Blair Witch (2016)

Really Surprised!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The original "Blair Witch Project" from 1999 was a very solid movie and as I said, still holds up to this very day. As for this film? Hell no.This movie is so boring, so poorly edited and filmed, and does a very crappy job at connecting to the original which confuses the viewer to understand if this is a sequel or not.Avoid this one and stick with the original.

The Blair Witch Project is one of the most originally scary horror films ever made. A first of its kind, it was a great idea to come up with in the late 90s. The movie went on to become a cult classic loved by many and feared by all. When u watch the movie u can see that there isnt much substance. It is mostly character driven and about how the friends interact. For a director to come and breathe new life into the film with out totally changing or ruining it was no easy feat. You want to respect the original vision while still making a surprising movie and still catering to the loyal fans. The Blair Witch Project did so well because its big on "what you dont see'..this may seem a little too underwhelming for a new vision of it and it could cause it to fall alongside every other FF movie in recent memory. The best decision here was to have Adam Wingate direct the movie. Wingard is a TRUE Blair Witch Project fan, as you can feel its influence in some of wingard's previous films. Wingard and Eduardo Sanchez both .use rawness to achieve their scares, always giving us something for mature and seasoned horror fans yet sometimes too scary for others. They worked together well on VHS2 and Eduardo said he couldntve asked for a better director to bring The Blair Witch story back to life. Now, Adam Wingard's Blair Witch is very different than the original and it has a truly cinematic feel. You can tell many of the sound effects were made FOR theaters, making it very enjoyable on the big screen. I did not like some of the locations of woods they used in this film though. I liked how the original had many open spaces in the woods where Heather, Josh, and Mike were lost in. It made for a more eerie take on the woods, with bare branches and sketchy looking paths and openings. Adam Wingard used more enclosed woodsy areas, less bare branches, and there wasn't as much arguing as the original. Instead of arguing about 10 different things they should have continuously argued about one or two things, making them seem more important and realistic. I would have preferred more map use than the whole new age technology thing. While there are minor flaws, Adam Wingard maintains that raw Blair Witchy feel. The fear of the unknown is still here, as we still dont know the true origins of the witch. Her story is somewhat told, but only touched upon lightly. I don't necessarily agree with the exposure of the witch towards the end. Maybe she should have still been left to our minds. And I thought they should have done more with the rock piles. Its still one of my favorite horror movies as I am a true Blair Witch fan and Adam Wingard is one of my strongest influences in writing and directing

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.

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