It's maybe good that these guys got lost and eaten or whatever, because before stuff starts going wrong it seems like their documentary was probably going to suck.

Lets face the facts here, The Blair Witch Project was a groundbreaking film.

A horror classic.

A genre starter. And ultimately, the best of that genre.

Unusually for a horror, It shows you nothing. There is no blood, there is no violence, and it explains absolutely nothing. It's a brilliant watch. A proper psychological horror.

The actors never put a foot wrong, great performances. If we can call them performances, but of course this is real fear we are watching, and it is impossible not to let that fear get to you.

The shaky camera work has never been easy to watch, but just you try looking away.

I could tell you every single detail of this film, and you would still be scared shitless when you watch.

Genius film making.

93/100

Fifth viewing, though the fourth was a decade ago. Tried and failed to work some thoughts on widespread hatred for Heather Donahue's performance into my Dissolve Movie of the Week piece, which is probably just as well as the comments would likely have degenerated into a Gamergate death spiral. But I really do believe a lot of the vitriol was fueled by misogyny. Guys like their scream queens less assertive, more docile.

every time i rewatch this i always think... oh damn... it's not as scary as i remember... BUT THEN THEY FIND THE HOUSE.....

I will never watch this film again.

Anyone who has ever been camping in the middle of nowhere will be scared shitless by this film.

That scene with the whispering and the tent and the pissing of pants.... awful, just awful.

not quite reality

i can deal with the insane creepiness of this film up until i hear:
‘holy shit, it’s a house’
it’s all just so fucked from there on out.

Watched with my daughter, 20 years later. Still shocked by how much I enjoyed it. Better on the big screen than our living room, but still effective. She asked me at the end: "How did they find the footage? Is this real? Tell me?!"

i hate that this practically made me shit myself in fear

I told my sister that this was real and the people were actually missing and she couldn’t even stay to watch the whole thing.

the blair witch project never fails to redefine what horror movies mean to me. i just love this one so much

This is not what you're expecting it to be. I actually enjoyed it and was apprehensive throughout

The one star I’m giving this is only for the actors’ screaming and yelling at each other being so effective that it actually put me in a bad mood momentarily. 

Only worthwhile part of this whole thing. I’ve hated on it for almost two decades now, since I was nine years old and first saw it.  Finally got around to the rewatch, and I’m glad to know I haven’t been talking out of my ass for 19 years. It really does suck.

Kurzkritik:
Revolutionär und unmissbar für das heutige Horrorgenre und dessen Subgenre Found Footage, bietet The Blair Witich Project eine wirklich dichte Atmosphäre, interessante Inszenierung und tatsächlichen Grusel, hat zwischendurch aber mit den nicht immer sympathischen Charakteren zu kämpfen. Insgesamt aber ein Must-See, da der Einfluss dieses Projektes, dessen Marketingkampagne eine der besten aller Zeiten ist, in der heutigen Kinolandschaft deutlich zu spüren ist.