7 More Horror Films That Eerily Came True

7. Recreating The Blair Witch Project Turned Out Far Worse Than Any Witch In The Woods

Bringing about a world of shaky cam and terrifying campers out of the woods for good, The Blair Witch Project inspired more than the horror industry when it came out in 1999. With aspiring filmmakers desperate to replicate the Blair Witch effect and taking found footage into their own hands, Blaine Norris was one such person with a shaky cam dream - attempting to make his own movie with Through A Hike: A Ghost Story.

It was through a friend, Brian Trimble, that he managed to secure a cameraman - but when Trimble became diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and could no longer keep up with the physical demands of filming, Norris’s movie lost its funding, and he was thrust into desperation. So was Trimble - left financially struggling by his condition.

The pair devised a plan to kill Trimble’s wife for the insurance payout, and inadvertently created a plot much better than the Blair Witch rip they’d originally planned. With poor Randi Trimble’s death scene looking obviously set up, police soon discovered the truth, and the pair were sentenced to life in prison.