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Worldwide Gross$248.6M
The Blair Witch Project scores a low 1/10 on wokeness by delivering pure found-footage survival horror with no identity politics or social messaging. It stays focused on disorientation and fear through its core story and characters.
The Blair Witch Project centers on three film students—Heather Donahue as the ambitious documentarian leading the project, alongside Joshua Leonard and Michael C.
Williams—venturing into the Maryland woods in 1994 to investigate local folklore about the Blair Witch, only to become lost amid escalating supernatural disturbances. The narrative is a pure found-footage survival horror exercise focused on disorientation, fear, and the unknown, with no dialogue or subplots addressing systemic oppression, identity politics, or critiques of traditional norms. Heather's role as the driven female lead stems directly from the in-story premise of her directing the documentary, aligning with classic storytelling conventions rather than activist framing.
We've run a full content analysis on The Blair Witch Project and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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Heather Donahue
Heather Donahue
Joshua Leonard
Joshua Leonard
Michael C. Williams
Michael Williams
Bob Griffin
Short Fisherman
Jim King
Interviewee (uncredited)
Sandra Sánchez
Waitress
Ed Swanson
Fisherman With Glasses (uncredited)
Patricia DeCou
Mary Brown
Mark Mason
Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
Susie Gooch
Interviewee with Child (uncredited)
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