I don’t believe their equipment would work as good as it did in the damp and rain. They only packed cool camera gear and not stuff you would need for a serious camping trip, like flashlights that work.When you get a thing stuck in your foot (a leach or worm or something), why would the sound effect be a loud crack every time you walked on it?.I think with a budget of $5 million, as opposed to the original $35 thousand, it just should be better, period.But that was intentional, and it works for this type of film… so it’s on the like list. The audience definitely felt very confused and disoriented. With all the camera movement, I was a bit nauseous afterwards.
I’m willing to bet the actors were very tired of being damp after shooting this film. It’s a great set, with great lighting and sound effects. and I would not want to go in there ever.
If you break one of the voodoo dolls, something really awesome happens (well, for a horror freak like me).The scene in the tunnel was so completely claustrophobic and totally awesome.I like that it was shot similar to, and looks a lot like the original.Slowly, they begin to realize the legend is all too real and more sinister than they could have imagined. At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods, but as the endless night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence. And here they are.įirst, I will share the official plot synopsis: A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James’ sister who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. Watching the girl that made them snatch them back from theater goers trying to steal them was epic. But I digress… you came for my thoughts on Blair Witch 2016. My favorite part was all the stick voodoo dolls that the PR crew made and hung all over the theater. I even tried to react big a couple of times, but the key word there is tried. I am pretty sure my face won’t be on those trailers. The Lionsgate folks had cameras set up to film our reactions for upcoming trailers. I enjoyed it for what it was, but the quiet in the movie theater said volumes. So there we all were at the theater, with our super high expectations after hearing this was the scariest movie in years - and that this would be so different and so much better than the original. That is something hard to do with the internet on fire these days. So, for a year Blair Witch had been being secretly filmed under the pseudonym of The Woods, and they managed to keep it quiet until very recently. It was, but (for a found-footage movie with the most creative use of boogers ever) it was also the best! It made some of us go watch it a second time just to see what we must have missed, because that couldn’t possibly be it. We talked about the movie for weeks! The idea that it could be a real paranormal event made it compelling, despite some of the obvious holes in the story and the odd ending with the guy in the corner.
What made it amazing was the super low-budget film paired with the Syfy channel mockumentary trailer - and knowing that some of my friends (and me for about 5 minutes) fell for it, hook line and sinker. When the original Blair Witch Project came out back in 1999, I actually liked it. Why make just an average film if you’re going to all the trouble to set up a fake title to throw people off? But that’s exactly what we got. I’m a big fan of You’re Next, and I really thought that this could rival the first movie. I really wanted Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett to knock it out of the park (or should I say woods?). But is this movie worth all the hype? Even going in, I wondered how they could make the original better. Since that time, we have seen a bad first sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, and more Paranormal Activity movies then we can count… and it’s all gotten a bit old. It was a found-footage story that went viral on the internet before that was really a thing, bringing something new to the genre and transforming indie film making. The Blair Witch Project was a game changing force in the horror world. ‘Blair Witch’ doesn’t live up to its predecessor
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