Finally

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2005)

Having just viewed 'The Blair Witch Project' for the fourth time, I am very pleased to announce that I have finally decided on a rating score, which I will mention later. This was a hard one to do a review on because I noticed different things each time that I watched it. I know that using the word "things" can be pretty vague, but just watch this and you'll get an idea of what I mean it to pertain to. Ultimately, I considered that as far as originality goes it probably deserves a ten, and as for its psychological horror approach, in my opinion, it should get a five. Then there is Heather Donahue's acting, and, well, I just decided not to go there. So I will end up rating 'BWP' somewhere between five and ten.
The film has some scary moments(mostly at nighttime), granted you should probably keep the volume at full blast since I failed to hear these scares on my first two viewings. The ending was pretty intense, and a little shocking, to say the least. The acting, collectively, was believable and the bumpy camera movements definitely add a touch of realism. 'Blair Witch Project' turned out to be, in some ways, a very genuine horror movie, and it was definitely ambitious and creative, not to mention extremely profitable. I'm also fairly certain that it's considered a cult classic among critics and viewers alike. As for myself, I'm not too fond of it. In this kind of genre it's really not my cup of tea. Still, I will definitely recommend it to the hardcore movie-goer because it really is a rarity in the horror genre. Whether or not it's a worthy one is up to the viewer.
6/10 is my final vote. Followed by the Hollywood-ized sequel 'Book of Shadows:Blair Witch 2'.