# Talk:The Blair Witch Project

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An unregistered editor changed the description on the first paragraph on the lead from supernatural horror film to psychological horror film with this reasoning:
"The film is not supernatural. It is never clear what actually is against the victims. It is a psychological found footage film."
They also went on to do these changes:
"Correction, removal of incorrect info ("demonic symbols"), correction (changed to "one of the walls") and changed "force" into "unknown villain". It is never made clear in the film if it is a supernatural force or a serial killer that is hunting them."
While I do agree with some of these changes, the horror inside the movie comes from the increasingly oppressive supposed supernatural aspect of the film. Sounds coming from 360 degrees, voice of children resonating near the tent when it is shaking from all sides, disappearances without a fight, to the ending which features one of the main characters standing in an unresponsive state.
This is seems way more supernatural than psychological to me. What @Red-tailed hawk and @Meters think? I also would like to note that neither of the two definitions are currently used on body, so personally I am for getting rid of the specific categorization all together. It is an horror film. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 23:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

I've never seen this movie, and I'm not familiar with the sourcing generally, so I don't feel apt to opine here. However, maybe the editor who reviewed the GA nom a few years back (i.e. Famous Hobo) might be? The GA nom (who after several name changes is now You've gone incognito) is currently indefinitely blocked, I'd otherwise have suggested reaching out to them as well. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 23:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
I'd be inclined to keep the "psychological horror" genre. A simple Google search finds numerous reliable sources that call the movie exactly that (reviews, media articles, university papers,etc), and the Library of Congress even says that: "The film established a new type of documentary psychological horror genre" https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-158 Meters (talk) 04:10, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
I'll be honest, I've never liked having too many genre descriptors for a movie article, it can get cluttered real quick. So I'm fine just calling it a horror film and moving on, but I'd also be fine with calling it psychological horror, since it also fits that description. Famous Hobo (talk) 06:07, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
While I do agree with Famous Hobo sentiment of disliking genre descriptors I find what Meters linked compelling enough to revert my edit. I will also add it to body.
Thank you all for answering! Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 12:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Agreed. I also think the scene where the group walked in the same direction for hours, but seemingly ended up in the same place they started that day, strongly seems to suggest something supernatural. 2600:1015:B081:5A8B:0:11:E31D:1A01 (talk) 00:17, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
Is there any reason why Found Footage isn't in the genre description? CY223 (talk) 02:46, 10 October 2025 (UTC)