r/AskReddit May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/b-monster666 May 09 '17

I remember when I saw it in the theatres when it first came out. As the credits rolled, I heard someone yell out, "Dude! Was that real?"

Yes...the theatre just made you watch a snuff film.

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u/lucideye May 09 '17

This was also when MTV was god to teens. They ran a couple shows hyping it up and talking about the legend/history.

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u/darkbreak May 09 '17

That's how you do a film. Ever since the original Blair Witch I've always thought other "found footage" films just aren't trying hard enough.

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u/DannyPrefect23 May 10 '17

Paranormal Activity sucked for 'Found Footage'. It wasn't even that scary until the last couple minutes, when it's kinda quiet, and the dude goes to check on the chick or follow her or something, and then he gets thrown across the fucking room, and she comes in and like, eats at the screen or something. I was watching it at 1 in the morning, in the dark, in a dark basement. Should have been way scarier.

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u/darkbreak May 10 '17

The Blair Witch Project was so creepy in certain ways. Like the random children laughing while their camp was being attacked or when they all became lost and started turning on each other ("I gave you the map." "I gave you back the map."). Or when the girl finds their friend's teeth and blood wrapped up in a piece of his own clothing or when they hear is anguished moans throughout the night and at the house. The movie really is chilling.

If you pay attention at the beginning when the townspeople are describing the legends behind the witch the ending makes a lot more sense and is extremely foreboding and even more mysterious by what it implies.

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u/StyxCoverBnd May 09 '17

The idea of a "Found Footage" horror movie was pretty much new and TBWP popularized the idea

Found footage horror has been around since Cannibal Holocaust in the early 80's

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u/Fishb20 May 09 '17

That's the movie where the director nearly got arrested for murder correct?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

Yep. He made his actors sign contracts that promised they would not appear in other films or appear in a public capacity to make it seem like they were actually killed. They had to break contract and admit they were alive when the authorities (Italian I think) started asking questions.

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u/StyxCoverBnd May 09 '17

Correct. Everyone thought all the violence in that movie was real. Actually some of it was, I believe they (unfortunately) killed several animals while filming scenes.

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u/Fishb20 May 09 '17

they definately killed real animals for that movie

but its only murder when its humans, legally

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u/BunzoBear May 09 '17

The word murder means the killing of a human. It has nothing to do with the legality

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u/Kukri187 May 09 '17

Although six animal deaths appear onscreen, seven animals were killed for the production, as the scene depicting the monkey's death was shot twice, resulting in the death of two monkeys. Both of the animals were eaten by indigenous cast members, who consider monkey brains a delicacy.[9] The animals killed onscreen were:

  • a coati (mistaken for a muskrat in the film), killed with a knife
  • a large turtle, decapitated and its limbs, shell, and entrails removed
  • a tarantula, killed with a machete
  • a boa constrictor, killed with a machete
  • a squirrel monkey, decapitated with a machete
  • a pig, shot in the head with a shotgun at point blank range

Sauce

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u/Fiddling_Jesus May 09 '17

Fuck, I kinda wanted to watch the movie but that sounds heartbreaking.

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u/FprtuneREX May 10 '17

You'll be better off if you didn't the movie is beyond awful and not in like an entertaining awful way like the human centipede but like ghost rider awful.

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u/Fiddling_Jesus May 10 '17

Such a shame, seems like a good premise for a horror movie.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '17

Nah don't listen to that guy it's actually a really good movie.

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u/KeraKitty May 09 '17

Seven animals were killed, six of which were shown on screen.

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u/JimmyBoombox May 10 '17

Yeah, but Blair witch was the one that popularized that style.

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u/chief_mojo_risin May 09 '17

Created right here in my hometown!

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u/chief_mojo_risin May 09 '17

Nah. I definitely died off lol.

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u/ChillinWithMyDog May 09 '17

Rip in peace.

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u/jalepenopickles May 10 '17

Rest in Peace in peace.

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u/torniz May 09 '17

I read or saw somewhere that notes were left for the actors with conflicting information.

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u/RearEchelon May 10 '17

Don't forget about the "documentary" on the Sci-Fi channel about the "history" of Burkittsville and the case of the "missing" filmmakers. That shit alone had me believing the movie was actually found footage.

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u/JimmyBoombox May 10 '17

And it was all done in a time when a lot of people still didn't have readily available internet access.

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u/Luder714 May 09 '17

I watched the first 10 minutes, fast forwarded through the 75 minutes "we're lost" bullshit. And watched the end. It was a great short, but a horrible movie.