I'm sure I'm bound to offend some people here but I truly believe that if you didn't like "The Blair Witch Project" and/or get scared.. especially from the closing moments... then you have lost the ability to fully use your imagination. I had a fair idea about what I was going to see although I had heard the ending was breathtaking and avoided reading any spoilers. I sat back and let my imagination run with this movie and by the closing shot I was completely on edge. Sleep was not easy that night.. probably not helped by living near the woods in rural VA;-) I've been a horror fan for many years now and have not been scared watching a horror movie since I was a young teenager. Blair took me back to those early teenage years with full force. If you are planning to see this movie for the first time avoid spoilers, and go into the theatre with an open mind. Sit back, relax and let your imagination weave its magic. The final scene will lurk in the back of your mind for a long time. It is true there are no special effects, there is a lot of bitching and fighting between the protagonists, and all the really scary stuff takes place off screen however what the human mind can conjure up as happening off screen is far more horrifying than anything fully rendered in cgi and shoved in your face;-) (probably not good to dis cgi in a tech dominated forum;-))
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I'm sure I'm bound to offend some people here but I truly believe that if you didn't like "The Blair Witch Project" and/or get scared .. especially from the closing moments ... then you have lost the ability to fully use your imagination. .. probably not helped by living near the woods in rural VA ;-) ;-) (probably not good to dis cgi in a tech dominated forum ;-))
I had a fair idea about what I was going to see although I had heard the ending was breathtaking and avoided reading any spoilers. I sat back and let my imagination run with this movie and by the closing shot I was completely on edge. Sleep was not easy that night
I've been a horror fan for many years now and have not been scared watching a horror movie since I was a young teenager. Blair took me back to those early teenage years with full force.
If you are planning to see this movie for the first time avoid spoilers, and go into the theatre with an open mind. Sit back, relax and let your imagination weave its magic. The final scene will lurk in the back of your mind for a long time.
It is true there are no special effects, there is a lot of bitching and fighting between the protagonists, and all the really scary stuff takes place off screen however what the human mind can conjure up as happening off screen is far more horrifying than anything fully rendered in cgi and shoved in your face