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Snake - Why I Chose It - Perhaps the single most influential film on this list, Blair Witch Project is one of the most successful indie films of all time and inspired countless other found-footage films. Maybe even more important was Blair Witch's legendary viral marketing campaign, which was the first to really use and capitalize on the internet to spread buzz and word-of-mouth, fooling many audience members into thinking the actors were actually missing and the events were real. Blair Witch spawned two quasi-sequels, as well as an extended universe of video games that spun-off the BloodRayne series of all things.

My Thoughts - I loved this movie back when I first watched it, but a recent re-watch brought it down for me quite a bit. I'm an appreciator of atmospheric tension and build-up, and I still think there are certain points in the film where Blair Witch is a slow-burn masterpiece. However, I think in their efforts to make this film as realistic as possible, there are moments especially early on which are not conductive to the experience of watching a film. They feel like watching someone's boring vacation footage instead of a movie. The purpose of this is not lost on me, but at the same time, it doesn't really work as well as a horror movie because of it. With the exception of Heather Donahue, I don't think the acting is particularly convincing as people say it is either. I never really liked the ending of the film either, which feels particularly anti-climatic. I still think there's some good here, and I think many found-footage films could learn a thing or two from it. It's an enigmatic film that has really transcended itself over the years in my opinion, being more interesting to read about than to actually watch.

JONA - While there is some good acting and interesting lore, the majority of the movie is our main characters just being lost and thats just not entertaining.

KBM - I have never really understood the appeal of The Blair Witch Project, or really even found-footage movies in general for the most part. If you asked me to list off the least eventful movies I've ever seen, this would spring immediately to mind. I suppose there was a novelty to the whole improvisational shaky-cam horror thing in 1999 (especially with the marketing campaign that SOMEHOW managed to fool some people into thinking this was actual documentary footage), but watching 100 minutes of people running through the woods doing nothing really tests my patience.

Scarlet - I have seen better filmed Wal-Mart security footage with more intriguing plots than this. In this universe, there has never been a bigger overreaction from human beings towards stick figures and leaves. Perhaps the singularly least realistic film Ive ever seen, which is pretty impressive for a movie that claims to be found footage. It should have been left lost. Forever.
Rating: 13/100

Genny - I'll give the Blair Witch Project this: it may not have started the found footage genre of horror but it certainly popularized it. That's not actually a positive remark. I can't forgive this for being 90% buildup no matter how hard I try. 4/10
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