The Blair Witch Project ending caps off the haunting found-footage movie on a suitable ambiguous and chilling note, but it leaves many questions about what exactly happened. 1999's The Blair Witch Project series was a low-budget independent horror film from co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. The found-footage horror follows three student filmmakers who wander the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland, to investigate the legend of the Blair Witch. In the forests around where the village of Blair once stood, they encounter the Blair Witch — although the movie's Blair Witch monster is never shown in full before the movie ends.

After The Blair Witch Project ending, the trio is never seen again, but a year following their disappearance, the footage they shot is recovered. It's this "real" footage that the movie is made from, and this approach helped spawn further found-footage horrors like Paranormal Activity, Quarantine, and Cloverfield. However, despite the...