Psychedelic terror, worse than I thought

Rating: Null/10 (13 June 2000)

I heard from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. A cheap movie, just made by unprofessionals with normal equipment, nothing special. So I thought, rubbish, internet hype. Nothing at all.....
First of all, the way, how the movie is presented makes a great amount of possible identification. It packs the movie into a box with a realistic flair, it could also be a report or a "real" story. You feel, this could be real. But the real nightmare is the imagination of being alone in a dark wood. The producers play with THE basic human fear, the imagination of being alone in the darkness, intercepted by something very hazardous, turning every view backwards into a horror trip. Daylight is just a divine gift and darkness is the feared terror. The time, the sky begins to turn darker and darker boosts the terror for the viewer with every night scene. The first is rather harmless, the next one brings the horror noises in the distance and the next time it increases, until the two can listen to the (real?) screams of their lost companion. Which terror is greater than the imagination of being alone in a dark wood and hearing a friend crying in pain and dispair? The best fact is: you NEVER see the evil itself. That is the point and the evil essence of the movie, you never see the evil "thing". You just imagine, what it could be.
The scene in the house, in the middle of the wood, perfectizes the horror feeling. Though terrified by the noises and the screams, the two persons rush into the scary house, go upstairs, although the evil witch could be around the next corner. But then the basement and the last scene: - END.
Phew, this one shocked, really. Less can be more and BWP is the best proof for this fact. Never have I saw a more terrifying movie, it is the perfect deep mind psychedelic terror experience. No brutality, no blood, no zombies, just the pure fear. Great.
Don't be afraid - be terrified.