War of the Worlds for 1990s

Rating: 8/10 (25 July 2004)

This film was excellently hyped. It is, in my mind, the same type of hype and drama that surrounded War of the Worlds so long ago.
The actors all played along so well, the film was amateurishly shot and you could feel a sense of claustrophobia surrounding it. After all, who hasn't been scared of being lost in the woods, even if it was with two friends? The campers go from carefree arrogance and fun to utter, total fear in a matter of hours of recounting.
The cabin, the symbols and dolls left outside were all quite eerie and the final chapter closes the movie abruptly and eerily. This and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre are the two movies that stopped me from sleeping for quite some time thereafter.
In hindsight, we know The Blair Witch Project was a cleverly executed hoax, but for its time and its effect, it achieved a great deal of attention.
8/10