The Blair Witch Project (DVD)

This movie was far overrated. I was anticipating a flick that was scary and expecting a few thrills and was quite excited for the young film makers trying to make it to the big screen. Disappointed to find that the storyline was lacking, there was no depth to the characters and the filming made my stomach weak as the camera was constantly shaking. If you are looking for a film of 'what not to do's', this is definitely the film to watch. Perhaps the next 'project' will leave a more haunting ...  Read the complete review

Astonishing to think, but it's almost 8 years since Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez' Blair Witch Project first came stumbling out the woods for to scare the bejeesus out cinema-going audiences the world over. The first American film to really seize hold of the marketing opportunities afforded by the internet, Blair Witch, a lowest-of-lo-fi independent with no stars and no special effects and budgeted at a beyond-miniscule $22000, opened to phenomenal success both critically and commercially, grossing a staggering $240.5 million. Like Deodato's infamous masterpiece Cannibal Holocaust, Blair Witch purports to consist of genuine, unstaged "found ...  Read the complete review

So far I haven't written a decent movie opinion on dooyoo. This one probably won't turn out much better, but I'm going to give it a go. Why? Simple - because I love the film. And in all honesty, there's not that many films that I do actually love. In fact, I could name them on the digits of one hand. Or in one sentence, whatever. The Crow, Trainspotting, American Pie and The Blair Witch Project. Sure, there's documentary film type sorta things, but they don't count. So there you go. Four films, which actually span a lot of styles and genres. All of above received, in the majority, a hell of a lot of critical acclaim. Except perhaps, The Blair ...  Read the complete review

Do I or dont I write a review of the Blair Witch? I spent a while thinking about this question. Its already been reviewed over a hundred times so what is there to say that hasnt already been said? well..probably not a lot but I dont care. You either love it or you hate it? Balls..this aint marmite here, this is film. You can learn to like it. I didn't like 'Groundhog Day' when I first saw it, but now I love it. Music is allowed to 'grow' on you, so why not film? Food tastes better with time..you get the idea. Personally I thought this film was as good as the hype when I first saw it. And my god was there alot of hype. ...  Read the complete review

This is a just-the-film review. I was going to review the DVD, but then I realised that my region 1 has completely different extras to the UK version. Bah! The problem with writing about a horror film for dooyoo's great Halloween competition is... (oh yeah - I don't know how widely known dooyoo's Halloween competition is, but you should enter it. Just write about something frightening - in any category - and stick the word 'halloween' in the title. You could win lots of dooyoo miles. *Scary* miles!) Um, anyway. Problem is, most horror films aren't really that scary, and I kind of feel I should pick one that does the concept of 'scary' justice for ...  Read the complete review