Blaire Witch Review

Blaire Witch" Film Critique

John Murray

April 4th, 2006

There are few horror movies I see that are able to scare me. I really enjoy horror films, but most of them simply do not scare me. Those that do are hard to come by. So, though I am a strong fan of horror movies, there are very few horror movies I actually enjoy. "Blaire Witch" was definitely one of the few.

I've been hearing about the movie "Blaire Witch" for many years now, but it wasn't until Film and Video that I got around to actually seeing it. Some people said "Blaire Witch" was cheesy. Some people said "Blaire Witch" was a letdown. A lot of others said it had the worst ending to a film they'd ever seen. The rest s*#% their pants. I can proudly said I was one of the ones s*#%ing their pants. The main reason I found this film so scary over others (some of which had budgets of millions and millions of dollars), was because of its realism. This film was made entirely with its home cameras and loose script (or lack there of) purely for the effect of making everything in the movie appear to be real, as if it actually happened. In fact, many rednecks today still believe that "Blaire Witch" is a true controversial mystery, waiting to be uncovered in the "haunted" woods. Now, I know this film is fiction and not fact, but that doesn't mean it didn't scare me. The fact that it was used with cheap cameras, and had completely no script at all, made it more believable and frightening. Too many films today put so much money into creating a dominating monster. It often ends up being less scary, staring your villain straight in the eye. I can only imagine in my own mind how truly terrifying the witch would look like in real life.

Overall, I really enjoyed the film. Among many others, I can't help being a bit disappointed with the "cliff-hanger" ending, and I really wanted to see for myself what was going on exactly. However, I know if it were me making this film, I would also go for the mysterious ending. I was very impressed with the actors in this film. They couldn't have known how well their improve would work out in the end. This movie could have turned out to be very cheesy and unbelievable. However, it ended up being the opposite: the actors were very