The Blair Witch Project Review

Horror Queen's Take on The Blair Witch Project

~3 out of 5 limbs~

Scare Type: Thriller/Jump Scare

Gore Rating: 1.5 out of 3 (unidentifiable organs shown)

Character Likeablity: 2.5 out of 5 (at the start of the movie, the characters are cool, but then towards the end you just want them to die)

Fame Rating: 5 out of 5 (everyone knows at least the title of this movie)

Effects Quality: 1 out of 5 (sound effects were only effect used)

~ Spoilers ~

The first thing a lot of people say about this movie is that the film quality is dick. What most people realize is that with the premises of 3 film students going into the woods, the film quality matches perfectly with the plot. It makes this movie so much more believable when you actually have someone handling the camera. And that is precisely why such films as Paranormal Activity and its subsequent sequels have been made, because it is believable. When the poor kids are in the woods, I could feel their problems.

The start of the movie is quite impressive. It sets up the whole 'Blair Witch' plot up nicely compared to other horror movies. At least you have some explanation of why this strange stuff is happening. There is this old man who lived on a mountain and who like murdered 7 kids in 1940-something, and some girl got lost in the woods in the 1800s and came back saying something about a woman whose feet never touched the ground. And that's pretty much the only thing that happens the start, other than a crazy woman saying she saw the Blair Witch. So, that makes entire sense. And that's the only explanation you get throughout the movie.

The middle of the movie is draining to watch. It's just our main characters (Heather, Josh, and Mike) getting lost in the woods due to Heather's incompetence. At night, they hear tree limbs crackling like someone's walking, then it progresses into something making lots of noise and crushing their tent. The part where the trio have to run for their lives away from the tent due to the noises is a little frightening. Then you find out that douchebag Mike has thrown the map out into the creek, causing them to get hopelessly lost in the woods and escalating their anger and violence. Once they begin to bicker and fight, you just want them to die so they will all stop bitching and whining. It drags on forever. You have to constantly remind yourself that the ending ought to be good.

Then Josh goes missing, and causing Mike and Heather to freak out. They try to find him, but fail. At night, they hear a male voice shouting something unintelligible, and they immediately think that it's Josh, and so they head out a bit. They don't find him. Big surprise. The next morning, they wake up and find a bundle of sticks with a piece of Josh's shirt tied around it. That's creepy. Then Heather, being the idiot, opens up the sticks and finds some kind of organ thingy in the sticks? I can't tell what those red squishy-looking things are supposed to be. It could be a porkchop for all we know.

Then, at night, they hear a man's voice saying 'help me', and of course, Mike and Heather have to go investigate. They run all over this abandoned house, and it is a little climatic. You hear Mike one minute, then you don't hear him. And as Heather goes down into the basement, you see Mike in the corner (the old man mentioned earlier made one kid stand in the corner while killing another kid), and Heather gets whacked in the head.

And as soon as you're expecting something awesome and scary to appear...

THE CREDITS ROLL.

Biggest. Disappointment. Ever.

So, where do I stand with this movie?

The idea is semi-unique. I mean, not many movies do the whole ghost/haunting thing anymore where the ghost actually has a story.

But the 'scares' are not really there. I was waiting for the ending to scare me past the point of being able to sleep, but it failed to scare or impress.

For a movie about the Blair Witch, this movie needs less kids lost in the forest and more Blair Witch.

~ Spoilers End ~

Is it worth watching?

Yes if you are a 'horror movie' addict.

No if you are looking for a scare, unless running through woods, noises, and bad endings scare you.