Author Stephen King is considered one of the masters of horror. He’s written some of the scariest tales of all times like The Shining, Cujo, Salem’s lot, and many others. So when you hear that Stephen King had to turn off a movie because it was too scary it makes you think a bit. He revealed in an interview via Dread Central the film and the story behind it, and why it was so scary.
Stephen King stated in his own words regarding the found footage horror film, The Blair Witch Project :
“The first time I saw [The Blair Witch Project], I was in the hospital and I was doped up. My son brought a VHS tape of it and he said, ‘You gotta watch this.’ Halfway through it I said, ‘Turn it off it’s too freaky.’”
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It’s pretty crazy to think one of the masters of horror is scared of a movie like The Blair Witch Project, but at the time the Blair Witch Project was something no one had really seen before. There was something similar in the early 90’s but it didn’t catch on well. So when this movie came out, it left a lot of people wondering if it was real or not.
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Do you think Stephen King could of made or still could make something similar to the Blair Witch Project? Or do you think the concept is already played out and that era has passed? We honestly think he could make something similar but even scarier if he wanted to.
