Last night Lionsgate revealed that their film project, The Woods, was in actuality, Blair Witch, a sequel to the groundbreaking 1999 found footage film, arriving on September 16th. Along with the announcement the trailer was officially unveiled.

Blair Witch (2016 Movie) - Official Trailer

Blair Witch, will follow in the footsteps of the horror classic by being another found footage movie, yet with a more modern feel. It stars James Allen McCune as the brother of Heather Donahue’s character from the original, who sets out to discover what happened to his long-missing sister after seeing a mysterious video on Youtube.

Shot in a veil of secrecy in Vancouver last year with the working title The Woods, Blair With is directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest).

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Norman Gidney is a nearly lifelong horror fan. Beginning his love for the scare at the age of 5 by watching John Carpenter's Halloween, he set out on a quest to share his passion for all things spooky with the rest of the world.