Whatever’s out there, it better just take you now.īy the end of this film, a lot was left to my imagination.
You’re starving because you’re out of food, you’re out of breath because you keep trying to get out and you’re out of hope because it looks like this is the end. You can still hear the noises every night. Naturally, you try to find a way out, but after so many days, you keep ending up in the same area you were before, stuck in this God-forsaken place. What you do know, at least, is that you’re not welcome here. They weren’t there before, right? You don’t know where the fuck these things came from. Once morning comes, you discover ritualistic and cult-like objects everywhere - bundles of sticks, piles of rocks, teeth, blood and body parts are right outside your tent. Should you close your eyes? Should you sleep? They’re close by. Nothing’s happened yet, but these sounds have been going on all night. Would it be a good idea to look for where those noises are coming from? It’s dark, and you can barely see a thing. At night, you hear sporadic noises - footsteps, clanging, laughing, something indescribable. To summarize “The Blair Witch Project,” imagine you’re camping in an isolated forest. Of course, expectations don’t always come true. “Paranormal Activity” wasn’t believable to me, so I wasn’t expecting much from this film. Just to be clear, I’m often a skeptic when it comes to horror documentaries that try to portray the events in them as real. “Is there going to be a minimalistic approach to special effects?”
CLOSE MY EYES FILM MOVIE
I was massively on-edge by the time I decided to start my adventure with this so-called Blair Witch.Īnyway, the movie began, and it turned out to be part of the documentary horror genre, similar to “Paranormal Activity.” Honestly, it didn’t help that I had been sleep deprived for the past few days as well - or maybe it did. Once I could achieve the right ambience (in a dark room alone at night with my headphones at max volume), I decided to start up the film. Besides, fear stems from a lack of knowledge and understanding, so watching something I know nothing about seemed like a good idea if I really wanted to be scared witless. I probably should have looked into why it was such a hyped-up movie, but I wanted to experience it for myself. I’d only heard of this film one or two times my entire life, and I had no idea what its plot entailed. So when I was considering what type of horror movie to watch as a way to kick off October and all the Halloween that comes with it, I wanted to go with something a little more classic and came across the Blair Witch Project. Most of us tend to find the mystery to be so much more powerful than the revelation. I believe true fear comes from the unknown being in danger, but not knowing what that danger is. I guess you could say I prefer something more subtle. Rather, I suppose you could say it’s more of a gross-out factor for me.Īnd while I’m criticizing all of these film tropes, that doesn’t mean I don’t find any of them terrifying. But it’s not so much that I’m afraid of these things. Jump scares and loud noises accompanied by gallons of blood and gore are mentally-scarring for me, if anything.