Joshua Leonard has continued to act steadily, appearing in shows like True Detective and Bates Motel. Williams still works as an actor, but is focused primarily on his work as a middle school guidance counselor. The film made nearly $250 million in its run despite being shot on a paltry $60,000 budget, and its influence on popular horror movies can still be seen 20 years later. The tough on-set experience of the actors paid off in the end, capturing raw emotion that terrified audiences. “And I remember just feeling this sense of relief, and he’s whispering in my ear, ‘Get up! Go stand in the corner! Go stand in the corner!’” he explained of one of the most iconic and lasting scenes of the movie. Michael Williams explained how horrible he felt knowing that his direction was to run from his costar Heather inside the haunted house, leaving her terrified and screaming.Īs Williams reached the basement of the house, he recalled being thrown to the ground by one of the film’s producers.

But the actors were still kept in the dark until they set foot in the creepy abandoned building. Ultimately, Myrick and Sánchez landed on the unsettling ending in the Blair Witch house, with the characters being attacked by an unseen force off-camera. “We knew we didn’t want like a frickin’ alien to come out of the woodwork or some bad witch costume or something like that.” “We had no idea how we were going to end the movie, and what we knew is what we didn’t want,” Myrick told BuzzFeed News.

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