Review of The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Eytan D — 15 Jul 2012
Three students went out into the wilderness to shoot a documentary about the infamous Blair Witch and were never seen again. A year later, their footage is released for the public to see. The first film to spawn the currently popular "found-footage" sub-genre, The Blair Witch Project is not only one of the scariest films of this generation, but also an incredible filmmaking achievement.
With a bare-bones budget, unknown actors, no music, no violence, and a standard video camera, directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez proved that you can still chill the blood and make a load of money at the box-office.
They know that the imagination can tell you everything you need to know about a situation. The only things we get with Blair Witch are our characters running and screaming for their life and subtle noises in the woods.
We never see the witch. She may not even exist, but we only know as much as our characters, which gives us plenty of reason to be scared for them. Suspenseful and eerie, The Blair Witch Project continues to creep me the hell out, and the ending is still nerve-rattling.
This review of The Blair Witch Project (1999) was written by Eytan D on 15 Jul 2012.
The Blair Witch Project has generally received positive reviews.
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