The only shocking thing is the public buying this.

Rating: 3/10 (2 August 1999)

I have to say that the Blair Witch Project was one of the most disappointing film experiences I have had in a long while, and with some of the tripe that has been around of late that is saying something
I found it dull, pretentious, and not particularly original. No, I am not jaded by an over abundance of F/X dominated eye candy. I have been hoping for horror films that relies more on the imagination then gore & computer graphics.
This however is not it, I found it a chore to make my way though the thing. There was not a single frightening moment in the whole thing.
I guess this might be impressive to people who have never gone deeper into the wild wood then a slightly ill kept city park.
My guess is that the conspiracy among critics wherein films are cut to bits as a way of teaching the company, or director or an actor in question a lesson. I think this may have been the reverse, because it was made for a song
the critics have decided to prase it to the hilt. It amazes me that the public is falling for this! I guess the American public is not as jaded as I thought. In the end, as someone who works in both education and media if these had been my students and they had made it out of those woods and I got a look at their unfocused effort with an audio track filled with the chant of ****
**** **** as this one was I would given them a solid F-.
I nearly laughed out loud at the ending.