Review of The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Conor R — 30 Jul 2013

As I sit down here and write this review for "The Blair Witch Project", the hairs on the back of my neck are sticking straight up. This film has been regarded as one of the best and scariest horror movies ever made, and I completely agree.

There is no denying that this film will inevitably scare the majority of its audience members, thanks to the way it was cleverly crafted. The premise of the film is simple: three students journey into the woods to film a documentary regarding the famous Blair Witch legend.

.. but end up entering a terrifying world of voodoo and witchcraft. The main reason why this movie succeeds in the scare department is thanks to its "found-footage" style of filming with two cameras.

Its very atmospheric and helps to further engross the audience into the three student's terrifying situation. The best part about this whole film, in my opinion, is the fact that you never see the film's titular villain - thus meaning that the audience need to make use of their imagination and paint a frightening picture in their head of this villain that poses a threat to these three unfortunate students.

This is genius because it proves that imagination can be as scary as anything onscreen, and, in this movie, it works like a charm. This movie would have made Alfred Hitchcock proud.