Review of Blair Witch (2016) by Sinistervortex — 18 Sep 2016

Blair Witch 2016 is cast in exactly the same form as the original. As a stand-alone movie, it think BW2016 accomplishes everything that it tries to do. It is about a group of people stranded on a haunted forest who are subjected to increasingly sinister (and interesting) supernatural occurrences.

I would say that said occurrences are more intriguing than those of the original film, and that the reason this one is receiving such low reviews is mostly because it came out after the original. If this version and the first had switched places, I think that this version would be the classic and the other would be the one saddled with the lackluster reviews.

Indeed, the movies are extremely similar to each other, both in their premise and content. But setting both side-by-side and judging by which one I found to be more entertaining, I would pick this one (barely) because the stuff which happens in it is just more interesting.

In conclusion, I liked it. It definitely could have been better, but as a stand-alone I think it's a fine movie. The reason it's gotten so much flack is because everyone is comparing it to the first movie, which set a very high bar for this one to reach.

In any case, I hope a sequel of this is made and that Blair Witch is finally turned into a franchise. I don't know how likely that is to happen, but I would be fine with it if it did.