Truly frightening

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2001)

I can see why so many people didn't like this movie and it was very interesting to hear other peoples comments as I left the Theatre. It seemed to me that it was mainly the younger audience did not get the movie or the concept behind it.
I was truly frightened by this movie and I think this has a lot to do with my age. I was raised on a diet of old black and white Dracula movies and me and my sister used to sit up every Friday night, pillows ready to hide our faces, being scared stupid by these movies. Looking back at these movies now they are not vary scary but they are not graphic either. You only ever got to see some vague shadows and very little else. Every thing else was in you imagination.
The Blair Witch Project has tapped into this fear very effectively. By not showing what is stalking our hapless adventures the directors are letting our imaginations run riot as to who or what is following them.
I think younger viewers of this movie has been brought up watching films where every thing was shown and nothing was left up to the imagination. They wanted to be shown everything and were disappointed when they weren't.
This movie is unique and could not be made in the same style again until this movie is a distant memory.
If you like to let you imagination take over from the movie makers this movie is for you. If you have no imagination and have to have everything served up to you on a platter, don't bother. For me this is a 10/10