Hype

Rating: Null/10 (29 October 1999)

OK, I've finally seen it! My conclusion: the whole Blair Witch thing is one big hype. It's an entertaining, very low budget movie, something like "The Scariest Home Video's". In fact, I found the first part a bit boring; it started to get more interesting when they got lost in the woods. That's all! On the other hand: I still like the idea very much that a bunch of kids with a video camera made the most profitable movie ever ( "El Mariachi" was in fact the same thing a few years ago). It's also very refreshing that they managed to make a very old fashioned "horror" movie, purely based on suggestion, with no expensive digital special effects at all. Hollywood, eat your heart out! Finally: there's a much better Belgian "mocumentary" about a serial killer titled " C'est Arrive Pres De Chez Vous/ Man Bites Dog". Go check that one out. I'm pretty sure the makers of the Blair witch Project were inspired by it!