The Blair Witch Project
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When it first came out people thought it was real. There was no internet back then, so it wasn't like it is today where you can fact check evetything. It left me feeling disturbed for days. When I finally found out that everything was just a lie, I was so pissed 😅😅.
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2022-10-26 16:56:09 +0000 UTCScariest scary movie where absolutely NOTHING HAPPENS. Was 99 Phantom Menace?
Alyson Addington
2022-10-26 10:07:41 +0000 UTCAlso, it came out in summer of '99, just after a (ahem) CERTAIN big-hyped long-awaited blockbuster had left us in bewildered disappointment, so fans were overdemonstrating their love for a $60,000 little indie that could, and claiming it was a new "revolution" that anyone could now be a movie director. So there. And then, when those same fans were too dim to figure out the ending, the reaction was similarly give-us-Barabbas: "Huh? All they did was wander around in the woods? Laaaame!"
Eric Janssen
2022-10-26 06:18:03 +0000 UTCYes, Alyson, and the power of suggestion.
JIM SCHMITZ
2022-10-26 05:40:38 +0000 UTCCommentary: Psychological terror/fear of the unknown on a whooooooooooole new level..... This film had a 60, 000 dollar budget and made over 250 MILLION. The way they filmed it was simple but utterly unique at the time And now that I think about it, I think it's the only one in the found footage genre (that it largely pioneered) that was shot the way that it was. Basically, the producers hired three actors, gave them a crash course in camera work and sound work and then tossed them into the woods for a week. The 'auditions' were advertised with a warning, telling prospective actors not to try out for the roles if they didn't like camping or couldn't handle stress...and further that they would not be treated very well. There was no script, all the dialogue was made up on the spot as they went along and each day, they would receive the day's food, water, and instruction via dropbox. Behaviors and general plot points to move their characters forward and instructions that they were not allowed to share with each other...the actors had no idea what was going to happen next, only which location they needed to get to, and vague directions like "You don't trust Heather." or "You can't find the map" On top of that, their food rations got leaner and leaner, which made them increasingly tired, cranky, stressed, irritated with each other....and sleep deprived. The first night was the only night they were allowed to sleep all the way through. And then the producers started REALLY screwing with their heads. Waking them up by banging sticks and rocks in the middle of the night, playing a boombox with little kids laughing (The kids were nieces and nephews or their own kids, I can't remember which or maybe both), leaving rocks for them to find...the night time attack was the nieces and nephews banging on the tent, which caused the actors to flee in genuine terror. The part where Heather is screaming "omg what the fuck is that!!?" was supposed to be caught on camera...it was one of the directors friends dressed in an all white track suit, running through the woods just far enough away that she could see it, but not tell what it was. She was running away too fast and wasn't able to point the camera at it, as the producers had hoped. The only real specific instruction was when they briefly contacted Heather to tell her she needed to open the bundle of sticks and see what was in it....because she really had just thrown it away....it was hair and teeth, btw) Neither Heather or Mike knew that Josh was going to disappear. With the movie being shot from hand held camera by the actors themselves draws the audience in, and the immersion is deep enough that the viewers are right there with them, experiencing the same terror and anxiety and psychological torture of NOT KNOWING what's really out there. There are no jump scares in the film because the audience is already jumping at EVERY time noise as the immersion layers get deeper. It's a constant, growing dread of the night because you know it's going to be bad but there's a damn thing you can do about it. As your state of mind starts collapsing under the fear, suspense, helplessness and despair, the situation becomes increasingly more bleak The ending (and that was the original ending, Lionsgate was leery about the level of confusion in test audiences, feeling that it might be too frustrating for the average person....so they shot several different endings and ended up filming additional scenes interviewing the 'townspeople', so that the original ending with Mike standing facing into the corner is MUCH more horrifying. With never seeing the actual....witch...person...werewolf (there was apparently supposed to be a werewolf involved at some point*)...antagonist, our imaginations are largely left to their own devices. There is NOTHING more terrifying than what a person's imagination can conjure up. (That, and Heather Donahue's screams at the end are the most CHILLING I have EVER heard) That, along with the next level marketing campaign, is what made the movie look and feel so incredibly authentic. No trailer...but a "mockcumentary" that aired on cable TV called Curse of the Blair Witch, featuring "family and friends" gave interviews as if Heather, Mike, and Josh really did disappear and were presumed dead. Missing posters with their faces on it. They even got a couple of news channels to do fake stories on TV about the "missing" filmmakers. It was INSANE. And because it was presented that way, it had already gotten into people's minds that this was completely real. The actors were even instructed to hide out for a YEAR after filming. When they showed up at (I think) comic con, people's minds exploded. Heather Donahue said that a fan didn't believe she was herself, even after she showed the fan her drivers license. A lot of people were still angry for getting "pranked" like that and harassed her so much she quit acting entirely and now has her own marijuana farm. There are sequels yes, but....there reeeeeeeeeeeeally shouldn't have been. It was a victim of its own success. Once you've produced something like that, you can't really do it again because now people KNOW what the concept is, The producers didn't want to do another one.The uncertain feeling of 'is it or isn't it real' is gone. Love it or hate it, it was lightning in a bottle that cannot be reproduced. * There's a story (I dunno if it's true) about the producers spending most of the budget on a realistic looking werewolf costume and the actors never looked behind them to see/film it chasing them. I don't blame the actors, because usually if you're running from a Bad, the worst possible thing to do is look over your shoulder because there might be MORE Bad. Like a guy in a 40000 dollar werewolf suit. (It's the 40000 dollar price tag that scares me personally)
Alyson Addington
2022-10-26 03:00:46 +0000 UTCTime for the first one, anyway, and hopefully with the original ending.
Ryan Moore
2022-10-25 22:44:08 +0000 UTCThat's the beauty of found film movies. Time for the paranormal activity series now 😏🫣
Jacquelynn Mobley
2022-10-25 21:51:34 +0000 UTCRegarding the ending, remember what the kidnapper/murderer made the kids do while he was killing them?
Ryan Moore
2022-10-25 21:30:33 +0000 UTC
