The seventh installment in thefranchise, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, feels more like the cult classic The Blair Witch Projectthan a Paranormal Activity film. The Blair Witch Project, which premiered in 1999, follows a documentary crew (led by its director Heather) seeking proof of the fabled “Blair Witch” said to haunt a Maryland forest. The film arguably popularized the «found footage» genre of horror films roughly a decade before Paranormal Activity's first movie.
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