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Rating:  -
Three students went into the woods to film a documentary. A year later only their film was found, the student film makers disappeared. This film shows what happened when they investigated the legend of the "Blair Witch". Various people tell their stories about past murders. Care is taken to make this film seem amateurish and unedited. The descriptions of deaths set the tone of fear. The three students appear to be lost. And very clueless. The rain falls, the students babble about their fears. Then they walk around to find their car. But Heather doesn't seem to know the way back. In the dark they hear strange noises. What can it be? How did the piles of rocks appear by their tent? What happened to the map? Personal conflicts appear under stress. [The raw language does not improve the story.]
They arrive at a place where sticks are tied together and hang from the trees. Strange noises are heard in the dark. Are they animals or human? "It's not quite reality." The students chatter about their feelings; this pads out the film. Heather and Michael are scared in the dark night. Their trek continues. They are hungry and cold, and scared. A deserted and decaying house provides the ending. Were you scared by this pretentious project? The best way to stay alive in the woods is to not go there unprepared. I am so sorry I watched this. [I wonder how much they had to pay for those good reviews?]
Rating:  -
After watching this diamond, i will never ever go camping in the woods again. Take my advice, BUY THIS MOVIE! And if you really want to be scared, do the following.
1.)Turn off the lights
2.)Turn up the volume
3.)Watch this film by yourself
4.)Fast forward to the part where they are inside the tent at night, from then on, brace yourself, because this is when the movie will start scaring the hell out of you.
Rating: -
Early on in this film the pressure on the characters is not solely about potential supernatural horrors or possible Deliverance types tracking and messing with them; it is about being lost in the woods, walking for eleven hours and getting nowhere, the fear of going the wrong way, being wet, tired and hungry and losing confidence that they will get out of it. I have not been lost exactly, but I have been unable to find the track and gone through thick bush instead, turning a thirty minute trip downhill into a 4 hour slog over bad terrain, with the worry that we would not get back to the car by nightfall. I completely relate to their experience of not seeming to get anywhere after considerable travel, or even being able to tell how much progress one has made, and appreciate that people do get out of their depth in the outdoors. And you get real hungry and tired carrying a pack all day. I think the improvised acting does a great job of conveying the mounting frustration, damage to trust, further bad decision making and demoralisation that would occur in their circumstances.
A number of the reviews here seem to think nothing much by way of horror happens until the last few minutes, but the whole film is about these people reacting as more and more bad stuff happens. By the time the danger gets more visceral it already seems to them that they are lost and will never get home.
Rating: -
I can't believe this movie actually scared people let alone convinced some that it was a for real documentary. This movie only goes to prove that people can be led by genius marketing and advertising. Girlfriend at the time swore that the movie was for real until I showed her a whiskey add showing the cast from the movie. I give credit to cast for turning their pile of crap into multi-million dollar franchise. Personally I glad that I didn't go to first showing at the base theater when it was released where I was stationed. Everyone came out of the first showing demanding their money back.
Rating: -
The gold standard for low budget movies is "El Mariachi", and TBWP is close. Definitely up there.
A lot of people hate it, and say, "where's the beef?". But then again, if you do not like to think like a film maker, and expect *only* to be entertained, pictures like this are a waste of your time.
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