“In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while filming a documentary… A year later their footage was found.” ~The Blair Witch Project (1999)

IMDB Summary: Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

Rotten Tomatoes rating: 87%

Why I love it: The simple genius of it. And the ending.

I don’t care if I’m the only person I know who liked this movie. The shaky camera makes people dizzy, Heather is annoying, it goes in circles, it’s stupid. Whatever. I watched this movie after staying up all night the night before bartending a New Year’s Eve party up in the hills, when 1999 turned into 2000. Luckily I have a huge gift for what they call “suspension of disbelief.” On the first day of the new century all I wanted to do was chill out with all the lights off and let myself be scared. And that’s what I did.