Blair Witch
Blair Witch
R | 16 September 2016 (USA)
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Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

Reviews
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
davejderisi The Blair Witch Project is one of the most originally scary horror films ever made. A first of its kind, it was a great idea to come up with in the late 90s. The movie went on to become a cult classic loved by many and feared by all. When u watch the movie u can see that there isnt much substance. It is mostly character driven and about how the friends interact. For a director to come and breathe new life into the film with out totally changing or ruining it was no easy feat. You want to respect the original vision while still making a surprising movie and still catering to the loyal fans. The Blair Witch Project did so well because its big on "what you dont see'..this may seem a little too underwhelming for a new vision of it and it could cause it to fall alongside every other FF movie in recent memory. The best decision here was to have Adam Wingate direct the movie. Wingard is a TRUE Blair Witch Project fan, as you can feel its influence in some of wingard's previous films. Wingard and Eduardo Sanchez both .use rawness to achieve their scares, always giving us something for mature and seasoned horror fans yet sometimes too scary for others. They worked together well on VHS2 and Eduardo said he couldntve asked for a better director to bring The Blair Witch story back to life. Now, Adam Wingard's Blair Witch is very different than the original and it has a truly cinematic feel. You can tell many of the sound effects were made FOR theaters, making it very enjoyable on the big screen. I did not like some of the locations of woods they used in this film though. I liked how the original had many open spaces in the woods where Heather, Josh, and Mike were lost in. It made for a more eerie take on the woods, with bare branches and sketchy looking paths and openings. Adam Wingard used more enclosed woodsy areas, less bare branches, and there wasn't as much arguing as the original. Instead of arguing about 10 different things they should have continuously argued about one or two things, making them seem more important and realistic. I would have preferred more map use than the whole new age technology thing. While there are minor flaws, Adam Wingard maintains that raw Blair Witchy feel. The fear of the unknown is still here, as we still dont know the true origins of the witch. Her story is somewhat told, but only touched upon lightly. I don't necessarily agree with the exposure of the witch towards the end. Maybe she should have still been left to our minds. And I thought they should have done more with the rock piles. Its still one of my favorite horror movies as I am a true Blair Witch fan and Adam Wingard is one of my strongest influences in writing and directing
generationofswine It's one of those crap remakes, where they take an original that everyone loves, then they dumb it down to reach the Millennial Generation, and then they make it worse.The original was more psychological and made to seem realistic. This one seemed more like a slasher film. But I guess that is what happens when you start remaking shows to appeal to people that don't want to think at all.In the original, it was really your imagine that created the scares. In this one its made for people with no imagination to run wild and the difference is self apparent.Stay away. The premise just doesn't work for the new generation's tastes.
Michal Tichý Its retarded, annoying, NOT SCARY at all.. perfectly destroyed original which has power to scare even today.. but somebody in USA told himself "yea lets destryo that " , so they destroyed that.
InaneSwine The original 1999 film was a masterclass in fear, suspense, improvisational acting and the power of subtlety. This belated cash grab, on the other hand, is a 90-minute showreel of every terrible found-footage cliché that has ever been used since the dawn of the millennium. It manages to extinguish every single one of its creepy moments - which are few and far-between - with deafening sound effects, weak acting and an everlasting number of pathetic jump-scares that are about as creative as a child running up behind you shouting "boo". Sitting through its running time was a thoroughly annoying experience, though its unintentionally hilarious ending had me in stitches.