Another big release is being set for collectors’ shelves before year’s end. A Blair Witch Project limited edition Blu-ray is being planned by the fine folks at Second Sight, one of the best in the biz for this kind of thing.
The Second Sight Films limited edition is announced this Friday 13th (perfect timing) for the film’s 25th anniversary year.
It redefined a genre and sent shockwaves through cinemas worldwide and now, 25 years on from its original release, horror phenomenon The Blair Witch Project, the seminal film that put found footage firmly on the map, returns with a meticulously crafted Limited Edition Blu-ray Box set from horror aficionados Second Sight Films.
According to an official press release, the new box set arrives on 11 November 2024 and is presented in a stunning new rigid slipcase with new artwork by Timothy Pittides and comes complete with a 184-page hardback book with archive production materials, new essays and an additional book ‘Heather’s Journal’.
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As well as the Blair Witch Project limited edition release, there will also be a Standard Edition Blu-ray release and both versions are packed with exclusive extras, including a brand new restoration from the Hi-8 videotapes and 16mm film elements, supervised and approved by directors Eduardo Sanchez (V/H/S/2, Yellowjackets) and Daniel Myrick (Triple 7, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2) and producers Greg Hale and Michael Monello, plus a brand new documentary, new commentary, previously unseen video footage, archival bonus material and more.
This looks good. I can remember seeing this at the cinema back in the 90s like it was yesterday. It really is such a ground-breaking film, the original before all of the found footage greats that followed.
Full bonus stuff is as follows:
Special Features
? A new Second Sight restoration from the Hi-8 videotapes and 16mm film elements, supervised and
approved by the producers and directors
? Includes restored and remastered Original Theatrical Cut and Festival Cut plus original-release
version
? New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
? Directors’ and producers’ audio commentary
? The Blair Witch Documentary: a new feature-length Second Sight Films production
? Deleted scenes, including previously unseen video and 16mm footage
? The Blair Witch Project: Analogue Horror in a Digital World by Mike Muncer
? Curse of the Blair Witch
? Alternate Endings
? Cannes 1999: Archive directors’ interview
? Trailers
Limited Edition Contents
? Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Timothy Pittides
? 184-page hardback book with archive production materials and new essays by Stacey Abbott, Becky
Darke, Adam Hart, Craig Ian Mann, Mary Beth McAndrews, Dr. Cecilia Sayad, Peter Turner and
Heather Wixson
? Heather’s Journal book
? Three collectors’ art cards
