Sunday, 15 June 2014

If you go down to the woods today

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez this film stars Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard. Three young film makers head into the woods to investigate the legend of a local witch.

This low budget, independent film kick started the found footage genre and made a massive return on investment for it's makers. The plot is nothing really unusual but presenting as found footage is refreshing and has a certain level of charm as it captures the experience of young people messing about in the woods well. What the film does best is embrace it's limitations and show as little as possible to allow the viewers imagination to run wild and fill in the off screen threats.


4/5

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