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.

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.

jamás iré a un bosque bai

The last ten minutes are a ride and a half.

I'm still scared.

Doesn’t get interesting until at least halfway through the movie and leaves you unsatisfied. The camera pov felt fitting at first, but got old after a while. I feel like the concept had a lot more potential than what the film ended up being, but it still wasn’t bad.

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31 DAYS OF SPOOKTOBER REVIEWS


Day 17: The Blair Witch Project (1999)


this is a classic film. One of the scariest films I think Ive ever seen. It is a great watch for Halloween, especially in the pitch black darkness. It is such an eerie, creepy film, and the ending is chilling. One of my favorite horror films ever. 

Rating: 5/5 


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So fuck hiking

The characters grate on each other, and on the audience, effectively growing the tension throughout. When they get lost in the woods, I felt lost with them. But why film the whole affair? It’s really hard to suspend disbelief at a certain point when their lives are clearly on the line and they are prioritizing the doc.

The prototype "found footage" horror film. Spawned an entire sub-genre. Still an effective, creepy flick after almost 20 years. Utilizes atmosphere, mood, & your imagination rather than relying on jump scares & gore. Reinforces the adage that what you DON'T see is infinitely more scary than what you do see.

The commentary is worth listening to for insight into the method the film makers used to create the environment for their actors (which was literally The Stanislavski Method). The online campaign for the film in the early days of the modern internet is worth studying as well. It "went viral" before the phrase existed for online content.