The performances in the film are also very solid as none of the characters are annoying or abrasive and there is a fair amount of humor in the film that endears the viewer to them. The pacing and direction is phenomenal, as the film is never dull and succeeds at creating a massive amount of dread with the use of creepy sounds, haunting visuals, and excellent set design. Although the shaky cam can be slightly annoying, the use of newer head mounted cameras and even a drone cam add to the film by showing just how far technology has come since 1999. However, where this film shines is in its swift pacing and stellar camera work. Only once or twice in this film does this old trick feel justified but every other time feels forced and lazy. Speaking of the original it did not need to depend on cheap jump-scares which this film, unfortunately, has in spades.

Without delving into spoilers the film reuses several plot elements from the first film and throughout two-thirds of its runtime, fails at feeling like its own unique creation and more of a rehashing of the original. With a solid premise like that, an extremely talented director at the helm and a new set of tools at its disposal this film had every chance to be amazing, and while I donвЂ™t think it succeeds at usurping the originalвЂ™s spot, it does succeed as being extremely entertaining. With his friends in tow, they soon discover that the legends surrounding this forest just might have some validity to them. The film focuses on James Donahue, the brother of the first filmвЂ™s protagonist Heather and his goal to head to the infamous Black Hills woods in which his sister disappeared in over two decades prior. Even more exciting than that, Adam Wingard the director of вЂњYouвЂ™re NextвЂќ and вЂњThe GuestвЂќ was slated to direct this new installment.

Those rumors finally took shape in this yearвЂ™s вЂњ Blair WitchвЂќ which was originally billed with the incredibly generic title of вЂњThe WoodsвЂќ was revealed to actually be the third installment of the Blair Witch franchise. Through its intentionally amateur camerawork combined with an ingenious use of viral marketing, and its effective atmosphere through minimalist scares, it has earned its spot in the annals of Horror Cinema.Д«ecause of this small independently funded film that showed that you donвЂ™t need million of dollars to make a horror film, weвЂ™ve been lucky to get films like вЂњParanormal ActivityвЂќ and вЂњV/H/S.вЂќ Even since the widely panned sequel вЂњBook of Shadows,вЂќ the franchise laid dormant for all the 2000вЂ™s and most of 2010вЂ™s until Lionsgate acquired the rights to franchise and rumors of a third film began to resurface. No matter what your opinion of the вЂњThe Blair Witch ProjectвЂќ of 1999, itвЂ™s fair to say that it is an extremely influential film.

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