Something has been lurking in the Maryland woods for centuries, terrorizing the town of Blair.
Children disappear without a trace.
Weird spirits possess locals, turning them into mass murderers. The trees scream in high-pitched voices. Strange evocative talismans, curses, fetishes and gravesites are evoked. Three film students decide to make a documentary about the Blair Witch, and travel to the small town to collect interviews from locals, do research, and head out into the forests with their cameras to find out what exactly is out there. They never return, and their footage was found weeks later by the local sheriff's office.