The Most Frightening (and Smartest) Movie Ever

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 1999)

The Blair Witch Project is easily the most frightening film that I have ever seen. It taps into a common sense of fear in the audience: the fear of unexpected noises in the night, as well as the source of those noises, when there is no hope of rescue. There are some who say that this movie was not at all scary. These people were obviously raised by the television in such a way that they have no imagination and no tolerance for intriguing dialogue. And that really is the key to enjoying this movie: Every word that is said is a key to understanding the situation in the film, the mythology of the Blair Witch, and why the three filmmakers choose to record their situation on tape, rather than experiencing it with their own eyes.

The Blair Witch Project is an achievement for daringly creative, low-budget filmmaking. Definitely worth all of the nightmares that it will undoubtedly cause.