Review of Blair Witch (2016) by Stone_House — 15 Sep 2016

I seem to be in the minority here. I saw this during Tiff's Midnight Madness a week prior to its release, and was able to formulate an opinion prior to the onslaught of negative reviews pouring in from audience and critics alike.

I disagree with anyone saying that the creators, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett, were simply cashing in on the franchise. They were clearly obsessed with the original and wanted to continue exploring the concept, in the wake of the disappointing Book of Shadows.

They wanted to create a genre film that jolted their audience, one that followed in the footsteps of the original as closely as possible, while expanding on a few key ideas and ramping up the intensity.

I thought they were very successful in that regard.