Not scary, but interesting

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 2000)

To get into this film, it's better that you understand what the filmmakers were aiming for. Fortunately, there's no one ramming down my throat hyping the movie. I've checked the Blair Witch website a little. It sure has lots of amazing details.
Anyway, onto the film itself. The first half hour of the movie is disorienting what with the shaky handheld cam shots. But this first half hour is essential to know the Blair Witch myth (wish I listened hard, heheh). Then the next hour is where the transformation of the kids from happy, to whining annoyance uttering the F word plenty of times, and ultimately fear.
I never got scared or made me think hard such as to lose sleep. What it is, is simply an interesting way of making a movie. That's it. The actors don't have much of a script to work with and so most of the scenes are ad libbed. And the story is constructed as a documentary. At the end, you feel that you want to know more, but since it's a "unfinished documentary" the end is naturally abrupt. This is one story best viewed on a TV screen IMO.
The verdict: 3 of 5 stars.