A Timeline of Horror Movies-- Part 7: Witches, Saws and the Paranormal

1999--  THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT"--  In an otherwise underrated year that brought us the cringe-inducing "Audition," the big thrills of a revamped "The Mummy" and ghost tale "The Sixth Sense," a new-found footage genre was tapped in "The Blair Witch Project" about a small group that gets lost in the woods and is haunted by -- who knows.

You never see whatever it was.

2004--  "SAW"--  Would you kill a stranger or friend if it meant that your wife and kids would survive a serial killer?  Two people are forced to answer this question as they are held by a killer named Jigsaw.

It's the kill-or-be-killed attitude, or "torture porn," that "Saw" helped unlock as a horror sub-genre.

2009--  "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY"--  Mixing the use of security-camera footage and supernatural possession, the film was the first of a trilogy telling the generational tale of a demon and a coven.

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