A typical dull found footage film

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2016)

Before I start going to details I will disclose the fact I am not keen on found footage films (although I do like Chronicle that is not a horror film and I am yet to see Rec). I find them to be lazily made and boring. This film is no exception.
The film follows 3 film students (Heather, Mike and Josh) who go out to shoot a documentary about the Blair Witch. Throughout the film they are tormented by supernatural forces and eventual die one by one. Their footage is found a year after they go missing.
The premise sounds promising, however, the actual film is anything but. The vast majority of the film is just footage the 3 arguing and speaking awfully improvised dialogue.
The acting is awful. I understand to increase realism they need to get unknowns to "act". The problem is all 3 of them cannot pull off a convincing performance nor did I ever care about the characters throughout. The fact that none of the 3 seem to still be acting today only proves my point.
The big problem is not much happens throughout the film. The only potentially interesting moments are too few and far between. Considering most of the time the characters are messing about, all scenes that actually matter to the "plot" could be condensed to about 10 minutes (that would be better but still awful). The film feels dull, I was never scared once throughout the entire film. This film generated a lot of buzz when it came out as did Paranormal Activity. Both films suck, I can't believe the masses gobble them up.
The ending is abysmal. It's all built up and no pay off. So after Josh goes missing, Heather and Mike look for him. They look through a house, only for Mike to just look at the corner and Heather to die off screen dropping the camera. It is underwhelming and when the movie ended I thought to myself "that was it?".
The problem I have with found footage films (especially this one) is that they are made cheaply and any mistake can easily be excused as "being part of the film" because they require little to no craft whatsoever. This movie cost $60,000 to make. El Mariachi cost $7,000 to make. Not only is El Mariachi actually fun unlike this film, it had effort and planning go into it unlike this excuse of a movie. The Blair Witch Project looks and feels cheaper than it is whereas El Mariachi is amazing considering how limited it was. What does that say about this movie when I can think of a movie that was cheaper to make was made better? Overall, a waste of time and money. If you want good ultra low budget films stick to something like El Mariachi or Nolan's Following. 1/10.