Who needs SFX and big budgets?

Rating: Null/10 (10 October 2003)

BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, THE (1999) **1/2 (D: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez) - Made cheaply for around $60,000, this succeeds as a novelty using a camcorder and a noble return to "suggestive old time horror". Proves you don't necessarily need a large budget and special effects to make an effective little horror flick. Tries to scare its audience rather than dazzle them, and pretty much accomplishes that.