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- Search results for The Blair Witch Project • Letterboxd
16 worthwhile found-footage horror movies since The Blair...
- The Blair Witch Project’ review by Michael Shawn • Letterboxd
Michael Shawn’s review published on Letterboxd: Nearly 25...
- The Blair Witch Project’ review by JedPressgrove • Letterboxd
The Blair Witch Project exploded around the same time that...
- The Blair Witch Project’ review by adambevel • Letterboxd
adambevel’s review published on Letterboxd: BWP remains...
- The Blair Witch Project’ review by Steve G • Letterboxd
The Road To Halloween - Eliminating The Horror 'Classics' I...
- Search results for The Blair Witch Project • Letterboxd
16 worthwhile found-footage horror movies since The Blair Witch Project. The Blair Witch Project wasn’t the first thriller to present itself as the raw video recordings of a doomed camera….
Michael Shawn rewatched the 1999 horror film and found it repetitive, unscary and amateurish. He praised its clever premise and cultural impact, but lowered his rating from ★★★★ to ★★★½.
The Blair Witch Project exploded around the same time that reality television took off with Survivor and Big Brother. The one-two punch of found footage and reality TV represented a crucial turning point for American audiences, a time when cheap DIY-style drama could be perceived as more real and impactful than highfalutin alternatives.
adambevel’s review published on Letterboxd: BWP remains entirely plausible beginning to end, there are lots of opportunities to get in a scare with something supernatural, or effects based, but it never takes that extra step.
The Road To Halloween - Eliminating The Horror 'Classics' I remember a few years back asking someone if they had seen The Blair Witch Project. When they told me they had, I asked them what it was like.
Sarah Welch-Larson’s review published on Letterboxd: This felt like every urban legend, creepypasta, and nosleep Reddit thread distilled down into bare bones. I'm not sure it could have been made anywhere else.