Episode 234: Writer Ariel Powers-Schaub and The Blair Witch Project (1999)

This week we chat with writer Ariel Powers-Schaub, the writer of the upcoming book Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence, releasing September from Encyclopocalypse Publications. We chat about the horror of the aughts, her affinity to the Saw franchise and more before revisiting The Blair Witch Project for its 25th anniversary. We chat about found footage, the fallout from the stars of the movie, each of our Scarred for Life stories with the film and more. Follow Ariel on Twitter. Preorder her book here.Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter. We also have a Letterboxd HQ account, so follow us there, too! We’re also on Bluesky with the same usernames. Support us on Patreon!If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! Ask us for our Discord server!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.