#The blair witch project 2016 free movie

This brief run-time ensures its fleet-footedness, dispensing its foreshadowing efficiently in a similar fashion to the original, where if you donвЂ™t catch certain clues then the eventual scares may not have the same impact. YouвЂ™re strapped in for 88 minutes of gruelling terrorВ with little space to get your bearings or have a quick ciggy. ItвЂ™s a lean, mean, dread-filled machine that never abates for even a second. So the ultimate question is, why would you bother seeing this when you can watch the perfectly brilliant original?ДЇirstly, and most importantly of all, Blair Witch is breathtakingly terrifying. And it follows exactly the same story-beats as the original вЂ“ a relaxed preparation, some light characterisation, a few increasingly disturbing nights camped out, the crew get lost, someone disappears, ooooh spooky twig shapes, the shit hits the fan, then they find an old cabin in the woods. The format is the same вЂ“ only it uses contemporary technology to capture the footage rather than a crappy old DV camera. The premise is technically the same вЂ“ a group of young people, some more sceptical than others, investigate spooky goings-on in the woods. It follows Heather DonahueвЂ™s brother James as he takes documentary filmmaker Lisa and a group of friends into the Burkittsville woods in the hopes of discovering some clues as to the fateВ of his sister. Without themВ she probably wouldвЂ™ve stayed quietlyВ building cairns next to tents withoutВ much fuss or attention for the remainder of her centuries.Д«lair Witch is a direct sequel, of sorts. The difference between Blair Witch and other reboots/sequels is that its director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett ( YouвЂ™re Next, The Guest) are two of the most interesting genre filmmakers in recent years, and it was their own idea to resurrect the Blair Witch. You make a surprise sequel that nobody knows about until a fewВ months before release, publicising it as a completely different film (this was called вЂThe WoodsвЂ™ right up until its Comic Con premiereВ вЂ“ there was even a trailer) and creating a similar вЂdamn thatвЂ™s clever marketingвЂ™ stir as the first film and making super-fans like us absolutely crap our pants (part excitement, part fear). That terrible thing in the woods canвЂ™t stay trapped wandering its filthy labyrinthine cabin (itвЂ™s a fixer-upper) forever, there are millennials that needВ the colour drained from their faces and wallets emptied of cash damn it! Thankfully the answer is less cynical, and better than you expectedвЂ¦ So where does that leave a future sequel? NoвЂ¦ gulpвЂ¦ franchise can remain dormant for long. And because of this gimmick, any sequel would either be a credulity-stretchingВ retread (see the last few Paranormal Activity films) or a completely sideways step into a totally different and ultimately disappointing set of tropes (see the first rushed attempt at a sequel вЂ“ Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 from 2000. The Blair Witch Project was also theВ first film to popularise the found-footage horror genre (not the first, but certainly the best). ItвЂ™s been a decade-and-a-half but you can still вЂ“ if you really try вЂ“ suspend your disbelief that The Blair Witch Project is a genuine found-footage document of the final days of Heather, Josh and Mikey, just as it was originally intended. Its cast never achieved mainstream success, itsВ filmmakers remained relatively low-profile.

This weird, other-worldly aura feels like its been preserved.

#The blair witch project 2016 free movie

ItвЂ™s the only movie I rewatch where I say to myself halfway throughВ вЂњmaybe this time theyвЂ™ll be okay,вЂќ such is the reality-bending power of both the film, andвЂ¦ gulpвЂ¦ the unknown presence deep in the woods. ItвЂ™s not just found-footage fakery, the movieвЂ™s portrayal of fear wraps its spindly fingers around your heart and squeezes it for all the emotion you have. This is largely thanks to its cast, whoВ genuinely seem to be experiencing something terrifying.

ItвЂ™s not just a film about вЂњthree pricks in the woods who canвЂ™t hold a camera steadyвЂќ itвЂ™s the single most gruellingly intense movie ever made. There is something you should know about me before we get into Adam WingardвЂ™s surprise sequel Blair WitchвЂ¦ I think the original 1999 The Blair Witch Project is a masterpiece.