![]() In November 1994, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams hiked into the woods, headed to Coffin Rock, but were never seen again. Their bodies later vanished when the team left and returned with additional help to remove and bury the bodies. Their bodies were found weeks later by a second search party at Coffin Rock, tied together at the arms and legs and completely disemboweled. Although Weaver returned, one of the search parties did not. On the trail of the titular entity, Heather, Joshua, and Michael enter a world of chaos and fear as they spend nights camped in the wilderness. What starts as an ordinary investigation soon turns into an endless nightmare as. In March of 1886, eight-year-old Robin Weaver was reported missing and search parties were dispatched. Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, ‘The Blair Witch Project’ is a 1999 found-footage horror movie that follows three young students into the woods. As Ellis, a former police officer with a troubled past, you join the search. Eventually, the entire tribe vanished without a trace. The boy's tribe attempted to send multiple warriors and shaman to rescue him but they were all taken by the force instead. The force supposedly managed to sustain the boy's life indefinitely, feeding on his pain over and over again in a never-ending ritual that refused to let him die. The force abducted a young boy from the tribe and sacrificed him atop a dark path on Coffin Rock, opening the boy's belly and letting it flow on the rocks of the place. A Native American tribe which was the first to enter the area, came to encounter the force. 89 minutesīOTTOM LINE: This sequel to the 1999 found-footage horror film is unnecessary and repetitive, little more than a rehash of the over-rated original.Long before humanity came to be, it was said that a dark powerful force resided in the area of the forest. Its said that she continues to haunt those woods to this day, causing the disappearances of townspeople, children, and anyone intrepid enough to enter her realm. MPAA rating: R for disturbing images, brief languageįilm facts: Stars James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry Directed by Adam Wingard. The Blair Witch is a woman named Elly Kedward who was banished to die in the woods near Blair Township, Maryland in the late 1700s. Yes, that’s doubtful, but there’s always hope. My only hope is that 2016’s “Blair Witch” puts the final nail in the genre. “The Blair Witch Project” inspired a whole slew of annoying found-footage horror films - with almost of all the titles terrible. If you found mysterious footage shot in a haunted forest wouldn’t you just fast forward to the interesting spooky bits? So, yeah, the actors here aren’t given much of interest to do here. Blair Witch Forest is a 2 km less popular green singletrack trail located near Ceres. You keep waiting for some drone payoff, but it never comes.įound footage movies aren’t the best vehicles for actors to create memorable characters because any scenes of exposition or character development always feel forced. ![]() Surprisingly, though, that drone is underused. The only new wrinkle Wingard throws in is a camera-mounted drone the campers use. “Blair Witch” follows the ill-advised expedition by James (James Allen McCune), the brother of Heather, the woman who went missing in the original movie, and his friends (including a filmmaker) to find his missing sister in the haunted woods. That still means, though, we get a lot of shaky footage of people running through the forest while screaming. Instead of using camcorders, the dim-witted haunted wood campers this time out use body cameras to record their adventures. “Blair Witch” does mostly solve the question of why anyone would continue to film as they face mortal danger. And all the shaky camera stuff was even more annoying. When the spooky stuff started, the conceit of someone filming while in mortal danger seemed silly. The film’s setup with a bunch of annoying people making a home movie about their camping trip was interminable. Its also revealed in 2016s Blair Witch these stick figures hold powers, as - in the movies best jump scare - a totem representing a character is snapped in half, leading them to be torn in two also. That’s the main takeaway from “Blair Witch,” the utterly unnecessary sequel to 1999’s found-footage shaky cam horror film “The Blair Witch Project.”įull disclosure here: I’ve always been mystified by the success of the “The Blair Witch Project,” which I found both dull and annoying. It turns out the only thing I find more unpleasant than camping is watching other people go camping.
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