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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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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."
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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."
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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!"
DustinPutman.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
A-
"Perfectly tapped into the pre-millennial, late-Clinton-era zeitgeist."
Cinepinion
Henry Stewart
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
8/10
"The Blair Witch Project se veut une %u0153uvre marquante de par son ambiance funèbre et stressante exponentiellement recréée."
Panorama
Jean-François Vandeuren
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
3.5/4
"The three actors manage not only to capture some beautiful footage but also to spout believable and consistent dialog without digressing into the standard
Scream
pop culture references."
Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
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
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."
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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!"
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
4.5/5
"Horror films this good, this different, are few and far between."
Mike Bracken's Horror Films
Mike Bracken
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."
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Susan Granger
3.5/4
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Oscar Guy
Wesley Lovell
8/10
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Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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