![]() It took the time to show each and every movement, relishing in the build-up, and when the action did hit there were usually breaks in between the chaotic, scary moments and the tense moments where the characters realize they are facing something unnatural. ![]() It all clusters together with no time to wind down, which kills the tension.Ī criticism of original THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT was its slow pacing. Both of them standing in rigid terror, sobbing, and then hearing the voices of their loved ones appealing for them to turn around is phenomenally riveting.īut then there are the moments that are far too quick to enjoy: the tent flying up, Talia suddenly having her back broken by one of the wooden stick dolls left by the witch. So long as they don’t look at her, she cannot get them. The Blair Witch is behind them, out of sight. ![]() READ: Need some Swamp Thing in your life? Check out Horrors in the Swamp: a History of Swamp Thing.Īnother excellent moment is when Lisa and James are in the attic of the house in the finale. Watching her struggle to push through what might be her tomb is terrifying and tense. She gets stuck in the tiny, claustrophobic tunnel and breaks down into sobs before she hears a threatening noise behind her. One such moment comes near the end when Lisa is trying to escape via an underground tunnel under the Blair Witch’s house. The moments where they are questioning themselves and the supernatural things going on around them are so much better than the moments where things are roaring or flying about the screen. It displays their doubt, terror, and desperation as things begin to escalate. The film is about James searching for his sister, and the friends and strange people who help him along the way. For its shoe-string budget and shaky cinematography, it did a decent job of making audiences feel like they were part of what horror there was.īLAIR WITCH, on the other hand, is more of a character study than it is something that welcomes audiences to participate. I can see how the found-footage aspect might have been new and terrifying back in 1999 and how it might have gotten a lot of people. The setup felt good, and some moments were fairly tense, but the only real moment that got close was the ending. But this isn’t an argument on which is better from a technical point of view, it is about which is ultimately more frightening.īe warned: there will be spoilers up ahead.įrom my perspective, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wasn’t all that scary. The characters are more likable and fleshed out, and they even throw a few surprises here and there. Yes, BLAIR WITCH uses the found-footage aspect, and it is a much better film than THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Was it, though? Let’s take some comparisons between the two. Many who had seen THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT were hyped for it, and expected it to be much better made and scarier than the first one. When it first began showing teasers as THE WOODS, BLAIR WITCH was said to be one of the scariest films viewers would see in 2016. The group travels out into the woods to try and find the house where things abruptly ended in the first movie. We get a bigger cast this time, with James, his filmmaking obsessed friend Lisa, best friends Lane and Ashley, and the two motley urban explorers who filmed the video Peter and Talia. ![]() He sees a video posted online that gives him hope that his sister may still be alive somewhere out in those supposedly haunted woods. READ: Need some more horror? Check out Chris’s Top 5 Horror Comics To Get You Through Halloween!īLAIR WITCH, originally titled THE WOODS to keep the real name a secret, follows James, the younger brother of Heather. That’s why it should be no surprise that the film got a remake, like most popular ’80s and ’90s features are these days. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, despite the low quality of its budget and filmmaking, proved to be quite popular and many found it to be a truly terrifying experience. Heather, Josh, and Mike are on their way to make a documentary about the witch when things go horribly awry and they find themselves in the clutches of the very thing they wanted to make their film about. This shakily shot film featured three college students setting out into the notorious woods that supposedly housed the Blair Witch, based on the Bell Witch of legend. On July 16, 1999, the world was taken by the first entry in the found-footage horror genre: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. This article is part of ComicsVerse’s October Holy Ghost-amole!! series! Check the rest of the articles out here!
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