With a Blair Witch sequel coming out, what did you all think of the original?

I did think the leading actress was pretty good and expected to see her in a bunch of other things.

pundit wrote:

Blah Blah. wrote:

It convincingly showed that you don't have to spend a lot of money to make a good movie.

Which is the best successful low budget horror film: Blair Witch or The Evil Dead?

Both were brilliant in their own way.

Blair Witch was outstanding as long as you weren't in on the joke.

For sheer terror that makes your skin crawl, it's hard to beat the tree scene from Evil Dead.

Yeah my brother lives near where they filmed near Burkittsville. When we drove past those woods I thought I would not want to go in there.

I remember when it came out I was living in New York. There were shows from 11am till 11pm. It was near impossible to get tickets.

I did think the ending was a bit of a letdown.

Too bad they couldn't get Heather Donohue to make an appearance in the new film.

It was good. No need for a sequel though. Unfortunately, like a lot of movies, people lose perspective on it because it has been copied to much. At the time it was original and scary as hell.

Meh, the original was creepy but not scary. Wouldn't pay to see the sequel. Would rather walk through the woods under a harvest moon and experience the calm poignance.

The best I can say about the original is that I did not bother to go see it.

I do not know if it is true or not but was told that only 3 characters were developed enough to get names.

Character---------------------------------------------------Actor

reporter interviewing girl in big hat-- Mary Doe

girl in big hat-- Sally Smith

man on street--- John Jones

Rustin Parr

I can't remember any of the details of the movie, just an over-riding sense of relief when the one that did the most screaming was finally silenced

And The wrote:

Blair Witch Project was a successful scam perpetrated against the moviegoing public. It was dreadful and awful and almost entirely without merit.

100% true.

Not a fan wrote:

The movie was so boring that it seemed to last forever even though it may have been the shortest film ever.

Kept waiting for it to get underway and for something to happen. It never did.

Pure hype

Well said.

Slim wrote:

I just remember thinking the whole time, "You idiots, following the f#cking" stream!"

Bingo.

Blair Witch is in my worst movies ever list, along with Dune, Batman & Robin, and Mac and Me, among others. It might be worse than Mac and Me.

I watched Blair Witch on DVD, and it pretty much seemed to live up to the hype that it was scary, but presented in a new, unique "low budget production" way. I enjoyed it, but the scare wore off soon after the film finished, and I transitioned back to reality.

Then, after the film, I have a habit of exploring other DVD features, to appreciate dropped scenes, directors opinions, and other "behind the scenes" information that make DVDs a great way to watch movies. I started watching some of the "Extras" including clips that weren't in the film. There were a series of interviews with fellow students, professor, neighbors, family members, and a lot of news clips, which were intended to introduce the film, but in the end, all of it was cut.

Maybe it was the late night, combined with a couple of beers (nothing stronger or hallucinogenic I swear), but these clips seemed so realistic that I started to wonder -- was this actually a true story using real footage from the disappeared students? For some reason, I found this thought way more terrifying than the movie itself. As the doubt increased, panic started setting in, combined with disgust in humanity, or lack of belief, that a commercial film would be made using real footage from real students that mysteriously disappeared.

Of course, half of me still thought -- no way! it can't be true. But just the same, doubt started creeping in and there was no way I was in any mental state to go to bed and sleep. I desperately started looking on the DVD box, and elsewhere for a clue that this was a creative work of fiction. I finally thought to replay the film itself, looking at the beginning, and the end, for the disclaimer and confirmation that "this story is pure fiction -- any resemblance to real persons or events is coincidence", which luckily I found, and managed to calm down.

Whew!

Didn't watch any of the sequels though.

Y'all should watch "Toad Road".