The University of Pittsburgh Library System has added archival materials from The Blair Witch Project to its Horror Studies Collection.
The acquisition includes production materials and promotional items, like the infamous missing person flyers, along with reviews, articles, games, comics, and other tie-in media demonstrating the 1999 film’s impact.
The materials come from writers-directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick and producers Gregg Hale and Mike Monello.
“We’re thrilled to find a permanent home for our collection of records, memorabilia, and ephemera from a little horror film that lucked its way into cinema history,” Hale said.
“What’s particularly interesting is that nearly all the students we teach and show this collection to have lived with the internet their whole lives,” noted Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin. “And this is a look back into the era just before that, and at such an important part of how today’s...
The acquisition includes production materials and promotional items, like the infamous missing person flyers, along with reviews, articles, games, comics, and other tie-in media demonstrating the 1999 film’s impact.
The materials come from writers-directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick and producers Gregg Hale and Mike Monello.
“We’re thrilled to find a permanent home for our collection of records, memorabilia, and ephemera from a little horror film that lucked its way into cinema history,” Hale said.
“What’s particularly interesting is that nearly all the students we teach and show this collection to have lived with the internet their whole lives,” noted Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin. “And this is a look back into the era just before that, and at such an important part of how today’s...
- 2/26/2025
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