The found footage horror classic The Blair Witch Project returns with a new release from the British company on Blu-ray Second faceand it is likely to be the first offer of its kind.

The limited edition 2-disc set includes a new Second Sight Films restoration of the Hi8 videotapes and 16mm film elements, supervised and approved by the producers and directors, and presents The Blair Witch Project as it should be seen the very first time.

The Blair Witch Project Production designer Ben Rock explains on Twitter: “If you are a fan of The Blair Witch ProjectThis edition is the first of its kind. The original sources have been re-digitized, including the first complete transfer of the 16mm. And there is a new documentary by Jed Shepherd and interviewed all of us who made the film.”

“The version you saw was transferred to BetaSP in 1997 (Hi-8 and 16mm), edited to standard definition, issued from SD to 35mm and that was the 35mm print. The DVD and Blu-ray alongside this new edition were a video transfer from that 35mm print. This is the best version,” adds Rock.

Producer Mike Monello explains in his own thread: “This is the FIRST (and for now) ONLY edition of the film that has been properly transferred for home video release. It finally looks the way we saw it when we edited the film. The way we wanted it to.”

“For the last 25 years, the film has felt unfinished to me… as a true found footage experience, it now looks the way it was always meant to look,” Monello continues in his thread.

Here’s the full synopsis for Second Sight Films’ REGION B release…

Special features

• A new Second Sight Films restoration from Hi8 videotapes and 16mm film elements, supervised and approved by the producers and directors
• The 2-disc edition contains the restored and remastered original theatrical and festival cuts as well as the original release version.
• The Blair Witch documentary: a new feature-length production from Second Sight Films
• New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• Audio commentaries by directors and producers
• Deleted scenes, including previously unreleased video and 16mm footage
• The Blair Witch Project: Analogue horror in a digital world by Mike Muncer
• The Curse of the Blair Witch
• Alternative endings
• Cannes 1999: Archive Director Interview
• Trailer

Contents of the limited edition

• Sturdy slipcase with new artwork by Timothy Pittides
• 184-page hardcover book with archival production materials and new essays by Stacey Abbott, Becky Darke, Adam Hart, Craig Ian Mann, Mary Beth McAndrews, Dr. Cecilia Sayad, Pete Turner and Heather Wixson
• Heather’s Diary
• 3 Collector Art Cards

The limited edition of Second Sight will be released on November 11th.

You can also get a standard 2-disc edition, details here.

“As part of a documentary project, three film students head into the woods of Maryland in search of the Blair Witch, a local legend that has haunted the town of Burkittsville for centuries. They were never seen again. This footage is all that remains of that fateful trip.”