# Blair Witch not an orig. idea

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-witch-not-an-orig-idea/679>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 16, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-witch-not-an-orig-idea/679 "2000-02-16T03:45:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![okwdvc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@okwdvc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okwdvc)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-witch-not-an-orig-idea/679/1 "2000-02-16T03:45:00Z")

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This is my first post so please forgive me if this has been discussed before.

I recently came across a film called “Cannibal Holocaust” It was made in the mid-70’s and the film is based on footage found years later after the original film crew was murdered. Of course it was all totally bogus.

The film was dubbed a “Video Nasty” because of it’s graphic violence. It goes to show that no idea is original.

Does anyone else have info on Cannibal Holocaust"

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**Author:** ![suiyobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@suiyobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suiyobi)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-witch-not-an-orig-idea/679/2 "2000-02-16T04:33:00Z")

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here’s a link: [http://extra.newsguy.com/~drkwatrs/features/cholocaust/home.html](http://extra.newsguy.com/~drkwatrs/features/cholocaust/home.html)

(hope that worked)

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-witch-not-an-orig-idea/679/3 "2000-02-16T04:56:00Z")

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Interesting stuff, but not apparently related to one of Cecil’s columns, so I’m moving it to General Questions.  
Jill