“Blair witch project” (1999, USA)

Title: Blair witch project

Directors: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

Made: According to the cover it’s a movie that was made 1994 by some students that disappeared and their video was found 5 years later or whatever. That’s just a bunch of bull shit. The movie was made 1999 for the mere purpose of entertainment.

Final verdict: 3/5

I’ve heard so much about this movie. All my friends have said “Oh, I’ve never been this scared” or “I was panic stricken through the whole movie”. I never dared to watch the movie until a week ago. I said “what the hey” and borrowed the dvd from a friend. It was around dusk and I put the disc in the dvd player and I was afraid about what the outcome would be. Maybe something along the lines “Seven days”. Nah, when the movie starts it’s just like a documentary with shaky camera and bad sound.

A couple of students walk around asking locals about the Blair witch myth. Later they decide to take a look for them selves if the myth really is true. So they take their stuff and walk out to the forest. There they place their tents and they have a small campsite. Later they discovers small piles of rock around the tents that perfectly resembles a triangle. That’s kinda weird and scary. They see a lot of strange stuff on the way but they don’t react like they want to get away until they see the small “dolls” that hang in the trees. I would have freaked out right after the piles of rock. When they try to get away the just walk in circles and they can’t get out of the forest. So now they’re forced to stay another night in the forest (predictable) and of course they find a small cabin in the middle of the night (lame). Just like normal and sane people would have done they walk right in and spread out (stupid) and this just happens to be the only time I’m really scared. I don’t know why but this in particular scene just scared the shit out of me. There’s even a part where you can (if you look closely) see a face in the background. This was later proven to not be a face but a branch.

I’m not going to tell you how it ends. Because I guess you can tell by the facts I just gave you. The movie has a certain tone to it that makes it scary in a way. But in the long run it’s just so damn boring to watch. They just say the same things over and over. “That’s weird” and “Let’s get the hell out of here”. The ending is the high point of the movie and after watching the effective ending you’re going to have nightmares for the rest of your pitiful life.

i give the movie 3/5 and all of the points are to the ending. Skip the rest of the movie.

August 30, 2008. Movies.

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