This is a very well known movie in the Horror genre that I think we have to thank for the shaky camera technique. I recall hearing of people getting sick from the camerawork or lack of it. I wish I had seen this back when it was in its original run in theaters. It probably would have been more effective. Nothing really happens other than the characters get lost and one of them disappears. The surprising thing is that it actually has effective moments. When the characters are in the dark and their flashlights dimmed the scares were there. But true to form nothing happens. All of the scares are generated by a fear of the unknown. Unfortunately "Blair Witch" carries it a little too far. I am not advocating the need for gore in this movie there is none other than the main character finding some recently extracted teeth presumably from the character that had disappeared. It just needed a little something. Someone moving in the woods a brief glance at a shadowy figure. Something more than little piles of rocks and stickmen hanging in trees.

Much is left open for interpretation especially the ending. It's frustrating. **SPOILER** I think the fact that Mike is standing in the corner of the basement in the old house is a callback to an earlier moment in the movie which tells of victims being made to stand in a corner while someone is murdered in the same room. That implies the main character who sees Mike standing in the corner is going to be killed...I think. **END SPOILER**

Not my first time to watch it but after watching it with fresh eyes, I'm still very unimpressed. Why this was supposed to be such a "scary" movie is beyond me. Even the "creepy" moments were few and far between...unless, of course, being lost in the woods with a hysterical, demanding bitch is your worst phobia, in which case, this film probably _would_ give you nightmares. First thought about halfway into this film is that someone should have knocked "Heather" (played all-too-well by Rei Hance) in the head with one of those rocks they found piled into a cairn, and then left her unconscious for the "witch" - or whatever was chasing them - as some sort of sacrificial goat. There was absolutely nothing scary or horrific about this movie...and certainly if bloodshed, gore, and/or torture porn is your thing, you may as well not waste 81 minutes sitting through this one. _The Blair Witch Project_ should never have made it onto the list of _The 20 Best Horror Movies Ever Made_ (not even the list "according to Redditt", which is where I got the list from.) This is not a "horror" movie; it isn't even a "scary" movie...I would even rule out considering this one "spooky" or "creepy". There's just not enough here to merit it being included in such a list. The characters were too flimsy; the ONLY one with any personality that could be bought into was "Heather", and she was nothing short of bitchy, demanding, and annoying. The only emotion I felt while sitting through this one was a smug satisfaction near the end when she's tearfully apologizing (on camera, of course, as is EVERYTHING for Heather) for it all being "her fault". Yes, it was, Heather, it was indeed "all your fault" and I took real satisfaction - to the point of even grinning and nodding my approval - as she tearfully said her goodbyes and begged for forgiveness that she would never feel. Apart from that one moment, however, this was nothing but annoying, shallow, and snail-paced and certainly unworthy of being on the same list as Rob Carpenter's _The Thing_ , _Silent Hill_ , and _The Conjuring_ . **THOSE** were some scary movies. This was a minor...no, actually, a MAJOR annoyance but nothing more. Avoid this one unless you just want to throw away 81 minutes. In fact, even if you _want_ to throw away 81 minutes, do it in some better fashion. This isn't worth it.

So three young folks go off into the wilderness in search of evidence to support the local Maryland legend of the "Blair Witch". Shortly afterwards, they lose their map, get lost - discover an old house; scream and cuss a lot.... A collection of three more odious folks I struggle to recollect seeing on screen. Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánches substitute noise for suspense; and despite the fact that they spend several nights (more than planned) out in the woods without food, the batteries for their camera seems to endure remarkably well as they run around in the dark edging ever closer to whatever grizzly fate they well deserve. This is an huge triumph for hype over content and the marketeers have done a truly remarkable job. Though I would advocate that you watch it; it would only be because it has become a film of cult status - which, like so many others in that "elite" grouping, is a polite word for dross.