What Richard Chizmar has said about The Blair Witch Project

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026

Richard Chizmar, American horror author and founder of Cemetery Dance Publications, author of the Boogeyman trilogy, has been quoted on The Blair Witch Project once in 1 episode of Morbid, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Chizmar says he originally wanted to market Chasing the Boogeyman as a Blair Witch-style hoax, but the publisher's legal department refused.
“Well, the original idea for Chasing the Boogeyman was to Blair Witch the audience completely”
Morbid: Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 6:22

Episodes

Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
Morbid · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 h 11 min
Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart talk with horror author Richard Chizmar about his Boogeyman trilogy finale, Killing the Boogeyman, and collaborating with Stephen King.

Others on The Blair Witch Project

Alaina Urquhart · 2 quotes
Ash Kelley · 1 quote

Richard Chizmar on other topics

Chasing the Boogeyman · 5 quotes
Gwendy's Button Box · 2 quotes
Halloween (1978 film) · 1 quote
Cemetery Dance · 1 quote
The Stranger Beside Me · 1 quote
Fiction writing and editing process · 1 quote
Horror fiction versus true crime · 1 quote
Killing the Boogeyman · 1 quote