Movies: Blair Witch (09/16/16)

[Wood Stick]

Wish they would have stuck with naming it The Woods and not given away the Blair Witch factor until pretty deep into the movie. That would have been pretty cool to me. First Blair Witch was something special. Glad it's not a remake though and some sort of follow up.

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[Wood Stick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS8MZfbyk-c

 

[Kitten Mittons]

I don't get it. The thing that they made the original one remotely scary was the fact that it was shot as found footage. This version is cinematic... what's the point?

 

[The Gongshow]

The motion sickness will be real with this movie, I'll pass. Too much shaky cam for me

 

[Oscar Acosta]

First one was terrifying for the fact they did an amazing marketing job at the start to make it seem like it was real/documentary. I remember leaving the theatre and people were genuinely disturbed.
After it wasn't real it lost 95% of its fear factor. They can't go back and catch the same lightning in a bottle.

 

[Sharpshooter]

I still have shaky cam PTSD from the original.

I'll pass.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

I vomited popcorn and pepsi all over the bathroom door for the 1st Blair Witch....never again.

 

[David Suzuki]

The Guest and You're Next are two of my favorite horror/thriller movies of the last 5+ years. Can't wait for this. Trailer looked great. VHS is a good movie too.

 

[sully1410]

Ugh. Really?

Come up with an original idea, Hollywood.

 

[Central PA Hawk Fan]

First one was terrifying for the fact they did an amazing marketing job at the start to make it seem like it was real/documentary. I remember leaving the theatre and people were genuinely disturbed.
After it wasn't real it lost 95% of its fear factor. They can't go back and catch the same lightning in a bottle.

I remember watching a special on the SciFi channel which was done as sort of a documentary on the legend with real looking newscasts on the disappearing hikers and stuff, it really sold it that this was real...oh the early internet days. I remember a classmate convinced this was real based on the type of car the hikers drove, haha. They really did an awesome job marketing it in the beginning, but as you said, once it was proven to be fake with actors, the movie lost all its aura.

 

[aufheben]

This looks truly terrible lirl

 

[Wood Stick]

This looks truly terrible lirl

Here's my thing though. If they named it The Woods like the original plan was and you had no idea it had affiliation with Blair Witch would it change your mind? The movie is your typical woods horror movie but 3 quarters through you notice the wakeup to a bunch of stones or something. Would that change your mind? And would that be original? 10 Cloverfield Lane had a pretty cool twist.. though I didn't like the ending too much.

OT: I love horror movies. I think Eli Roth comes up with incredible ideas and plots but can never pull through. Cabin Fever, Hostel and Green Inferno are incredible concepts for 2000+ horror movie. Cabin Fever was really, really good. Don't get me wrong.

 

[HanSolo]

Ugh. Really?

Come up with an original idea, Hollywood.

The problem is original ideas are made. They're just not funded.

 

[Epictetus]

The horror genre is starting to overlap with the comedy genre now.

 

[Hire Sather]

First one was terrifying for the fact they did an amazing marketing job at the start to make it seem like it was real/documentary. I remember leaving the theatre and people were genuinely disturbed.
After it wasn't real it lost 95% of its fear factor. They can't go back and catch the same lightning in a bottle.

Impossible to do that type of thing today. Everything leaks, everyone knows, everyone has to know. This is true for the other person wanting them to not reveal this movie is Blair Witch. Just can't be done today, can't keep anything under wraps today. Everyone is on the internet ready to leak everything.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Looks terrible.

Stop trying to recreate the wheel.

Pass.

 

[SensBrawler]

Since it has Adam Wingard at the helm, I'm excited.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Couldn't even get through the entire preview for this....pass.

Besides, the "found footage" genre of horror begins and ends with the great "Cannibal Holocaust." Which the original "Blair Witch" ripped off to pieces.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Cannibal Holocaust is an abortion of a film discussed today only for its on-set infamy. There is zero redeeming value to that film, unless you consider killing real animals on-camera and a dorky rape scene climax to be "scary."

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Cannibal Holocaust is an abortion of a film discussed today only for its on-set infamy. There is zero redeeming value to that film, unless you consider killing real animals on-camera and a dorky rape scene climax to be "scary."

Meh it's easily the best of the Italian cannibal horror films which yes isn't saying much...but I'll still take it over The Blair Witch. Which wouldn't have been made if not for the influence of Cannibal Holocaust.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Not shockingly the reviews are mostly not good thus far

Looks terrible. Even if you weren't fan of original you had to admire the spirit and intentions of makers of that film especially on such a low budget

This like other recent remakes just looks like a watered down/unimaginative waste of time

 

[izzy]

Since it has Adam Wingard at the helm, I'm excited.

Yeah his stuff may not be great but at the very least they are entertaining. You're Next was an awesome movie..

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Opened to lackluster box office (9.65M) well below studio hopes

Getting awful reviews and word of mouth. Expect this to quietly disappear from theaters in coming weeks and for the franchise to likely go dead (Or at very least prospects of another Blair Witch film being released in cinema are bleak)

Only positive for studio is the 5M budget means they will still make profit in end

 

[aleshemsky83]

Is it true that they were supposed to show the witch in the original but they only realized they did not get the shot when their lease on the camera was up?

Or is that an urban legend

 

[bohlmeister]

Is it true that they were supposed to show the witch in the original but they only realized they did not get the shot when their lease on the camera was up?

Or is that an urban legend

Be interested in hearing this story.

I thought the original one had a great ending for a horror movie.