{"product_id":"joshs-blair-witch-mix-an-absent-soundtrack-found-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas","title":"Josh’s Blair Witch Mix: An Absent Soundtrack Found","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eby \u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Heller-Nicholas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blair Witch Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1999) remains a benchmark in found-footage horror, a film that channeled dread but also managed to use emerging technologies – i.e., the world wide web – to gather a wide viewership. Famous for its absence of music, an ancillary soundtrack, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosh’s Blair Witch Mix \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1999), offered an additional layer of meaning for viewers and fans. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosh’s Blair Witch Mix: A Lost Soundtrack Found\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe premiere volume of Channel Academic’s Music and Cult Film\/TV series, horror\/feminist film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1000 Women in Horror: 1895-2018\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) analyzes how the tracks of this release mirror of the goth-fueled times and help reassess the screams and silences of its associated film. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlexandra Heller-Nicholas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis an award-winning film critic, author, and filmmaker who specializes in cult, horror and exploitation cinema. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThe Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft and Women's Filmmaking \u003c\/em\u003e(2024),\u003cem\u003e The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eRape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study\u003c\/em\u003e (2011\/2021), \u003cem\u003eFound Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality \u003c\/em\u003e(2014), the single-film focused monographs \u003cem\u003eSuspiria, Ms. 45, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Hitcher\u003c\/em\u003e, and two Bram Stoker Award nominated books: \u003cem\u003eMasks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces \u003c\/em\u003e(2019) and \u003cem\u003e1000 Women in Horror\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). \u003cem\u003e1000 Women in Horror\u003c\/em\u003e was named by \u003cem\u003eEsquire Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the best books ever written about Hollywood, and it was adapted in 2024 into a feature documentary of the same name by horror streaming service Shudder (directed by Donna Davies and written by Heller-Nicholas). She also appears in Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary \u003cem\u003eChain Reactions \u003c\/em\u003ewith marked the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) alongside Stephen King, Karyn Kusama, Takashi Miike, and Patton Oswalt, which won the Best Documentary on Cinema Award at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is one of the most important and exciting scholars in film studies today. And this book, on an existent\/non-existent soundtrack, ranks among her best.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Gary D. Rhodes, PhD, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Birth of the American Horror Film\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eBecoming Nosferatu: Stories Inspired by Silent German Horror\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Heller-Nicholas has a brilliant sense of what makes a great horror film truly unforgettable. It’s about sound as much as sight, and our life with the film offscreen as well as onscreen. This book is not just about a fascinating mixtape; it is a masterful remix of \u003cem\u003eThe Blair Witch Project\u003c\/em\u003e itself.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Adam Lowenstein, PhD, Founding Director of the Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh and author of \u003cem\u003eHorror Film and Otherness \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Channel Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43554637054045,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/4408\/9693\/files\/21fc9be5-233f-4d46-ab56-6d29cf1dcb7a_ef1ba0cf-2c57-4c5d-bf0c-2d94dc459d58.png?v=1753710519","url":"https:\/\/channelacademic.com\/products\/joshs-blair-witch-mix-an-absent-soundtrack-found-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}