Blair Witch (2016)

[starri]

It was first announced as The Woods and its actual title, and thus connection to the original Blair Witch Project were only revealed back at SDCC.  It's a more proper sequel than Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.

Found Footage is such a hard genre to do well.  About the only ones that I think really nailed it were the original film and the first (and I would also say third) Paranormal Activity.  So, I'm excited, but cautious.

[WendyCR72]

Wow, it really must be the 1990s again: Crystal Pepsi made a (limited-time) comeback and now a Blair Witch film is back in theaters!

[starri]

I'll see that and raise you this:  I heard "Jump" by Kriss Kross being played without irony in Starbucks the other day.

[Bruinsfan]

They lost me with one of those Paranormal Activity-style clips of someone being suddenly yanked across the screen in the trailer. No thanks.

[Hanahope]

The thing that made the original Blair Witch good (besides being the first of this type), was that a lot was actually done 'off-screen', but  we heard things and saw the actors' reactions on-screen, and "didn't see" some things, so at first you're not entirely sure if its just someone messing around or its really as creepy as shown.

[calliope1975]

13 minutes ago, Hanahope said:

The thing that made the original Blair Witch good (besides being the first of this type), was that a lot was actually done 'off-screen', but  we heard things and saw the actors' reactions on-screen, and "didn't see" some things, so at first you're not entirely sure if its just someone messing around or its really as creepy as shown.

Honestly, for me, the original was kind of boring, but it managed to build a low key tension throughout the film so that by the end, all it took was a guy standing in the corner to be terrifying. I am interested in the new one though, but it seems like a more traditional horror flick.