One of the scariest films I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 1999)

What constitutes horror? Many people say it's blood and guts (Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and so on). Others say it's movies that mess with your mind (The Shining,), and others will say it's how much a movie startles you and makes you jump to the ceiling (can't think of one off hand).
But real horror, is the type we cannot see. It's the type that we leave to our imagination because we know that there could be any number of possibilites, and some of those can be so horrific, it gives you chills just thinking about it. As is the case with The Blair Witch Project. I saw the film in a packed movie theater and I've never seen a film captivate a group of people this big the way it did. I'm talking about that everyone in the place was dead freakin' silent. My heart was up into my throat by the time the movie ended. I didn't jump, I didn't get grossed out, I just thought about the movie for hours after seeing it, and didn't sleep well at all that night. Any horror movie that scares the living daylights out of me the way The Blair Witch Project did, is an absolute 10 in my book. It's like not wanting to ride the rollercoaster, and then riding it and then saying you want to go on again.
Take dramamime before seeing it, or if not, just look away from the screen every so often because the herky-jerky home video style filming will make you a bit queasy. This movie deserves several mentions at the Academy Awards. If not, then chalk up another injustice in the film industry. If you happen to wait for home video to watch this, turn the lights off, and watch it by yourself. The full effect of this masterpiece will be felt all the more.