1. Heather Donahue (The Blair Witch Project)
Artisan EntertainmentShe may have won the Razzie award for Worst Actress of the year, but Heather Donahue is the very definition of a determined documentarian. The actress uses her own name in the film, improvises all of her lines and appears more terrified than any other scream queen in the history of horror films. All the while, she never stops recording. Even when it is clear that her documentary project has fallen apart, her crew pretty much hate her, and they are hopelessly lost in the woods, Heather continues to film. And to be fair, she gets some great material. Rock piles, creepy noises, hanging stick men and finally a haunted house all add up to one hell of a chilling collection of footage. Even if Heather never manages to capture clear evidence of a witch in the woods, her filming provides a harrowing document of a descent into madness and the unsolved disappearance of three young people. She is one director who refuses to call cut.