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Movie Overview
Cast
• Heather Donahue
• Joshua Leonard
• Michael Williams
Director
• Daniel Myrick
• Eduardo Sanchez
MPAA Rating
R
The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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OFCS Rating: 85% Fresh
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4/5
"Algunos afirman que es lo más terrorífico que han visto..."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"The Blair Witch Project taps into primitive beliefs about the supenatural in a way not tried before by traditional filmmakers."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

7/10
"I give first time directors Daniel Myrick and Edward Sanchez a ton of credit and respect for this creepy feature."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Brian Orndorf

D+
"An innovative concept and well-improvised dialogue is no substitute for coherent narrative vision."  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

3.5/5
"For the horror buff or indie film fan, this is a great example of something, well, off the beaten path."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

84/100
"Despite the purposeful crudity of the cinema verité style, the film contains some strikingly memorable shots."  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

3.5/4
"The film is a redefining moment in the horror genre, the first since The Exorcist that has generated enough courage to challenge what we regard as terrifying."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

2/4
"An innovative idea marred by poor execution."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  David N. Butterworth

B-
"I did feel like I was suffering from motion-sickness when I left the theater."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

4/4
"No film in recent memory has shocked me, petrified me, unsettled my spirits, and left me so enthusiastic afterwards!"  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

3.5/4
"Little is answered and righly so--Myrick and Sanchez understand that myth, by nature, strives on that which is unknown."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

3/4
"This may not be a masterpiece, but it's a refreshing digression from the pretension that indie filmmaking tends to represent and from the horror movie clichés that make this movie's companions so dull."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

"Adds a few fresh twists to a genre that has too long relied only on special effects gimmickry."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"Sanchez and Myrick deserve credit not only for attempting something different, but for succeeding so brilliantly at it!"  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

4/4
"one of the most uniquely frightening, buzz-worthy features to come out in years"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4.5/5
"The Blair Witch Project has earned its pop-icon status."  Netflix  James Rocchi

3.5/4
"The most frightening film to come along since The Exorcist."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

"Imaginative, remarkable."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

4/10
"I thought it was an original idea with an extremely authentic look and acting from its main characters, but God help if I didn't really find it all that interesting, scary or even entertaining."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

6/10
"I can readily understand why some people, more willing than I to suspend their disbelief, would be frightened out of their wits by the goings on."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

10/10
"It will likely be the scariest movie that will ever be made. At least in my lifetime. And I’m relatively young."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

3.5/4
"Es un aviso para los grandes estudios de que lo que importa no es el dinero, sino el talento que haya detrás de una buena historia…"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

5/5
"The Blair witch cast a spell on the audience and we loved every minute of it."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

2.5/4
"The Blair Witch Project remains a welcome change from studio blockbusters, as it's more preoccupied with human behavior than with special effects."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

A-
"I'm creeping myself out just writing this!"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

4/4
"Gorehounds and smirking fans of the nudge-nudge, wink-wink school of self-referential horror may be disappointed, but that's their loss."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

high +2 out of -4..+4
"This is a film that will tap into some very basic fears."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3.5/4
"It really is the scariest movie in quite a long time."  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

9/10
"I'm still shivering."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"A diverting work of great ingenuity and invention!"  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

10/10
"Because of its originality, its innovation, and its sheer feeling of authenticity, The Blair Witch Project is the scariest movie I have ever seen."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

C
"More conceptual art and marketing phenomenon than movie."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/5
"Em vez de buscar o susto fácil, 'A Bruxa de Blair' investe na criação e manutenção de um constante clima de tensão."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

2/5
"The lofty talk in the press of its being a new horror masterpiece is nonsense."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

8/10
"The Blair Witch Project is a throwback to the ancient pastime of listening to ghost stories told around a campfire."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

4.5/5
"Don't believe the backlash. This is one dark and disturbing horror flick."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

"In it’s own modest, seemingly artless way, "The Blair Witch Project" is the most genuinely scary movie to creep across screens in years."  Seattle Weekly  Sean Axmaker

7/10
"This creepy, clever, edge-of-your-seat thriller succeeds because it plays on your imagination, your fear of the dark and the unknown and the unseen, as opposed to showing graphic displays of violence and brutality."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger

3.5/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

3.5/4
Read review  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

8/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Jonathan F. Richards
OFCS Rating: 85% Fresh
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