I was so scared & disturbed it had me in tears...

Rating: 9/10 (25 August 2002)

Three young people enter the woods to film a documentary on the myth of The Blair Witch. Does the myth have some truth in it, or is it just a scary story passed down over the years. Heather, Mike & Josh intend to find out. A year after their travel their footage was found, and the movie is their footage put together.
'The Blair Witch Project' is a creepy psychological horror film. Stepping away from hack 'em up slasher movies, Blair Witch is more of a 'what was that noise?!' kind of film. Your imagination plays host a lot of the time. The more wild your imagination runs the more scared you get.
And certainly it's not a 'jump out of your seat' scary film, its more of a 'jump out of your mind' film. During the film there were two scenes that were extremely creepy, but the ending is the best part (or worst depending on how you look at it!). Coming up to the end I was rather disturbed, but the final scenes tipped me over the edge. The final scene had me in tears I was so scared and disturbed, I was almost shaking.
And through all the scares it actually contains quite a bit of humour. I was impressed with the three leads, all conveying a sense of terror in their own way. Heather is a really nice character, I would have like to have seen more of her. The interviews with the locals at the beginning were also very interesting and well done.
A lot of horror films have made me scared or jump out of my seat, but none have ever made me so frightened I started to cry...
9/10