The Blair Witch Project

[I<3TomWelling]

I think "The Blair Witch Project" is one of the best indie horror movies ever made. Very creepy! You don't need gore/body count to make a truely scary movie. The ending was just.........Wow.

[Posher778]

Ack, again with the remake threads. *arrgh*


Oh but wait, she put me on ignore for saying "wow..." in her Saw 3 thread... awwwwwww hah!

[The_Return]

There's a bunch of other threads, but I cant be bothered to bring them up for you.

Agreed, this is a phenominal movie. One of my all-time favourites.

[spookychild]

Not a bad movie but not a good one either
sorry I guess I'm not a fan of the purposely poor movies out there. If its badly made because you don't know any better that's a whole nother matter.

[makemebad]

Originally posted by spookychild
Not a bad movie but not a good one either
sorry I guess I'm not a fan of the purposely poor movies out there. If its badly made because you don't know any better that's a whole nother matter.

that is not the whole point

[PR3SSUR3]

You're saying the film was made purposefully bad, but you're missing that it was made to represent the raw video footage from a crew of young amateurs.

In this sense, the achievement is to emulate how this rough film might appear and sound.

It succeeds magnificently. Following the usual cinematic codes to produce endless clones of bogeymen and vampire movies is textbook and uninteresting - getting the right blend of cinema verite but managing to sustain audience interest though subtle visual and aural manipulation is very difficult indeed.

[Miss Olivia]

It scared the hell out of me.
It also made me a little queasy.
All the jumping and shaking.

[DeadMoon]

Indeed i thought it was outstanding. A lot of people hate the ending. Myself, I think it was perhaps one of the greatest endings in a movie that I've seen in a long time.

Not to mention the marketing. If there was an Oscar award for marketing, these guys would have made a killing. Oh wait, they did make a killing. Box Office glory.

[PR3SSUR3]

I concur.

[voorhees92]

i find it only scary if you watch it once. then it's all just gone, given that the directors even exposed it and admitted it isn't real due to the bizarre sequel.

[Lala_Sound]

I quite liked the ending. It freaked me out when the kids started shaking the tent.
Did they ever actually find the actors?

[Roderick Usher]

Originally posted by Lala_Sound
I quite liked the ending. It freaked me out when the kids started shaking the tent.
Did they ever actually find the actors?

The actors are alive and well.

Too bad the same can't be said for their careers

[Lala_Sound]

Originally posted by Roderick Usher
The actors are alive and well.

Too bad the same can't be said for their careers

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH nice one dude :]

[Roderick Usher]

Here to please.

[Burning in Hell]

To me, the Blair Witch project was an ok movie with a nice dose of originality and a good ending, but nothing more. I think that this is a vastly overrated movie, but to each his own I guess...

[Suspiria 666]

Excellent movie. Very well made

[VampiricClown]

Originally posted by Posher778
Ack, again with the remake threads. *arrgh*


Oh but wait, she put me on ignore for saying "wow..." in her Saw 3 thread... awwwwwww hah!

How do you know if you're on an ignore list?

[superman]

i agree an awesome movie with one of the best endings ever....the second one was ok but the first was fantastic.

[VampiricClown]

I just rented this today to see what all the hallabaloo is about.

[superman]

lol

[Zero]

Originally posted by superman
i agree an awesome movie with one of the best endings ever....the second one was ok but the first was fantastic.

funny - i've never met anyone who found anything redeemable about the sequel. . . i thought it was total crap. . .

[Ungrateful Pig]

Here's the big question:

'The Blair Witch Project' or 'The Last Broadcast'?

[punk666]

The Blair Witch Project coz i've not seen The Last Broadcast, whats it about?

[Ungrateful Pig]

It has a similar premise, but was made a year earlier.

I can't remember it in detail but it's about a group of film makers investigating an urban legend.

It's more of an actual 'mockumentary' than Blair Witch; featuring set pieces and interviews etc.

The ending, however, is pretty bad. I won't spoil it, but it could ruin the film for you.

[punk666]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122143/

i looked it up is this it?

it looks good im gonna have 2 check this 1 out :D

[Ungrateful Pig]

Yes, that's the one.

[Roderick Usher]

the Last Broadcast is entertaining, but lacks the visceral punch that Blair Witch had.

But I'm always happy to see something about the Jersey Devil...or los Chupacabras...or Nessie...or any of the silly little cryptids

[Zero]

Originally posted by Roderick Usher
the Last Broadcast is entertaining, but lacks the visceral punch that Blair Witch had.

But I'm always happy to see something about the Jersey Devil...or los Chupacabras...or Nessie...or any of the silly little cryptids

roddie is a cryptozoological kind of guy - - - i often listen to teh Art Bell Show late at night (its usually on here between midnight and 5am) and its almost always about paranormal stuff. . . 9 times out of 10 its silly nonsense with some nutjob selling some self-published book, but sometimes its pretty interesting and occcassionally a bit creepy!

[Verve]

Very good movie.. It wasnt that horribly scary, but it was pretty damn creppy.

[paws the great]

Artisan had a clever publicity campaign for this low budget film.
That is the only good thing about The Blair witch Project.
The movie is bad.

[psycho_butthead]

I thought the movie was okay. The sequel sucked ass thank god they didn't make a third installment.

[scottnicholson]

This was boring. Getting lost in the woods is not scary to me, it's my idea of rest and relaxation. All hype, no meat.

[alkytrio666]

The Blair Witch Project is a masterpiece. It is an ingenious piece of filmmaking. America feel for it, it was succesful, and even now, when we all know it's bullshit, it's still very original and creepy.