Three students disappear in the woods making a documentary about a witch in

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 1999)

In 1994, students Heather, Josh and Mike disappeared without trace in the remote Maryland woodlands while making a documentary about the Blair Witch; a local legend. A year later their film and sound recording gear is finally found and their raw colour and black and white film footage is pieced together revealing their horrific experience.
Blair Witch is an extremely clever movie in that it has a simple story line and execution.
What makes this an unsettling and terrifyingly real horror movie so authentic is that the film was shot ... by the actors ... using handheld cameras, video and DAT sound recording gear.
The film has a very raw, live action, impromptu doco feel.

Noticeably, is the absence of the third person narrator - in this case the film crew, incidental music, fancy camera angles and special effects.

One warning: if you suffer from motion sickness, this movie can make you feel extremely nauseaous - due to jerky, the on-the-run film footage.
The mysterious stick figures in the woods; the disturbing appearance of the piles of rocks; the late night woods sounds and noises of distress; and the plunging headling into chilling pitch black pursuing the pitiful Josh, build to the final abandoned house scene - combining the three legends - the Blair Witch; the Coffin Rock murders and the grizzly basement murders.
4/5