Not bad...

Rating: Null/10 (7 March 2000)

Can't say I didn't enjoy it but I don't consider it on par with the Exorcist, much less scarier. Best part was the documentary style, it completely reinvented lots of horror standards: the woods; random, distant sounds in the dark; hearing voices; the spooky house; the unseen antagonist. These have been used to the point of cliche but, alter the style, they have substance again! Kudos to the cast and crew for that. The marketing of this film was slick, especially the borderline War-of-the Worlds style implication that this was a true story. As for the hype, it's unfortunate but you do what ya gotta do to break through the monopoly of big-budget pictures. In that respect Blair Witch was a guerilla triumph.