The Blair Witch Project (DVD)

Advantages: Innovative and possessing some depth
Disadvantages: Not exactly user-friendly

...from ‘Macbeth’, add one of the main themes of ‘King Lear,’ set it in the woods like ‘As You Like It,’ add a liberal dose of weirdness a la ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ and then update it by employing a video camera. And behold! The Blair Witch Project is born! There have been varied reactions to this film, ranging from ‘a big pile of poo’ to ‘scariest movie ever made.’ My ...
...the left a bit. I shall explain further. But first… ~THE CONCEPT~ You all know the premise. Three students go into the woods to make a documentary about a witch. They disappear, but a while later their footage is found blah, blah, blah… And this, I must admit, I find an interesting concept. In most Hollywood movies, the camera plays the role of ‘omniscient narrator.’ That means that it can leap from the point-of-view (POV) ... Read review

Advantages: Truly frightening, psychological rather than obvious. Some good extras, and the inclusion of the documentary is great. Interesting commentary
Disadvantages: Some may find the lack of any real "evidence" of supernatural activity anoying. DVD extras shattered a couple of my illusions!

Please note, as in the film itself, there is an instance of foul language in this opinion, and if offended, please do not read the paragraph on performances. Do you remember how excited the world was when this film came out? The slew of "documentaries" that came with it, the praise for the innovative and interesting premise, and the fact that it proved just how useful the internet could be in marketing a film. Remember how it also split opinion ...
...who proclaimed it one of the scariest movies ever made, that it would go down in history as such. On the other hand, you had those who said that it was an over-hyped waste of time, and was about as scary as an old person's birthday party (actually, they can be pretty hairy). I remember that, at the time, I was studying for my A-Level Theatre Studies, and as part of the final exam assessment, was, along with four others, trying to devise a piece ... Read review

Advantages: Scary, excellent acting, brilliant directing
Disadvantages: You **have** to use your imagination

...in your mind” may be the generic catchphrase of cocky psychologists everywhere, but that really is the case when it comes to the Blair Witch Project. The movie is something of a genre breaker in that you never actually see ‘the Blair Witch’ but it is up to you to imagine it and as such the film is only as scary as your imagination is active. This is largely the reason that the film has received a mixture of praise and criticism from pundits and filmgoers ...
...had me glued fervently to the screen ::Synopsis:: The storyline, as most people will probably know, goes like this. 3 teenage film makers go into the woods near a small town called Burkittsville, Maryland. They go with the intention of making a documentary about the Blair Witch, a legendary woman who lured children of the village into the woods and allegedly killed them. However they lose their map and end up lost in the woods; then the strange ... Read review

Advantages: See op!
Disadvantages: See op!

...living under a rock for the past 8 or 9 years) but it sounded so good, I just couldn't turn it down! Well, ok, maybe I could. The hyped up film "The Blair Witch Project" was a budget movie, about 3 kids who go into the woods and get lost. Sounds scary? Perhaps - throw in a few stick figures, some gory stuff in a backpack, and you'd have a pretty terrifying movie if you ask me. Plot - - - It all starts when Heather Donahue (referred to as H for ...
...her university about the spooky goings-on up at the woods in Burkittsville. She brings along a few mates (Joshua Leonard (J) and Michael Williams (M)), sets up camp, puts a few bangers on the barbie and stupidly loses the car. J and M are not best pleased with H, and squabble about silly things until it's nighttime, and small wooden cross-shapes appear in trees. They are terrified at this point, and lots of running about occurs until the end of the ... Read review

Advantages: It's put together nicely, the actors were great
Disadvantages: Just makes no sense what so ever

This opinion reveals everything about the movie's plot Well it was about time someone made a 1st person horror/documentary right? Now all my friends were telling me about this movie. They all also had different opinions about it as well. Some told me this movie was really cool others said it blew monkey ass. So the only way to figure out this complex mystery is to see this movie by myself. The only problem was I kept holding it off. It was on the ...
...with a lot of promise. The kids went out to do their research on the Blair Witch. They interviewed people from the town you found out information that will help you comprehend the mystery. Like the fact that some serial killer had murdered 7 kids in the haunted woods. The funny thing was that 8 kids were kidnapped and 7 were killed. Now before you start to wonder if the 8th kid is the killer don’t worry he’s not. It will be explained ... Read review

Advantages: None.
Disadvantages: Everything about the film

...Despite my membership with Lovefilm, I still occasionally pick up the odd cheap DVD to have in reserve for when my rented films are in transit. As I was feeling a little delicate over the weekend following a few too many glasses of wine on Friday night, I took a dive into my reserve collection of films and plumped for The Bogus Witch Project, a series of spoofs of the infamous Blair Witch Project. Now if you've ever seen The Blair Witch Project, you'd think there was sufficient material to send up in a spoof horror. Unfortunately, the makers of The Bogus Witch Project seemed to struggle and instead have produced the most diabolical attempt at comedy horror that I have ever witnessed in my life. Obviously having seen the original Blair Witch Project will give you a distinct advantage in watching The Bogus Witch Project but, even so, I... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Novel presentation
Disadvantages: Not for people who get motion sickness from personal video cameras

...the film for this reason, expecting high quality dramatic special effects like The Day After Tomorrow, you will be very surprised, as my description says, expect a film more along the lines of a Blair Witch Project Meets War of The Worlds. You will spend the first part of the film, wondering whether you got the right DVD, it follows the Blair Witch style of following fairly routine events of somebody out and about filming their mates with their personal video camera. The description on the dustjacket is accurate in one sense, you will be in suspense of what is about to happen or what is going on for quite a longtime. I think the film was a very novel watch, scary in parts, definitely correctly rated at 15, but not one for anybody who gets motion sickness from watching home video cams. To write anymore about the film would take away from... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: FX, acting and visual style
Disadvantages: Limited, nothing special

...Last Summer, the airing of Transformers in cinema across the country was one of the most exciting moments for many who had grown up with the show. However, what was on most people's lips upon leaving was the suggestive trailer they had just watched: the short trailer of a new and untitled J J Abrams (Lost) film to be released the following year. The trailer gave nothing away apart from showing a camera filming panic on a street, then an explosion and the head of the Statue of Liberty tumbling down a road. Trailer ends! This turned out to be the trailer for Cloverfield, a monster film with a different style of filming that lends itself to a more high quality Blair Witch Project. Curious though I was, I never it a go. Then it came out on DVD, and I thought, 'Why not?' The Plot The first half an hour of the film is spent in... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful