10 Horror Franchises That Need A Revival
2. Blair Witch
The Blair Witch Project came out of nowhere in 1999 and blew audiences away, popularising the found footage genre and serving as a blueprint for an entire generation's worth of pale imitations.
Despite the original movie grossing a ludicrous $248.6 million against a mere $60,000 budget, a more conventional, cinematic sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, was quickly rushed out the very next year. It tanked with both audiences and critics, killing what could've been a colossal cash cow for Artisan Entertainment.
In 2016 a reboot-sequel was attempted, which while hewing closer to the style of the original film, ultimately ended up feeling like a cynical rehash. Surprisingly, it failed to catch on with a new generation in the same way that the original did, grossing a decent but unremarkable $45 million against its $5 million budget.
Once again, the franchise has been put on ice, despite there being obviously huge potential to do more with this property and its titular villain.
A new movie can't just recycle the lost-in-the-woods formula yet again, so it'd certainly need a new locale to shake things up - the snow-topped wilderness, perhaps? - but with the right filmmaker and tone, it's easy to imagine a studio like Blumhouse restoring the series' iconic power.