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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop  THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT - Was going for three quid in the local supermarket today, so, I thought, why not? I'd seen it two or three times over the years since it first came out, and to be honest had never thought much of it or taken it that seriously - hype can be unhelpful, perhaps especially on an unconscious level. I was surprised, even taken aback today at its intensity... I guess maybe I was connecting with it for the first time. The atmosphere of dread, conjured from very little, seemed pungent. Perhaps the moves were obvious and the content slight, but the effect was powerful and the sense of encroaching disorientation and 'something disturbing happening', aided no doubt by the then-fresh found footage technique, felt real and pervasive, more so outside of the obvious 'horror scenes'. Maybe it caught me at the right / wrong time today, but I came away from it feeling quite weirded out, which isn't something that happnes very often. |
That's exactly how I feel about the film, with the escalating tension, disorientation and pervasive fear culminating in an extremely effective final sequence which is all the more disturbing because of the way it suddenly finishes.
It's been quite a long time since I last saw The Blair Witch Project, so I'm going to try and keep it in mind for another viewing sometime soon.