Blair Witch in Suburbia

Rating: 7/10 (10 January 2010)

Just as it was the case with "The Blair Witch Project" a decade ago this horror mockumentary is clearly a matter of love-it-or-hate-it. I actually liked the earlier pic despite its flaws and I've got the same opinion about this scary little shocker. (Yes, it IS scary! Don't listen to all those desensitized film geeks who get their kicks from chainsaw massacres and the likes.) I agree, the character actions are entirely too dependent on the visual and local limitations and thus seem partly forced and loose, and basically the script's just playing with old-hat spooky house clichés.
But the narrative arc is quite effective, the central issue is treated with a certain inner logic, the performances are natural and the sparse use of special effects and gore is welcome in times of mindless slasher trash.
7 out of 10 footsteps in the dark