Why? Why?! Why do you remake a movie when there is absolutely no reason to remake the movie?
Blair Witch (2016) is as unimaginative as its title. When the original "Blair Witch" was released (way back in 1999) those involved had done a remarkable job at reeling in all the fish they hooked from a cleverly done marketing job, selling the public all sorts of different accounts of a legend, i.e. the Blair Witch. They had their own web site chock full of different "eye-witness" accounts, histories, victims--you name it; it was there. However, a real funny thing happened only weeks before the movie premiered. The public was let in on one big secret: the Blair Witch NEVER existed. It had all been a hoax.
So, in 2016, you get a production company trying to continue to sell a lie by having a story line that the brother of one of the first "victims" (Heather) found a video suggesting his sister may still be alive? Really? Really! After 17 years, she's survived on what? She bathed in the creek, I suppose, and became one with nature. Geez Louise.
There was NOTHING new about this movie. Everyone was STILL completely bug-nutz about stick figures, everyone wore a sign reading "KILL ME NEXT," and given all the goings-on from the first venture, nobody thinks to bring a gun. The pretentiousness of the people involved in this big old turd is just mind boggling.
The movie is rated "R" for those terrifying stick figures, language, and (mostly) off-screen violence. The only reason I did not give the movie a "1" was the production values were decent.
Blair Witch (2016) is as unimaginative as its title. When the original "Blair Witch" was released (way back in 1999) those involved had done a remarkable job at reeling in all the fish they hooked from a cleverly done marketing job, selling the public all sorts of different accounts of a legend, i.e. the Blair Witch. They had their own web site chock full of different "eye-witness" accounts, histories, victims--you name it; it was there. However, a real funny thing happened only weeks before the movie premiered. The public was let in on one big secret: the Blair Witch NEVER existed. It had all been a hoax.
So, in 2016, you get a production company trying to continue to sell a lie by having a story line that the brother of one of the first "victims" (Heather) found a video suggesting his sister may still be alive? Really? Really! After 17 years, she's survived on what? She bathed in the creek, I suppose, and became one with nature. Geez Louise.
There was NOTHING new about this movie. Everyone was STILL completely bug-nutz about stick figures, everyone wore a sign reading "KILL ME NEXT," and given all the goings-on from the first venture, nobody thinks to bring a gun. The pretentiousness of the people involved in this big old turd is just mind boggling.
The movie is rated "R" for those terrifying stick figures, language, and (mostly) off-screen violence. The only reason I did not give the movie a "1" was the production values were decent.