In October of 1999, 43 people that I knew all moaned and groaned about how bad this movie was, one year later, I slapped them all in the face.

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2002)

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS THROUGHOUT* This movie was good. Despite what many people think, I liked it. This is one of those movies that you either love or hate. I am one of the people who loves it. When I first saw this movie, I actually thought that this whole thing was real. And I believed this for quite some time (almost a year), until I saw something at the end of the movie that said that it was all fiction and after I saw the sequel, BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2, I was positive that this was all fake. But there still are some people that believe this is real. The entire film is shot on a home video camcorder that is to document the final days of a three-person documentary film crew, going into the Black Hills Forest of Maryland to make a movie about the legendary Blair Witch. The creators of this film were very smart. They thought their plan out very well. Although many residents of the town itself were very angry with this, I find that it is great that they could create such a phenomenon with such a simple project idea. But that might be just because I myself don't actually live in Burkittsville (but that is what I said for my location anyhow). I am happy that Marilyn Manson and Korn finally did a song about the Blair Witch. Maybe it will be in the third film. The end credits even made it look like this was real. If you are a fan of movies where you never really see the evil that lurks in the ominous shadows of the movie, then this one is for you. But you are just a person who is thinking of seeing this because it sounds different, then stay away. You be just another person who will moan and groan about how bad it was and then I will just have to slap you in the face, too....5/5.