Truly Dreadful Film

the audience applauded

Sadly Over-hyped

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I love the original 1999 Blair With Project film, it is one of the scariest films made in my opinion. The way in which they made that film was very good, it was pretty simple, yet effective. This one is still very scary and an effective horror film. I enjoyed it and was actually creeped out by it. They used the a lot of the same techniques with this one that they used in the original. My favorite technique that was used again was the no eerie background music. Silence can be a lot more effective when trying to create a scary atmosphere. it keeps you more on edge and it stokes fear. I also liked the actors, pretty good casting decisions. Some of the scenes were inspired directly from the 1999 film, but they weren't point by point exactly the same. I liked the way they were done, and I liked that they added a couple little glimpses of what we are supposed to be fearing, they didn't show us, just showed a short glimpse of something. I don't know if people just didn't like that they remade this film or why it was very poorly received. I think if you just look at it as a horror film and forget that it's even a remake, you'll enjoy it. 8/10 for Blair With.

6.1/10 Here we are in 2016, where horror movies have loud noises every 5 seconds and nothing is left to the imagination of the viewer. The movie is okay and will do the job of scaring the mainstream viewer. All subtlety is thrown out the window and the "Blair Witch myth" is chopped into big chunks of exposition. It may kinda ruin the ambiguity of the first movie for some people. Some interesting ideas get thrown around, but nothing comes out of them. The first half is a bit boring, but overall not a disastrous experience.

The Blair Witch Project was a successful movie because people thought it was real. Following what we believed were the final moments of that group of teens was enough morbid fascination to plunge deep in the story, see past any mistakes in the "documentary" and be contented with bumpy images of people running around the woods at night. From then on, that fascination was over. There were only a few roads the producers could follow if they still wanted to grab the public's attention and, in my opinion, pursuing the "reality" angle wasn't one of them after we knew it was all fake.On The Woods, we are sent back to the forest with a group of couples who are hoping to find the house where the events of The Blair Witch Project took place, following a lead on a tape discovered at the root of a tree. One of the guys in the group is Heather's (main character on BwP) brother and he still hopes to find her alive (ok.....).As soon as the night falls things start to get creepy and characters start to panic, leading them to do some really dumb things like running off screaming into the woods, alone, in the dark. Also, I believe some scenes were included in the movie only to increase the sense of unease and/or disgust in the audience, which I considered effective enough, but it's annoying when they have no real development or importance in the plot. I believe this is where most of the bad reviews come from.Anyway, the story develops in an interesting way, we find out more about the Blair Witch and what's going on in that forest, while witnessing the characters' torment as they try to escape.What started off as a bland experience, since it was lacking the reality factor, grew up to be a decent horror movie with some "tight" situations that left me gasping for air. The theory to explain it all, presented at the end, didn't disappoint me either. Keep an open mind while watching this and you might be entertained. I'd give it a 6,5 out of 10 rating.

After 15-20 years or so James (James Allen McCune) returns to Blair to locate his sister Heather based on some film he saw on line. He gets a crew, GPS, Walkie Talkies, a drone and two local guides. They get in the woods but it won't let them out and it stays dark so they wouldn't have to spend any money showing you cool stuff or creating special effects. The special effects hit on all the negatives: ground cam, foot cam, sky cam, tree cam, "what was that" cam, jerk cam, scream in the dark cam, drag on the ground cam, flashlight fail cam, blurred cam, and panic whine cam. It was all annoying, done before and better. I liked "Blair Witch 2" more, even though this sequel makes more sense, it was just done so poorly. Lane (Wes Robinson) was half decent. I expected more from Adam Wingard.Guide: F-word. no sex or nudity