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The Blair Witch Project (DVD) |
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07/02/07 (127 review reads) |
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Advantages: Realistic and believable
Disadvantages: some odd camera angles, but they truly feed the film
A small town sets in the shadows of the black hills and the secrets that it hides are haunting. Three young film makers set out to discover the truth beneath the tales of mysterious disappearances and The Blair Witch. The residents apprehensively repeat the stories told to them as children and recall recent events involving an old hermit.
1785 several children accuse Elly Kedward of being a witch and she is banished to the black hills and assumed dead by the unusually harsh winter. Shortly after, her accusers and several of the towns children disappear. Fearing a curse the town of Blair is abandoned and the name Elly Kedward never uttered again.
1809 a book is published, The Blair Witch Cult, it tells of a town cursed by a witch and abandoned by the residents, though believed to be a work of fiction it’s similarities are hard to ignore.
!824 a new town is founded on the site of Blair, Burkittsville , Maryland.
1825 Eileen Treacle disappears, witnesses claim to have seen a pale hand pull her into the Tappy creek. Her body is never found and the creek is clogged with sticks covered in an oily substance for days.
1886 another child disappears, 8 year old Robin Weaver returns but one of the search parties sent to find her does not.. Weeks later the search party is found on coffin rock, bodies tied together and mutilated. But when an attempt to recover the bodies is made, they are gone.
1940 children once again start disappearing from the town, seven in all.
1941, An old hermit Rustin Parr emerges from the woods declaring that he is finally finished, the bodies of the seven missing children are found in the cellar of his house, disembowel and appear to have been killed in a ritual. Rustin Parr admits to the slaying’s and claims a woman ghost living in the woods near his house told him to do it. He is convicted and hung.
In the fall of 1994 the three film makers are reported missing and an exhaustive search reveals nothing. The police deem the case unsolved.
1995 a group of anthropology students discover a duffel bag buried in the foundation of an old cabin, the contents are discovered to be the recordings of the missing film makers.
1997 the families turn over the footage to a production company hoping to find answers, what they find is alarming.
After hearing the tales of the town residents the three film makers start their journey into the woods. Heather Donohue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams begin their filming at locations they have been told about. The cemetery where an unusually high number of children seem to be buried, and coffin rock. The sites are eerie and a dark presence seems to be looming over them. The trip is meant to last three days but strange sounds surround the group at night as they try to sleep. Spooked and unable to explain the source of the sounds they apprehensively continue. As the nights come the sounds get closer and the panic stricken group is frozen in fear. There discoveries in the daylight are forbidding and the attacks at night become sinister and threatening. Strange symbols formed out of sticks and their belongings scattered when they are forced from their tent at night encourage them to abandon their project and return home. They attempt to walkout but find themselves circling the same area over and over, and as day turns to night once again they are confused and hysteria sets in.. Will they ever make it out of the black hills alive, or has the truth of the Blair Witch been realized.
In all a horrifying and mysterious film. The style of the film is indeed a true work of art, magnificent and terrifying. The acting is believable and you truly feel scared for the group and their impending fate. The odd camera angles and shaky movements add to the feeling of the film although some find it hard to watch. I myself was pulled into the movie and watched every possible extra I could find, vowing to discover the truth. It is indeed a fictional work but can easily fool. you into believing otherwise. The amount of time creating news clips, and supposed real footage for the stories background feeds the belief and makes the story substantial. I recommend every horror buff looking for a real scare watch the movie and search out the extras that can be found on the DVD as well as on the website.. Blairwitch.com This is not a movie for children, the scares are realistic and the language a bit vulgar.
Production information obtained from Amazon.com
US Theatrical Release Date: July 30, 1999
MPAA: for language.
Production Company: Haxan Films
Available for purchase at retailers world wide and on amazon.com
This movie and the second, Book of Shadows, are available for purchase as a set on blairwitch.com for approximately $15.00.
Summary: Mysterious dissapearances and stories from the past haunt and terrify three student film makers.
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