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And, as the group venture further into the woods around Burkittsville and get more and more lost, things begin to spiral around them.
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Given that the movie is only meant to take place over a few days, this is fitting. Naturally, the less worried the protagonists are, the faster their demise occurs. With the tone luring audiences into a false sense of security, mirroring that of the three filmmakers, the storyline is set up nicely to plummet. However (and kudos to the screenwriters here), it’s made abundantly clear that the murky history of Burkittsville was far behind the town. The movie immediately begins to create a sense of naivety – almost a ‘why is it not really scary?’ – when the three go around the town interviewing locals who vaguely retell various stories about child murders and the Blair Witch herself. The story begins nicely, with the trio of Heather Donahue, Josh Leonard, and Mike Williams, introducing the dark story of Burkittsville (formerly ‘Blair’), a small town in rural Maryland.
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However, in horror, we’d argue that a clear arc needs to be in place, and this is where The Blair Witch Project is lacking. Some will argue that, as movies progress through the ages, clearly formed narrative arcs become less apparent and almost unnecessary. However, this tension has to culminate somewhere, with some sort of resolution following. Great movies build tension throughout, and The Blair Witch Project ticks that box. A promising backstory, and build-up, and – oh, the ending… Of course, it’s easy to criticize CGI and SFX in the modern day – we wouldn’t expect a 90s movie (especially a found footage one) with the level of graphic detail that you’d find in the 2010s – but for a movie that is named after a murderous witch who, as we presume, violently kills people, there was little to guide audiences towards this. Of course, it’s less relaxing then playing, for example, craps online casinos, but The Blair Witch Project doesn’t have viewers hiding under their covers. But it’s hard to describe the movie as anything more than that. However, watching the movie back with the luxury of the modern-day eye, the cult horror flick is a little underwhelming… Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez effectively revived the found footage genre with their spine-tingling masterpiece ‘The Blair Witch Project’ in 1999, grossing over $250 million at the box office.
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