One of the best ways to gauge how quickly your life is passing you by is to take notice of film anniversaries. My dad used to drop me and my buddies off at the movies and slip me a twenty. Blair Witch Released On Video 25 Years AgoGet our free mobile appCredit: YouTube Credit: YouTube loading...Science fiction and horror are my two favorite genres of film. When I walked out of the movie theater after watching 1999's Blair Witch Project, I thought the footage was real. The movie hit shelves in video stores like BlockBuster 25 years ago.