816
@@RealRagnar816I just watched this movie again and could not specifically see anyone attacking them. I've seen this movie many times and never could actually see anything going on that seemed supernatural. That's why I KEPT watching it over again...always thought maybe I missed something but to this day no...just no.
@@carinnovick2995 then we also have the fact that they follow the water and teleport to the same location and the time travel if the house that’s as burnt down 40 years ago
The fact they added missing people papers on places and made a documentary and gave the parents sympathy cards is just the funniest and most awsome way to advertise the move
That was actually one of Matpat's best film theories.
I am a duck
lmao
Isaac Davis Yup😊!
100% agreed
*was*
I just had a crazy idea: Let's say that, in some alternate universe, this theory was the original intention of the producers. Then the sequel comes along and it's has the blatant supernatural elements of the sequel movie in our universe. The reason for this? The Blair Witch is actually HEATHER'S SPIRIT, which now attacks everyone who enters the woods where she died. So, in essence, The Blair Witch isn't real until Mike and Josh make it real by scaring and murdering Heather. Now wouldn't THAT be a twist?
Then why would she attack her own brother?
@@MMGamesMM Negative emotions in death create a evil spirit. Either Heather wouldn’t realize it was her brother she was attacking, or she would be to engulfed by rage to care.
Underrated comment
That would be twisted, but also immensely stupid.
That would be amazing!
Another point is how Mike and Josh kept making a fuss of Heather filming when they got lost. They kept pointing it out and making an unnecessary and big deal about her filming. Heather had to remind them, the filming was part of the documentary, to which they replied along the lines, "We are lost and you're obsessed about your documentary". I have to say, your theory kinda sticks!
Okay maybe it's just me but even the way Mike talks in the ending scenes is like...like he's almost got this giddiness about him when he shouts "I hear him downstairs!" 13:46 As if his composure is breaking because he's having trouble maintaining the act through his excitement. And at 13:23 when he yells at Heather to get in the house, it sounds more like impatience and irritation than any sense of fear or compassion at her hesitation. I like to think Josh and Mike went through all the trouble of faking the paranormal events before killing Heather to keep the footage as a potential alibi, or because they wanted to create a spooky legend before disappearing themselves. They're like those murderers who are inspired by horror movies and want to create a sense of mystery around their killing. Maybe that's why the tapes end up being found, because Josh and Mike made sure they were left somewhere outside the woods. I know this is almost certainly not what the writers intended but I love it so much more, it's so sinister and totally hidden to the general audience unless you really twist your mind.
with that logic of yours, it’s also possible that instead of mike and josh, it’s actually heather and mike who killed josh, remember, josh was the one who’s gone missing, and maybe they’re acting like they’re looking for josh so there would’nt be any suspense to them
So the Blair Witch was framed?
Right..!!!
I remember when I went to see this movie with my parents , 95% of the people in the cinema room booed after it had ended. It was a fucking joke.
Yeah that's just down right wrong.
"Who Framed Blair Witch?" Sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit Lol sorry
No.. not on camera
”My nose is running like a mofo rn” 😂💀
xD
Can I be in the screen shot with a purple circle!
Abdoalrahman Sabeha this is funny because they deleted their comment? I think*
“What’s that?” Fnaf vr in the corner..
Flare Guy bro she must’ve been rubbing that shit all over her face cause it went EVERYWHERE
What about: The ending of Blair Witch (2016), Half of Blair/Burkittsville’s children mysteriously died, and that Rustin Parr (the sort of-copycat killer) claimed he committed the murders because of a “old lady ghost.” Either way a great theory. Edit: The emotional shifts are most likely from their paranoia - and Mike yelling, “I’m going upstairs!” is if he truly might die that night and Heather somehow survived, he would be yelling out to her where he’s going to let Heather know is last known location if he suddenly goes missing, and Heather is the only survivor. Edit 2: In Blair Witch (2016,) it’s revealed that the Witch can manipulate the layout of the house, which could also mean that she could make sounds from upstairs and downstairs. As with Mike standing in the corner, Rustin Parr, the owner (and killer) of the house that the trio goes into lured the children into his house. When he was murdering the children, he had the (what would be the witness) stand in the corner - which also ties in with Mike standing in the corner. The witch forces Mike into the corner, like Rustin did to the witnesses back in the day.
2:17 I kid you not, this is the plot of part of an episode of Transformers Prime Like, spoiler warning, but three decepticons are sent on a mission to find something, but two of them are actually just tasked with killing the third because the third was becoming a problem for Megatron.
This theory is 10x scarier than the one we're supposed to believe.
no it is not. If you don't like supernatural horror then the film is not for you. Just don't try this millennial revisionism on older movies. It just won't work.
Ik 😨
@@zimzimzalabim bitch shut up. Why you even here if you dont even like millennium revisions
@@burmessafox3939 To be a troll. This guy's been commenting on every single comment thread, calling everyone stupid millenials. Just ignore him.
100% agree
"In case it's been a couple of years since you watched this movie" Me who has never watched the movie: *Yup!*
Watch it
Me who watched it literally like ten minutes ago 0.0
@@idontevenknowwhatimdoing5018 Oh it's on Netflix? Okay, I guess I cam watch it! 😂
Lol, sameee
Same😂
I love this theory. But wonder, would Josh and Mike then go into hiding? Change their identities? With everyone believing they’re dead?
This has always been one of my all-time favorite theories. Sad to see you go, but I wish you the best!
Mat's theories and ideas are usually so over the top, but this is legitimately very plausible and makes a lot of sense
OMG I’m gonna be the first replier to just some guy without a moustache
2nd reply, sup peeps
Wait but in the 2016 version that takes place after this movie the Blair whitch can literally be seen chasing that one woman it’s a tall and skinny figure don’t.....
@@ever3625 that’s practically a different movie
Not really. Plot hole #1, It really isn't easy to disappear. Particularly if they've been using their real names. Plot hole #2, those 2 guys aren't exactly sophisticated "Catch If You Can" sort of guys. They don't know how to do this thing, They don't even have the brains to go their separate ways after the "murder". Not just for a little while to "lay low". They need to separate FOREVER. If one of them is apprehended, the whole thing falls apart UNLESS they have no knowledge of each other's whereabouts. Plot hole #3, They WILL be reported missing. People in emergency services in that area KNOW about that derelict house. They could have been LURING Heather to the one place where people were already searching for them. Plot hole #4, Those guys aren't particularly skilled woodsmen. An aerial search would likely found them in 30 minutes. Dogs and searchers would have found their campsites in mere minutes.
That awkward moment when your film theory is better thought out than the actual sequel to the film.
Both movies sumed up and solved in 17 minutes
Levi Everaerts there is a sequel ???
Yeah, Blair Witch came out last year. It's awful. Don't watch it.
Levi Everaerts which sequel? Or are you talking about both.
No, just Blair Witch, the one that came out last year. I actually like Book of Shadows, despite the horrible executive meddling. There's a very original, ballsy take on the mythos in that film somewhere.
The craziest part about the movie wasn’t the witch or anything else it was why when going into a haunted forest none of them thought to bring a single weapon
They’re filmmakers/hippies. Aka democrats. Of course they don’t know how to protect themselves
This is an interesting interpretation, however, it doesn’t detract from the initial concept of an actual supernatural witch stalking, possessing, and killing them. In fact, both concepts support each other. The idea of a witch could be a metaphor for hatred- a hatred that permeated Josh and possessed him to want to murder this girl, and lure his friend into the plot.
% of the movie 10% spooky 20% stress 70% map
Wof map
It was all about the map
MAP X13
Where's the map???
We found the x, but we didnt found the map, keep searching bois.
*Some evil source in the woods* **Shows a dancing pumpkin**
_He is the spooky scary skeleton man you dense c a b b a g e_
@@lvbboi9 He is a source superior to you, *peasant*
@@grimoireh3471 _you as well, youre NOTHING compared to him, now BOW, or Ill be forced to say the N word_
@@lvbboi9 holy shit stop you can't say the N word
@@NaraeIa you don't know. they could be black.
to this day i am convinced that blair witch project is actually *psychological* horror (rather than supernatural)
I remember wanting to write a short followup story for this movie, about a guy who had his own theory about what happened and wanted to go into the woods to confront the witch. One of the big moments in the story that puts the guy at threat and creates dread was a moment of doubt while he was thinking about his relationships near a campfire, which threw off his confidence just as the witch arrived in a mist form to inspect him, helpless. The movie might not have shown a witch, but the sounds of people and children when she was around made me think she keeps tormented spirits about her, and that is the source of her strength. And maybe one of them, if encouraged (a little girl perhaps), could rally the other spirits to desert the witch, dispelling her form - or at least weakening her to the point where she didn't have so much influence. The hard and dangerous part is reaching her to do so.
Never thought I'd see matpat say "my nose is running like a mofo"
Same it's at 0:20
i did lol
You didn't. You _heard_ hims say it.
@@pedropony8060 same thing
Right? Lol
And I'm here laughing that the sound guys name is Mike
wow I never knew about that before thx for extra funny info XD
why ????
@@greythomas6199 mike sounds like mic(rophone) and hes the sound guy
@@me0w1ee oh i just put the pieces together very clevef6
@@me0w1ee omg 😂
This is by far my favourite of your theories. You have a good idea so much evidence and a really solid presentation. Well done.
something about this exact video from film theory just keeps drawing me back. love it. basically make time no mater if i am in a rush or not
Legend says that Heather and Josh are still still fighting for the map
ShooshiTanker lol
ShooshiTanker lol 10/10
ShooshiTanker LOL
10/10 lmg mounted
12.5/10 LMAO
This theory actually is way better and scarier than the "ohhh yes there's a killer witch in the woods". Me likey
4:51 did you hear pop goes the weasel.
@@dannysangree6304 oh right thats the song! Knew it was familiar
@@icyija you heard it? I thought I was going crazy.
@@dannysangree6304 yeahh :D dont worry
@@icyija ok. I can never be sure because everything else about me is messed up.
Yeah but they could have killed her at any point before they got to the house. They were apparently way out where no one could hear them. Then they themselves disappeared afterwards anyway. Why go through all that trouble unless they just got a thrill out of scaring her before they killed her?
Because they think it’s funny to scare her first- they even laugh at her when they reveal they got rid of the map
It’s sad that he is stepping down but I hope he has a good life after
The movie makes us see this forest through Heather's eyes, so in the end we are as blind as she is, detatched from our common sense. Your theory convinced me 100%.
Theories like these rely heavily on confirmation bias. You want to believe the theory, so you look for clues to support your theory while disregarding evidence that debunks it. There are multiple reasons why this theory doesn't hold up: - the whole folklore around the witch was the reason they went to the woods in the first place. So the idea of a witch is already established - Mike could've kicked the map because he was already possessed by the witch at that point - Why would they go through all this hassle to kill a girl? Why did they set up those supernatural things? It's all pointless - There are a bunch of reasons why Mike wouldn't turn to Heather. One could be that he was possessed by the witch and simply had to lure Heather into the basement. Another one could be that he is scared to look at the witch. So is this theory more plausible than the original plot? I don't think so
@@alexd4566 folklore like this in small town are things thay have been around since before the oldest people in the town were kids, so by this point its a local legend. (Also, this would ceme ted in a backwater town by two teenagers saying theyre gonna hike the woods real quick and then running away together using the legend as a cover) Speaking of using the legwnd as a cover, that's exacly what they would be doing, since they know that heather is basically recording the whole time, they need to show that the legend of the blair whitch is happening to them, which really makes them go out of their way in this whole endeavor, but that's what they need to do here, make her go crazy and that the blair whitch killed them and her When in reality it was them, they kill her and disappear using the blair witch and having the video recording to cover them for the murder
alex Debroux I also feel like kicking a map into a river is something that I would 100% do out of frustration. These people are scared, hungry, having nicotine withdrawal, and sleep deprived. They’re not going to do things that a sane person would do under normal circumstances.
y'all talk too much
This theory is nothing more than this dude using his imagination. The real story of the movie is what the writers and directors intended. Thats it, there's no changing it no matter how much you may want to and no matter how much you think about it and no matter how clever you think you are for "figuring out the real story." So...if the writers and directors say it was the witch then guess what? It was the fucking witch. No ifs ands or buts about it.
Everyone saying that they wish they were Heather: 👁👄👁
I don’t wanna be heather, I wanna be a henry :)
Not anymore.
@@sukritikalra1829 of course 😂
Hahahaha🤣🤣🤣
@@reedmana78 That should be a song 😂
Because the legend is litterally the hermit brought down two kids, one would stay in the corner, while the other kid was being killed.
Occam’s Razor - “The simplest explanation is usually the right one.”
A murder plot is actually scarier than a witch Edit: please stop criticizing me its tiring
You can fight back against a murderer, you can't fight back against a witch
Not when your murder plot has tons of information contradicting it in the film, and your murderers completely lack any kind of motivation.
@@SmashBrosBrawl Unless of course you have holy water and a crucifix.
@@gabe_gamer9320 And if it's a Jinn? What about a Yuuri?
@@SmashBrosBrawl have you even played minecraft
this movie was scarier for the actors than viewers
Oh definitely
That's the statement of the century
Remind me of the movie Jaw, where the teenage actors/actress thought the director use a real shark and scream for help, but he just give them a thump up
wait why would it be scary for the actors?
@@nid2920 no cgi, no fake setting. The director even made actors believed in the legend
Interesting theory. But, what about the children who were laughing and shaking the tent? Mike may have set a couple of speakers outside to create the laughing, ok, but how did he make the tent shake? They would have to had accomplices to do that, which seems unlikely.
just what i was about to ask
I want a sequel of this. A documentary style man hunt and trial….but with a witch reveal too
I'll tell you what really supports this theory: Josh and Mike were trying to get into Heather's head as soon as they entered the woods. They both were constantly questioning Heather's navigation and she kept insisting they weren't lost; and they weren't. They all arrived at Coffin Rock and, later, the cemetery as planned. Yet despite all this they kept needling her about her navigation. It really seemed like they wanted to get her to doubt herself so they could take some kind of control.
Idk I think it seems less like mind games, and more like- and I’m not trying to be a SJW here- men not thinking a woman can handle navigation.
@@Torithegreat I don't think so
@@Torithegreat If they were doing that only at the start of the trek, I'd accept that. But they were continuing to do it even after she led them to both her chosen sights. It seems really suspicious to not have faith in her navigation after that.
Victoria Lambert I see what you could mean but it kinda gets dragged out the entire movie in a suspicious way rather than being flat out misogynistic
@@Torithegreat you're a woman, of course you always assume men are oppressing you.....
*Mike and Josh force her to go the wrong way* Heather: Guess i'll die
the way kept going in circles. there is no way out once the witch curses you. this has been shown in all other 2 movies
Josh died first. The actor confirmed it.
@@mi-wg6wo In the extras on the DVD/BR they mention removing Josh from the production before the other actors. They also mention that Mike was actually supposed to die first, but when Josh showed up late for one of the normal scenes in the beginning, they punished him by having him die first. If the plan was to make a murder plot, then wouldn't you want your murderer on set to at least experiment with having him in the final scene? They didn't do that. Because Josh was dead.
This theory actually makes perfect sense, considering this was the case with the sequel. It wasn’t the witch that actually killed the girl, it was the people.
This is probably my all time favorite Film Theory video. And definitely my head-canon since it came out.
this theory makes the film less stupid and filled with more substance.
i totally believe this theory cuz it means that there was ANOTHER layer to the movie and everything we thot of as stupid in the movie was actually on purpose! i LOVE IT.
@@TjPhysicist too bad it's wrong, since the latest movie basically confirms it's a supernatural entity.
Heather Haack Eh, we can just create our own head cannon
Heather Haack if we want we can treat them as two separate stories. Honestly, that’s what I’m gonna do. Because the first one is the original and the second is simply them trying to make money
@@heatherhaack4804 that movie was created separately and probably wasn't the original plan
Legend says that if you go into those woods, you can slightly hear the word "map" over and over 😈
srsly??? thats would be cool :P
I almost had a heart attack don't post so much scary stuff,this is for kids remember. .
@@scratcho.9980 Film Theory is not for kids
@@themilkman2856 my little brother made that comment.
@@themilkman2856 my little brother made that comment.
Fun fact: The crew was actually trying to run away from girl scouts selling cookies. They were low on budget and no one wanted to feel bad. So they all ran away into the woods but the girls were relentless. They edited it just to you don't see them talking about it but the entire movie is about how the girl scouts hunted them in the woods by being one step ahead and making them go in circles. With their navigation badges they were able to trick all of them because they didn't know how to calibrate the compass based on a deviation. They were finally able to leave the woods after one of the crew pawned the camera and bought the cookies. Since they were all out in the woods so long and got wet, the cookies were all soggy and tasted like crap. One guy hung himself.
This is one of those movies which I don't really care for, but still appreciate what they were trying to do with it. It was a relatively new approach to filmmaking and marketing, and I respect them for trying it.
Not relatively it was GROUNDBREAKING and had 40% of the country believing it was real it created a genre of film and made almost $300,000,000 at the box office alone off of a less then $50,000 budget and less then a $1,000,000 post production
This theory makes that movie so much better
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OmG Dxrkness the Similarities lol
Darkness XDD
the video games made the movie better
“I’m so scared, when people don’t label their personal food.” -Michael Scott
Omg yes, you made my day
For this you have won a tiny dunde.
the real monster...... UNLABED FOOD
*a* *true* *man* *of* *culture*
Yes
13:17 i mean, yes he has lots of self preservation and stays away from the sounds at night, it is his best friends screams. If you heard your best friend screaming in an abandoned house you would at least think about going down there to help them
also at 14:51 during the internet marketing campaignes its revealed that the witch can look like who ever she chooses. the witch could have killed josh, and then posed as mike. another thing I want to point out is either on the online marketing or in the first few scenes of the movie, it's explained that there use to be someone who killed 7 kids, he killed them in pairs as one stood in the corner, much like mike is. that killer could be in the house. they could have killed josh, made mike stand in the corner (mike dropping the camera and we hear sounds of struggle) and when heather turns the corner she is killed. Leaving mike as the last victim.
In interviews the creators of the movie did say that the house was the same house where the kids were killed in the 40s which was also supposedly burnt down by the villagers after the murderer was executed so it is supernatural that the house was there in the first place.
Holy crap, that is WAY more terrifying than the story as portrayed... that's some seriously messed up crap.
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Well, yeah. Murderers are messed up people.
But why would they leave the footage in the house
Top 10 theory scarier than movie XD
No? I'm way more scared of a supernatural force than 2 guys I could easily fight off.
Ever seen the alternate endings? There’s one where Mike is looking right at Heather when she dies. If that was the canon ending, then this case would be closed.
You mean the one where Mike was floating in the air? There's another where Mike was crucified on a giant stick doll in a matter of seconds. Are you telling me you overlooked all this and went "Yep, these filmmakers were definitely going for the plot of Josh killing Heather"? By the way, zero endings have Josh in them, because he was allowed to leave the production before they filmed the ending. I wonder why that is. It couldn't have been because his character was dead, or anything.
@@Deadener I’m aware of the other endings, but per my original comment, you will see I never mentioned them. My point here is that the ending with Mike is staring at Heather only adds more evidence to this theory, but only if it were the canon ending. As far as your unnecessary condescending attitude, I ask only this...Dyslexic or molested? What’s your deal?
@@luccirobbins6675 u are dumb I'm on the other guys side lol
@@Deadener there was another ending where he was hanging on a noose
@@Deadener yeah no alternate endings are not the original and never will truly be cannon since they're just cash grabs that stray from the story. The original blair witch is the movie matpat's talking about anyway, and the alternate endings aren't the blair witch project technically because for them to happen in real life, that would hvae to be an entirely new universe with that happening. So the blair witch was real...just not in the original movie that was released in 1999
I heard someone suggest something different: Heather was the killer. She was part of a witch coven and lured them into the forest (she's the one who chooses where they do it and what on). She was attacked at the end by a witch, but only so it would look like she wasn't actually part of the coven, and asked to be attacked. Afterward they sacrifice the two guys to their deity and Heather takes on a new identity in the coven.
That’s pretty intricate and complex I mean I’ve been in a coven myself, but we never did sacrifice
I would honestly like to see evidence for that since it could help explain away the supernatural stuff in other media's of the Blair Witch that isn't just "Heather's spirit."
The only issue of have is that Mike’s personality changes completely and he leads the way, knows just where the stairs are in the house, etc
@@RLucas3000 yeah, but we also have another piece of evidence that Mike was innocent: As he goes down to the basement, we hear him say quietly but sadly, 'Josh...' Heather, who is still upstairs, could obviously not hear this. So why would Mike feel the need to say this if he was supposedly putting on an act for her?
So, are you going to touch on HOW did Mike and Josh accomplish all of the noises in the forest while being inside the tent with Heather? Also, who shook the tent while all three of them were inside? It's literally impossible it was the two trying to hurt her. And oh, this theory was debunked by the film makers themselves.
You’re 7 years too late 😂
I don’t know why Heather didn’t just go to the car by herself
Idk either
Ping Chen she’s scared
morals. Josh is her "friend" and Mike is someone whose "lost". just human morals.
She didn kno da wae
U know how scary it is to walk alone in the woods defently if there are rumors that it is haunted
I haven't even seen the movie but im convinced
Same
you really should watch it, the movie have a lot "what you shouldn't do to investigate in another place like the woods" moments, so this theory makes it feel like instead of stupidity it was because a sinister plan
Don't watch it. It's Paranormal Activity with shaky cam
big decisions...
Ntm paranormal activity is total shit. Then again in Blair witch things actually happen.
Blair witch (2016): Allow me to introduce myself.
Not sure why I'm just stumbling on this now. Amazing theory! I'm thinking the creators were smart in that the witch story works for children and yet there is an option that doesn't involve supernatural fantasy that is pretty dark for adults to enjoy. Basically like Shrek, with the raunchy jokes that go over kids' heads so the parents can enjoy a cartoon too.
I feel like the reason mike didn’t turn around was probably the guilt of seeing heather getting killed.
One of Burkitsville folks in the movie actually foreshadowed it by said that one will face a corner while the other one will be killed by the witch.
In the new movie they add details about it and in the end they have to face the corner or else they look at the witch and then they die of horror.
@@huangchanyou7465 by witch you mean Josh correct?
@@ascoutly1593 no
This comment has 666 likes, I would give it a like but... I’m scared
Originally Heather was supposed to capture Footage of a creepy looking figure in the woods near the end. We actually hear her scream "what is that" but unfortunately Heather didn't point the camera to it (she wasn't told what she was going to see). If we got to see that Figure as Planned, it would've put a hole in this Theory.
Oh of course, of course it’s always the comments that put holes through the theories that don’t get much attention.
But what if it was josh
@@ascoutly1593 I mean, the sequel shows the Blair witch and it’s disfigured body. It’s safe to say it’s real now
@@markcruz9315 I think everyone is trying to forget the sequels of the Blair Witch Project are real.
@@antoniomariamacri7500 can you blame them? XD
I love the dancing jack-o'-lantern man in the opening. Thank you so much for that clip!
8:51 How to Satay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier is something everyone should consider having in their kit.
What about when that guy was being interviewed at the beginning of the movie, and talked about how one person would be sent to the corner to wait while the witch kills the other person.
I believe that Mike and Josh did it out of sick and twisted desire. They wanted to play out their fantasy situation. And, so, they tied in the legend to Heathers last moments to amuse themselves.
Probably part of the act to mortify her
@@josiahtrelawny9303 if that's the case how did josh and Mike make all them things hanging from the trees and make pile of rocks at night while they are sleeping? Plus how did they make baby and children sounds and sounds of rocks and branches being thrown and broken?
@@Kevin_Yagoonie I mean he explained that in the video, but the biggest evidence against thsi theory is that it's just not correct. Because the witch was acfaully invented to be in the film. Remember the scene in the dark when they were running, and heather screams "omg wtf is that" well there was supposed to be the witch on their right but the actor didnt pan the camera correctly onto the director in the morph suit, and they decided to keep it out so it would look scarier.
@@mrsynth2643 I always wondered what it was that she seen
I recently wore a bear costume and a witches hat and called myself “The Bear Witch Project” hehhehe
Thats fricking hilarious
lol bruh
Oh my why? 😂😂😂😂
Jedi Alek Oh yeah? Well I shaved the hair of that bear and put on his hat and called myself *The Hair Witch Project!*
Love that :D
I remember this theory being discussed at length on IMDb message boards back in the day. I wish they were still going 😮
this theory makes so much sense to me. honestly in my head this is the timeline that i accept. but. i do want to bring up a few of the things that matt claimed not to make sense. namely, the events inside the house. in the event that it was really something supernatural, why can't all the weird stuff just be the witch messing with them? toying with her meal? people don't question why pazuzu makes reagans head spin around or spider walk on the stairs or barf on a priest. so why is it so hard to believe that a witch spirit who has been toying with the crew for multiple days might send them on a wild goose chase in the house, make one guy face the wall just to be creepy, and then finish them all off? she doesn't get victims too often and they're trapped in her domain, so why not have fun? and who says she has to physically be in the spots in the house that the voices are coming from? if she can possess people then why wouldnt she be able to at least throw her voice, if not just having such tight control of the area that she can make multiple things happen in multiple places at once? the very little overt mythos of the witch opens her abilities up to possibly be anything so it's just super weird to me to assume she's physically in any given place. then again, i recognize that this is matt's job and he's positing his theories and evidence in this way because this is how he works. and it's significantly less scientific of me to say "ghosts do weird stuff, so that's why things were weird." I'm just positing my own thoughts in the opposite direction from his for fun, just as he's making thing overly logical for fun. super awesome theory regardless of my criticism.
Me: who would build stone piles at 3:AM in a "hounted" woods? Mike & Josh: Oh boy 3:AM!
3:AM: Hee, hee! Mike: Shh, did you hear that? Josh? Josh??? _Sadly Josh could not hear the Ayuwoki's approach as he was wearing his AirPods._
@@PongoXBongo XD
YAAAaas!! Spongebob reference!
S. Š. They misses their legos at home 😂😂😂
@@giglyboy3216 lol
I always assumed that maybe the Blair Witch was responsible for the other two's strange behavior, like maybe it possessed them, and lured them into her home.
that's what i got. especially w the creepy ending with him staring at the corner..
Or it forced them
I think the witch psychologically tortured them by making them go in circles, like how the followed the river but kept finding the same log
Are you saying that ACTUAL witches do that? I hope not.
It probably forced them like Lane in the new movie
I went camping off the Appalachian trail last year and on my way hiking out, one of those little witch stick thingys fell out of a tree and hit my arm. I had nightmares
I always think about this Theory, and how effectively horrific he presented it. Real great storytelling chops in this one.
“My nose is running like a Mofo” -Matthew Patrick 2016
I think you mean Mathew Pathew
Nah Matthew Patthew for life 😌
I’m the 1k like :D
@@cloudyedits101 i unliked so not anymore 😩👹
@@chips3298 ….. *SPOILER*
At the beginning I thought it was Laura Lee’s apology
Yeah but this time it had actually tears...
Me 3
Honey Parker hahahahaahahahahAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA
Omfgme too😂🤷🏽♀️
LMAO
This is the best video you guys ever made. And the most plausible one as well
This is the one FT video I always watch whenever I see it in my feed
I love the Blair witch project because it was a movie that could only be as scary as it was at the time with its usage of viral marketing. There will never be another Blair Witch
There’s another Blair witch movie and a video game
@@datdankdj8264 it's not the same. I'm looking at the Blair Witch as what it did culturally. It was marketed as if was a documentary, and because of early internet, many would believe it. Because of this day and age making it far easy to fact check, there will never be another movie that could do what the Blair Witch did.
@@grimboishungry9218 very true
Thank God for that!
@@grimboishungry9218 exactly it's next to impossible to make something like this again that captures the intensity when the first one came out. Paranormal Activity 1 came close to it the hype around that was huge.
And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling theorists!
Zoinks!
Jinkies
but he isn't always right *cough warios heigh being 10 feet cough*
Remember it's just a theory.(you can edit on a phone now, Sweet!)
This makes me wanna go rewatch the Scooby Doo Project parody Cartoon Network did.
Now this could be a scary story in and of itself if those two kept on doing this, someone notices that they’re in multiple found footage films, and the FBI takes them down.
Well, 10 months later and I finally finished writing the idea.
I'd like to believe Mike didn't actually loose the map and actually hid it in his pocket or his bag they just said that so heather couldn't find a way out of the wood and go back to the car