Comic Con 2016: New horror film The Woods revealed to be a secret Blair Witch sequel - watch the trailer

Adam Wingard's new film is an official follow-up to the 1999 found-footage modern classic

About two months ago, we introduced you to a creepy trailer for The Woods, a new horror film from director Adam Wingard who we branded the genre's "saviour."

He might have just sealed that deal following the reveal that the film is, in fact, a secret sequel to The Blair Witch Project.

A trailer for the new film - simply titled Blair Witch - debuted at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 providing a chilling connection to the seminal found-footage horror film released in 1999.

The original saw characters named Heather, Joshua and Michael venture into Burkittsville woods in Maryland to investigate the mystery of the Blair Witch. This film's group of characters return to the same location led by Heather's brother who wants to discover what happened to his sister all those years ago.

As you might expect, social media was ablaze with excitement.

Earlier on this year, a secret JJ Abrams-produced project was revealed - mere months before release - to be titled 10 Cloverfield Lane, a film set in the same universe as Matt Reeves' 2008 monster movie Cloverfield. It's refreshing to see that there can still be surprises when it comes to cinema in a time so rife with internet discussion and speculation.

Wingard - director of The Guest and Netflix's upcoming live-action version of Death Note - has himself described Blair Witch as his first 'full on "shit your pants" horror film". You can find out whether or not that's the case when it's released in the UK on 16 September.