Pioneered movies that we all either loathed or embraced. Paranormal Activity, Cloverfield, The Devil Inside, V/H/S, The Bay and who knows what else more? Tell me, how much love are you willing to give The Blair Witch Project? Whatever answer you wish to commence in speaking of, it doesn't matter. A wrong answer is nonexistent, actually. Depending on your sensibilities, the movie may appear as a spook-frenzy faux-docu, to a mediocre form of multimedia synergy. How much love am I willing to give the film, you say? I've got enough supply, is all. This I explain in the following parts of this review.
"In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary... A year later their footage was found," were the very first frames of the film and one would deduce that the movie is pretty clever. The acting were surprisingly powerful, the leads have managed to make way for some convincing and naturalistic performances. We follow the bossy director Heather (Heather Donahue), the succinct cinematographer and equipment's guy Mike (Michael C. Williams) and the quippy soundsman Josh (Joshua Leonard) on a trip to demystify an old myth (or not) of a witch who allegedly, mystically, took many children's lives.
You see, this is where we get to trouble. These students are the staple dimwits to our contemporary terror-in-the-woods movie. They make the stupidest decisions and bring up the imbecilic ideas. With little supplies on hand, the black-and-white cam and colored handheld and a couple of intel from random commoners of that chunk of Maryland, the group treks on a desolated forest to start investigating and filming. Heather's excuse for filming everything that is happening, besides the reason that if she weren't filming those events we won't have a movie, is the conventional, "I just...I just want to take whatever I can so people can see," but even the unnecessary things are captured on cam, making you wonder why the hell does this person even roll the camera for that?
Since this, found-footage have evolved into a somewhat valuable part of contemporary cinema. The Blair Witch Project procreated the wonders and joys of the subgenre and I'm thankful for both of that, I could admit. The movie had embraced the "what you don't see scares deeper" trope and it works wonderfully, it's too bad that the protagonists are symbols of idiocy. Filmmakers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez are on the contrary - they deserve recognition. Their precious bravery and unabashed vision had led us to some creepy activities and inactivities of the horror sub-genre. So, you ask again on how much love I am willing to give it, I'll tell you again: I've got enough supply.
VERDICT: B
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