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The Blair Witch Project
Studio executives summary / pitch
$25,000 budget ghost story (Boo - behind you!)
Short plot summary

Three young documentary makers go to look for the Blair Witch. This movie is the footage they filmed, found 1 year after their disappearance... ya ha hargh...

Rating
Adult: Contains moments of camper scaring, violent tent banging, screaming and unseen (probably unpaid) menace.
What our panel of critics thought

"Their doomedness was rarely in doubt, however the journey was quite fine if a little too shrieky for me."

"I have never seen this at the cinema, I wonder what it looks like... all grainy and jerky..."

"A modern video nasty."

"I will be kicking my cat for the rest of its life that I did not have this idea first."

"Not sure how much a map would have helped in the forest like that anyway, dudes. Should have taken a GPS tracking system with you. F-worded up luck you only had a $25,000 budget."

"Reminded me of that old T-shirt - I'm always in the shit, it's just the depth that varies."

"A horribly squawky movie filled with black screen."

"Where the hell did that $25,000 go?"

Please tell me the ending
It all ends horribly ever after. Whooo ho hooo....
Justify this movie's existence in the classic strand. From theVoiceof Reason.com's Veritable Cornucopi

A timeless ghost story told with simple understated brilliance. There is not much else to say about this movie. It truly scared the willies out of me and I have not been near a tree since.

The losing of the map in the middle of this movie is the quintessential wake up call to humanity as it reminds one of our reluctant dependence on technology which can all be dissipated in an instance by an annoying prick who kicks it over into the creak of all our destinies, thus dooming us to being squashed, or punctured or however that Blair Witch chooses to 'duff us in'.

Frustrating? Yes. Annoying? Yep. There's doom and leaves by the ton. Thank goodness their camera batteries did not run out as that would have been a tragedy of Herculean proportions.

Quotable quotes (real)

"Jesus Christ what the f-word is that?"

"All blame aside: this is really f-worded up."

If I were to watch this at home how best should I sit?
In the traditional Scout position of Koom-ba-ya.
How philosophical is this film?

Never go camping with Americans.

Would your pets enjoy this movie?

This is a mole movie. It is a little known fact that moles spend 80% of their lives lost.

Dogs will enjoy the movie as it is basically just a long walk, interspersed with hysterical moments of running as if being chased.

Cats will not see what all the fuss is about, preferring to climb up a tree.

Estimate number of minutes of screaming in this film.

35 minutes (including 5 minutes of screaming with the f-word.)

How much would you pay for a copy of this movie in goods?

A small single man tent which has seen over 10 rainy trips.

Other comments

It's a classic, although not one you would probably choose to watch many times, probably once is enough. You will remember it for a long while afterwards, however.

This movie is great as it is so un-mainstream, but it made a fortune for its backers. There is a big money backed sequel, don't know how good that is; however throwing money at this movie would not have made it any better, the grainy, jerky camerawork adds a realism to the picture that we have rarely seen before.

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