In 1999, Stephen King watched a horror movie in hospital. He was so frightened he asked to turn it off

Stephen King stopped watching *The Blair Witch Project* halfway through while recovering in hospital after being hit by a car, asking his son to turn it off because he was too frightened. His reaction highlights how the film’s unsettling realism and unseen threat could unsettle even a writer renowned for horror.

King later finished the film and described its ending as deeply frightening. He praised its found-footage style, which made the events feel plausibly real to audiences unfamiliar with the format; the film follows three student filmmakers and relies on suggestion rather than showing its monster.