I luckily did get to experience it in the theatre and saw all the SciFi channel docs beforehand. It had me going for a bit. Til i realized before going to see it that there is no way in hell that the families of the dead kids would allow their children's last moments to be used in such a way. But it was still creepy and effective. One time only really tho.
Hey man I checked out some of your content! I suppose you mainly do a lot of where this pop/rap artist got their sample but have you thought about doing the industrial scene?
Let me just say... Living in the middle of the woods of nowhere Michigan, being 13 and believing every thing the movie and mockumentaries said, this was something truly special and terrifying back in 1999
I grew up near Burkittsville, and when this came out, I called my sister and asked her if she remembered this legend. We were stumped. Really believable mythos, even for us folks who lived near the area.
I loved this film as a kid. It genuinely scared the crap out of me because everyone i knew thought it was real, including me. I also didn't mind that the film never showed the creature. That made it scarier. The final scene was one of the most disturbing things i've ever seen. I'll never forget seeing one of the people just standing there in the corner.
I have to do that often, many of my friends just can't take any horror movie seriously and question why I watch them.. Luckily my girlfriend likes horrors more than my friends do so I watch them with her, still though... She doesn't ALWAYS get why I find certain movies so good. And she doesn't appreciate dated special effects like I do, I love and appreciate films as old as films get, I don't care if it's in black and white, silent, color, a different language, uses stop motion, uses real animals and stuff with a green screen, rubber suits, puppets, CGI.. I really don't give a crap, they're all equally entertaining to me (although I do feel that CGI is definitely the least interesting) , where as she will watch black and white movies, won't watch any silent movies, likes some stop motion like Ray Harryhausen stuff but thinks classics like King Kong 1933 looks like shit! 😡 And overall she just prefers it when everything uses CGI over any practical effects, and it's hard for her to ever get into the atmosphere of a horror movie without stupid f*cking jump scares.. 🤦♂️.... But still, she watches most movies I want to watch with her and likes most of them, I love her to bits and wouldn't want to watch these films with anyone else over her.... Even if she doesn't appreciate the art of film, film making and special effects quite like I do.. And my favourite movie of all time, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974, she does like the film as has watched it multiple times with me, but she still doesn't quite get why I find it so unsettling and amazing, like the scene when the girl is in the room full of bone furniture and stuff, I'm like "wow, the camera angles, the sound effects, the constant creepy noises repeated like the sound of the chicken and stuff.. It builds so much atmosphere, like it's tormenting you, and not to mention that many of these props were made using real bones! How this film is shot really feels real!" and she's just like "ooohhhh it's a spooky chicken in a cage.. scary.." 🤦♂️.. But oh well! What am I gonna do haha. :)
@@cookiesontoast9981 Your girlfriend sounds like one of my exes, who would ask me why I have such an expensive home theater and audio equipment to watch movies/listen to music, when you could do the same in a cheap small TV. I gave up trying to explain these things to her very quickly, as it's a difference in values, mostly. She just didn't see any real value in art.
"How many Heathers does it take to change a lightbulb?" "JOSHUA!" Terrible joke from Blair Witch 2 book of shadows. I remember the first time I watched this in theaters. I loved it. Eduardo Sanchez went on to write and produce the awesome Sasquatch flick EXISTS.
Just wanted you to know that you inspired me and my girlfriend to watch this movie last night. It’s been a few years. Anyway, I’ve always sung this movies praises. It’s one of those rare horror movies where I genuinely feel bad for what’s happening to the characters. It’s also kinda amazing that there really isn’t anything in it that announces itself as being “theatrical” I’ve never understood the “nothing happens” argument. To me, this movie did an excellent job of showing the psychological effects of going through a situation like that. Just watching these three people slowly unravel under the stress was incredibly creepy and heartbreaking. And of course the fact that’s there’s so much lore built in is incredibly impressive. They made like FIVE movies worth of fake backstory for their movie and all of it really adds to the experience of watching it. I spent about an hour just reading all the extra lore to my girlfriend. We had just as much fun discussing that as we did watching the movie. So yeah, for many many reasons this will always be one of my favorite psychological suspense flicks. All of it feels incredibly authentic, I genuinely felt great sympathy for the characters and the whole movie just leaves you with this hopeless and cold feeling after it’s done. It’s a misunderstood and criminally under appreciated masterpiece.
The part I love most in this movie is when they find a cigarette at the bottom of their bag and they all sit around smoking it trying to get their spirit up after days in the woods. They say something like “we got smokes so we’re still alive”
DIscovered ya by accident a few weeks ago and I am glad that I did! This might be my new favorite review yet. Your thoughts and insights validate my feelings about this movie. Blair Witch 2 is also a guilty pleasure of mine. It somehow makes sense but it doesn't. Plus, standing in the corner in the dark after we saw this in theaters was our new *the game* game. Much love and keep up the great work!
This is one of the greatest horror movies of all times. It is underrated because the gimmick, it is misunderstood because the found footage style and the raw nature of its production values and acting. IT IS A MASTERPIECE, but not many realise it... for now!
I realised it mate,I was at the age when this come out and got drawn in by everything that made it look like a real found footage film.I saw things that weren’t even there in the woods which to may says it’s an absolute masterpiece like u say.👍
@Joshua you are entitled to your opinion. Regardless The Blair Witch Project revolutionary contribution to the horror genre still can be felt today. You can criticize the plot for its simplicity, but it just shows how shallow was your interpretation of it. The tension and how it was built is something that few movies could evoke. But of course, TBWP is a divisive movie, there are people how love it and people who are wrong about it. I love the guerrila style filming, I love the tension, The visuals and the sense of danger the forest immersed us in. The act was on point and natural as it should be. The conflict never felt forced and it compounded to the stress of their situation. The way we never saw the witch, we don’t even know who is the antagonist and this again compound to the stress and fear. But then again, you can have your opinion , but it is just as worth to me as nothing. And certainly the same applies to you and how you feel about my opinion, that being said your childish behavior just didn’t contribute to accomplish anything, so your last answer at least brought your pov and while I disagree with you, it is better than single sucks .
I saw this movie in 1999 when I was a junior in highschool, and I seriously dug it. It didn’t scare me per se, but I loved the originality and was at the edge of my seat. I have both movies, the dossier, a Blair Witch hat and T-shirt, and the CD-ROM games as far as merchandise goes.
I saw it upon its initial release and wasn’t a fan to be honest and like it even less now but I still respect it. Its marketing was genius too.Dope video Doc!
It's my favorite movie. To this day, no movie managed to create such a strong emotions in me as the blair witch project. I love, the atmosphere, mix of realism and paranormal horror, the acting, the mithos. The only downside to this movie compared to some other movies is that it isn't very rewatchable.
I saw it at the theater when it came out. It was hands down the most mesmerizing movie experience I ever had. I thought it was absolutely brilliant and allowed your mind to create the horror which is infinitely scarier than and monster flick. Seeing the witch or monster would ruin it. I never understood how people couldn’t love this movie.
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I feel like this is one of those movies you had to see amidst the hype and atmosphere of the environment of its initial release in order to "get it." Yeah, there's not much to it, but seeing it back then was an experience.
This movie is one of those things that you had to be there to witness in order to appreciate it. People who watch it now are burnt out on rec, cloverfield, chronicle, paranormal activity, etc. You just missed it.
This movie came out the same year I had my open heart surgery. I was 5, but my dad watched this movie with me when I was about seven or eight and I actually enjoyed it because of it's real and authentic feel. It scared the hell out of me as well as I believed in the paranormal and still do now. I just wish I could see it unspoiled for the first time now that I'm 25 and can understand what was happening a bit better. Awesome review Doc.
I actully saw this in theaters with my mom i closed my eyes alot during this movie its still one my favorites i really thought back then this was real my mom her friend and me went to the website and everything we really believe this. This movie its still one of the best in found footage.
Blair Witch Project is like the original Halloween. When it first came out it scared the living fuck out of audiences. As time has went on with , tech and de-sensitizing, the film's aren't scary to modern audiences. But both can be enjoyed and given props where props are due.
Doc, you've out done yourself this time. Loved the review and I also do really like The Blair Which Project. It was one of the first horror movies I seen as a kid. It was pretty fucking scary.
I saw this one time back in 2000 and it was effective but figured it was along the same lines as The Sixth Sense and if you watched once then that's all you'll really need to see of it.
Many people who don't like this movie just want conventional horror movies, which are not horror at all. They've just been trained to salivate whenever they see/hear a jumpscare or the monster shows up onscreen, and are so devoid of intelligence, creativity and ability to think for themselves that they hate movies who leave stuff to their imagination... because they have none.
I don't care what anyone says about this movie, that scene with the kid giggling sounds outside their tent at night sent serious chills up and down my spine!
For real, I was on the edge of my seat the first time I saw that scene. Scared the actors as well, they weren’t made aware that this would happen so their reactions were real
For some reason I find The Blair Witch Project to be the scariest movie I have ever seen. Not my favourite horror movie, but the scariest because the fear is of the unknown, and I enjoy it a lot, found-footage can be good when it's done well.
Awesome Doc thanks for this great video .I know it took you a long time but in the end it was worth the wait for us all. Thanks for all the little extra details i didnt know. I remembered all the internet marketing and the documentries , I did see it in the theater as well that was quite a experience. I never really cared or liked Blair Witch that much so I never did much research. Thanks to your review it has made me think about the movie in a different light. A little side note .We all know your true feelings about GHoulash now. You truly love the weirdo. Why else would you freak out when you thought he was a goner? Also great to see him get the last laugh for a change. So Cheers Ghoulash good sir🍾🍷👍
Subbing to Doctor Wolfula and going through back catalogue has been better than anything binged on Netflix. Also always take him as being clean and friendly (Idk why either) so the fuck tornadoes tickle me the right way ❤️
I grew up in vt mountains and this movie scared the shit out of me as a kid . I've even found old stone cellars and stick figures. And abandoned grave yards. Awsome review wolfula 🤘👹🤘
As always, a nuanced, intelligent, hilarious and insightful review with intentionally schlocky bits. Dr. you are the most entertaining film (regardless of genre) reviewer I have ever watched.
saw it in the theatre back in 99 . The trick hadn’t been exposed yet. I thought the tension was huge. Some parts were genuinely very scary. Its not a movie I own nor have I watched it since, but it I liked it for its originality and hype at the time.
Holy Reicarnation Doctor Wolfula! At 12:40 all the black coarse hairs on my arm stood up! That girl looks just like the actress from the movie, Heather Whatsherface! Yes I know I'm yelling!
Saw it in the theaters. Knew it wasn't real when I saw it because this shit doesn't exist but that didn't stop me from recognizing a very well made film. Still holds up to this day.
It's one of the best horror movies ever honestly. The horror is in the lore and what the viewer thought, not what they saw. The line "I'm scared to close my eyes, and I'm scared to open them" to me is the best line in horror movie history. That's a level of fear that, unless you've experienced it, you'll never know how horrible that is.
Blair witch project is without a doubt one of the greatest horror films of all time. it shows how to blend perfectly the idea of realism and horror, you're not sure what is real and what isn't. Despite it creating the subgenre of found-footage in the modern era of horror, the one thing that it did that every other horror film and found footage styles fails at is it doesn't look clean at all it literally looks like it was made with handheld cameras because it was. There's no movie magic or Hollywood makeup or anything. Anyone who wants to become an indie filmmaker or actor should watch this film!
i remember when this came to theaters...there was definitely an audible groan/sigh when the credits started rollin. the ARG part of the movie was alot of fun though
I had an aunt who looked and sounded exactly like Mary Brown. She's dead now, but she was bat shit crazy. When I saw The Blair Witch Project for the first time I damn near fell out of my chair during Mary's interview. It freaked me out.
Still works for me. Watched it for the first time last year and loved it. Always heard about it of course and my parents talked about it being one of those movies based on a true story but I really didn't know anything going into it and it worked for me 100%. Definitely important and definitely a classic.
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and I remember when it ended everyone looked at each other like "that's it?" and some guy shouted"give us our money back" lol
I personally haven't come across many people who outright hate this film, but either way, it's always super to see another acknowledgement of this film's excellence as a horror piece.
The director of cannibal holocaust made the actors sign a contract to stay out of the public eye for a while and because the content of the movie look too realistic, rumours started that the cast supposedly died in the movie and therefore the director was sent to court on allegations of making a snuff movie, he had to break the contract with the actors to appear in court to prove otherwise and explain how certain effects were done in order for the charges to be dropped. Thats what happens when a marketing gimmick gone wrong, whereas with this movie it worked well.
Just watched the BWP a year ago in a theater with a full house. Oddly, the movie seems to fly by now. It's only 86 minutes or so and if you're focused, you really feel the dread of the actors as they get sucked further and further into the abyss of the story. It really does hold up quite well, as this excellent review points out.
This movie is fucking great. I didn't realize so many people liked to shit on it. Even knowing the whole story is fake doesn't really detract from how well-made it was. The atmosphere of the movie is incredible. The creepy items in the woods are used perfectly, from random sticks and rocks they stumble across to slowly becoming sinisterly-placed objects they can't escape from. The build-up is really solid and well-paced. The "final day" before the climax of the film, you can literally feel their hopelessness and desperation through the screen, which is a testament to both the actors and the screenwriter. And then the climax itself is very well done. It's dark, mysterious, and perhaps the best use of the found-footage technique in the entire film. And I LOVE the fact that it never shows the Blair Witch onscreen. Leaving it to the imagination worked to perfection for that particular story in that particular genre. And the ending with the guy standing in the corner, with nothing to follow but screaming in the background and the camera hitting the floor....fucking chefs kiss. That movie was awesome. For me it's a top 10 of the horror genre.
If you were to ask me, the only time we ever got as CLOSE to the “realistic shock” that Blair Witch had back in the day is the Marble Hornets online series of videos. Admittedly it IS using an already established lore of Slenderman but they take liberties with it to make it MORE scarier than the original source. While I do enjoy the TRUE Blair Witch followup up a few years ago, they REALLY should’ve taken notes from that webseries since that’s as close to a TRUE Blair Witch Project successor as you’ll ever get.
I like it for being a modern ghost story that was assembled (obviously convincingly well) where a ghost story did not actually exist before, and had new aspects to it while also carrying ghost story traditions. Does it completely make sense? No. Then again, how many old folklore ghost stories, or even urban legends completely make sense? From what I gather, Burkittsville does have ghost stories (due to Civil War conflict in the area), but nothing about a witch. Wooded areas there are, apparently, not even deep or dense enough to lose sight of a road before you would emerge into a clear area again on any side. Being an extremely small, obscure town, the filmmakers pretty much had carte blanche to embellish it with a Seneca State Park scale wooded area, and whatever history.
When I looked this up yrs ago and saw heather was in the cast as her real name I was convinced but then saw her in a brief scene of boys and girls and was like these people !
I used the promo code. My server high-fived me and then called the cops.
The Blair Witch Project is a fairly creepy movie if you watch it with the right attitude.
I luckily did get to experience it in the theatre and saw all the SciFi channel docs beforehand. It had me going for a bit. Til i realized before going to see it that there is no way in hell that the families of the dead kids would allow their children's last moments to be used in such a way. But it was still creepy and effective. One time only really tho.
Agreed I thought it was creepy
It was scary back then as a kid thinking it was real
It was creepy that's what made it good.All horror movies need to be creepy if it wants to be good
@@TheCityLightz I saw it at home for the first time early in the morning.I might as well watched it at night bcuz it still spooked the shit put of me
Found you a couple days ago. I can’t stop binging. You’re a good creator 👍🏻
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@@WhatFilmProduction what do you mean
Hey man I checked out some of your content! I suppose you mainly do a lot of where this pop/rap artist got their sample but have you thought about doing the industrial scene?
@@itsthatoneguy5 Can’t say I have. And I’m not terribly interested either
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Let me just say... Living in the middle of the woods of nowhere Michigan, being 13 and believing every thing the movie and mockumentaries said, this was something truly special and terrifying back in 1999
I grew up near Burkittsville, and when this came out, I called my sister and asked her if she remembered this legend. We were stumped. Really believable mythos, even for us folks who lived near the area.
I loved this film as a kid. It genuinely scared the crap out of me because everyone i knew thought it was real, including me.
I also didn't mind that the film never showed the creature. That made it scarier. The final scene was one of the most disturbing things i've ever seen. I'll never forget seeing one of the people just standing there in the corner.
the ending was one of a kind
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@@pa.encema2821 Right,and the person in the corner was standing there waiting to be killed next while the other person was already being tortured
So the two guys killed the girl
Is the confession staged
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Blair Witch Project Drinking Game: Take a shot or sip ever time someone in the film uses the F bomb. You will pass out before the 3rd act.
Kind of a big difference between a shot and a sip. Only do shot if you're over the age of 21 and at least half Irish.
Try a movie by Rob Zombie or Kevin Smith
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I laughed out loud when he told us to use the IHOP promo code 🤣
Keep up the amazing hard work Doctor wolfula your videos are the best.
Dude, you REALLY deserve more subs. You and Dead Meat are my favorite horror channels on UA-cam
I still find it mind-boggling that I have to explain to others why this movie is so unsettling. Awesome review!
I have to do that often, many of my friends just can't take any horror movie seriously and question why I watch them..
Luckily my girlfriend likes horrors more than my friends do so I watch them with her, still though... She doesn't ALWAYS get why I find certain movies so good.
And she doesn't appreciate dated special effects like I do, I love and appreciate films as old as films get, I don't care if it's in black and white, silent, color, a different language, uses stop motion, uses real animals and stuff with a green screen, rubber suits, puppets, CGI.. I really don't give a crap, they're all equally entertaining to me (although I do feel that CGI is definitely the least interesting) , where as she will watch black and white movies, won't watch any silent movies, likes some stop motion like Ray Harryhausen stuff but thinks classics like King Kong 1933 looks like shit! 😡 And overall she just prefers it when everything uses CGI over any practical effects, and it's hard for her to ever get into the atmosphere of a horror movie without stupid f*cking jump scares.. 🤦♂️.... But still, she watches most movies I want to watch with her and likes most of them, I love her to bits and wouldn't want to watch these films with anyone else over her.... Even if she doesn't appreciate the art of film, film making and special effects quite like I do..
And my favourite movie of all time, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974, she does like the film as has watched it multiple times with me, but she still doesn't quite get why I find it so unsettling and amazing, like the scene when the girl is in the room full of bone furniture and stuff, I'm like "wow, the camera angles, the sound effects, the constant creepy noises repeated like the sound of the chicken and stuff.. It builds so much atmosphere, like it's tormenting you, and not to mention that many of these props were made using real bones! How this film is shot really feels real!" and she's just like "ooohhhh it's a spooky chicken in a cage.. scary.." 🤦♂️.. But oh well! What am I gonna do haha. :)
@@cookiesontoast9981 Your girlfriend sounds like one of my exes, who would ask me why I have such an expensive home theater and audio equipment to watch movies/listen to music, when you could do the same in a cheap small TV. I gave up trying to explain these things to her very quickly, as it's a difference in values, mostly. She just didn't see any real value in art.
Just found this channel last night, watched for like 3 hours, easily my favorite channel ever
"How many Heathers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
"JOSHUA!"
Terrible joke from Blair Witch 2 book of shadows. I remember the first time I watched this in theaters. I loved it. Eduardo Sanchez went on to write and produce the awesome Sasquatch flick EXISTS.
Three to make a movie at least
Just wanted you to know that you inspired me and my girlfriend to watch this movie last night. It’s been a few years. Anyway, I’ve always sung this movies praises. It’s one of those rare horror movies where I genuinely feel bad for what’s happening to the characters. It’s also kinda amazing that there really isn’t anything in it that announces itself as being “theatrical” I’ve never understood the “nothing happens” argument. To me, this movie did an excellent job of showing the psychological effects of going through a situation like that. Just watching these three people slowly unravel under the stress was incredibly creepy and heartbreaking. And of course the fact that’s there’s so much lore built in is incredibly impressive. They made like FIVE movies worth of fake backstory for their movie and all of it really adds to the experience of watching it. I spent about an hour just reading all the extra lore to my girlfriend. We had just as much fun discussing that as we did watching the movie. So yeah, for many many reasons this will always be one of my favorite psychological suspense flicks. All of it feels incredibly authentic, I genuinely felt great sympathy for the characters and the whole movie just leaves you with this hopeless and cold feeling after it’s done. It’s a misunderstood and criminally under appreciated masterpiece.
Ahh Micheal J. Foxx Jokes
Can never seem to shake them off
Neither can Michael
The part I love most in this movie is when they find a cigarette at the bottom of their bag and they all sit around smoking it trying to get their spirit up after days in the woods. They say something like “we got smokes so we’re still alive”
DIscovered ya by accident a few weeks ago and I am glad that I did! This might be my new favorite review yet. Your thoughts and insights validate my feelings about this movie. Blair Witch 2 is also a guilty pleasure of mine. It somehow makes sense but it doesn't. Plus, standing in the corner in the dark after we saw this in theaters was our new *the game* game.
Much love and keep up the great work!
The (and now you know the rest of the story. Could they?) Paul Harvey reference was awesome lol love it!
Nice touch Doc!
This is one of the greatest horror movies of all times. It is underrated because the gimmick, it is misunderstood because the found footage style and the raw nature of its production values and acting. IT IS A MASTERPIECE, but not many realise it... for now!
I realised it mate,I was at the age when this come out and got drawn in by everything that made it look like a real found footage film.I saw things that weren’t even there in the woods which to may says it’s an absolute masterpiece like u say.👍
I hate people who hate on this movie
@@edwardpolenzani1039 both of us mate!
@Joshua great argument, you idiot!
@Joshua you are entitled to your opinion. Regardless The Blair Witch Project revolutionary contribution to the horror genre still can be felt today.
You can criticize the plot for its simplicity, but it just shows how shallow was your interpretation of it.
The tension and how it was built is something that few movies could evoke.
But of course, TBWP is a divisive movie, there are people how love it and people who are wrong about it.
I love the guerrila style filming, I love the tension, The visuals and the sense of danger the forest immersed us in.
The act was on point and natural as it should be. The conflict never felt forced and it compounded to the stress of their situation.
The way we never saw the witch, we don’t even know who is the antagonist and this again compound to the stress and fear.
But then again, you can have your opinion , but it is just as worth to me as nothing. And certainly the same applies to you and how you feel about my opinion, that being said your childish behavior just didn’t contribute to accomplish anything, so your last answer at least brought your pov and while I disagree with you, it is better than single sucks .
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
H. P. Lovecraft
@Chandler Burse Bob. Definitely Bob.
I honestly think it's scarier to believe it was a hoax. And that this was all just a ploy for Mike and Josh to take out Heather.
Thank you for delivering us another brilliant review! I know you put a lot of time and effort into this and it definitely shows.
I like ghoulashs transition from undead sweetheart to snarky sarcastic Doc jr with Stockholm
This came out when I was a Freshman in High School. The Hype was everywhere, truly a phenomenon.
What does that have to do with you in highschool?
Ken Hamms cousin Oh nothing, just reminiscing on a simpler time for me.
I genuinely laughed out loud at the ending with Goulash. I wasn't expecting it despite the earlier reference to it.
For real. Smooth incorporation of the paid sponsor near the end of those sketches, to boot. :)
Saw it opening night with no spoilers, so imagine my surprise when the 3 actors showed up on TRL the following week. Still love that ending.
I saw this movie in 1999 when I was a junior in highschool, and I seriously dug it. It didn’t scare me per se, but I loved the originality and was at the edge of my seat. I have both movies, the dossier, a Blair Witch hat and T-shirt, and the CD-ROM games as far as merchandise goes.
I love hearing the rest of the story.
It was some of the best entertainment in my extremely rural, one bad country radio station childhood.
I saw it upon its initial release and wasn’t a fan to be honest and like it even less now but I still respect it. Its marketing was genius too.Dope video Doc!
It's my favorite movie. To this day, no movie managed to create such a strong emotions in me as the blair witch project. I love, the atmosphere, mix of realism and paranormal horror, the acting, the mithos. The only downside to this movie compared to some other movies is that it isn't very rewatchable.
I’ve been waiting for this.
Definitely worth the wait
I love the lore of the film more than the film itself
I'm in the same boat.
I saw it at the theater when it came out. It was hands down the most mesmerizing movie experience I ever had. I thought it was absolutely brilliant and allowed your mind to create the horror which is infinitely scarier than and monster flick. Seeing the witch or monster would ruin it. I never understood how people couldn’t love this movie.
Once again Dr Wolfula kills it. I’ve been subbed a few years now and have always loved your content and you’ve stepped your game up 1000% Great work man and much appreciated. Oh and Goulash too😂😂🤣
I still love it too. It was HUGE in 1999, I later became obsessed with the tie-in books and the other mockumentaries that aired on SyFy.
I feel like this is one of those movies you had to see amidst the hype and atmosphere of the environment of its initial release in order to "get it."
Yeah, there's not much to it, but seeing it back then was an experience.
"Nothing's happening...nothing's happening...nothing's happening...the movie's over...everyone is pissed."
- Brian Griffin
OK I love your videos, you had me at the Paul Harvey reference. Good day!
This movie is one of those things that you had to be there to witness in order to appreciate it. People who watch it now are burnt out on rec, cloverfield, chronicle, paranormal activity, etc. You just missed it.
Always a pleasure to see another vid, doc!
Film Theory has a pretty deep theory of Josh and Mike setting the whole thing up to murder Heather, I would recommend checking that out
Hey Wolfula, could you take a look at Phantasm some day?
Has he not?
Anthony Hudak Nah, gotta do House first
This movie came out the same year I had my open heart surgery. I was 5, but my dad watched this movie with me when I was about seven or eight and I actually enjoyed it because of it's real and authentic feel. It scared the hell out of me as well as I believed in the paranormal and still do now. I just wish I could see it unspoiled for the first time now that I'm 25 and can understand what was happening a bit better. Awesome review Doc.
I actully saw this in theaters with my mom i closed my eyes alot during this movie its still one my favorites i really thought back then this was real my mom her friend and me went to the website and everything we really believe this. This movie its still one of the best in found footage.
Blair Witch Project is like the original Halloween. When it first came out it scared the living fuck out of audiences. As time has went on with , tech and de-sensitizing, the film's aren't scary to modern audiences. But both can be enjoyed and given props where props are due.
Rewatching this review after the 100k Q&A... congratz Doc, let the good times roll!
Doc, you've out done yourself this time. Loved the review and I also do really like The Blair Which Project. It was one of the first horror movies I seen as a kid. It was pretty fucking scary.
I saw this one time back in 2000 and it was effective but figured it was along the same lines as The Sixth Sense and if you watched once then that's all you'll really need to see of it.
Many people who don't like this movie just want conventional horror movies, which are not horror at all. They've just been trained to salivate whenever they see/hear a jumpscare or the monster shows up onscreen, and are so devoid of intelligence, creativity and ability to think for themselves that they hate movies who leave stuff to their imagination... because they have none.
Get this guy to the million subs club already sheesh, I’ve been watching since 60k glad to see your almost at 100, keep up the good work my good sir
I don't care what anyone says about this movie, that scene with the kid giggling sounds outside their tent at night sent serious chills up and down my spine!
For real, I was on the edge of my seat the first time I saw that scene. Scared the actors as well, they weren’t made aware that this would happen so their reactions were real
Absolutely loved the Paul Harvey reference. Good day!
For some reason I find The Blair Witch Project to be the scariest movie I have ever seen. Not my favourite horror movie, but the scariest because the fear is of the unknown, and I enjoy it a lot, found-footage can be good when it's done well.
Awesome Doc thanks for this great video .I know it took you a long time but in the end it was worth the wait for us all. Thanks for all the little extra details i didnt know. I remembered all the internet marketing and the documentries , I did see it in the theater as well that was quite a experience. I never really cared or liked Blair Witch that much so I never did much research. Thanks to your review it has made me think about the movie in a different light. A little side note .We all know your true feelings about GHoulash now. You truly love the weirdo. Why else would you freak out when you thought he was a goner? Also great to see him get the last laugh for a change. So Cheers Ghoulash good sir🍾🍷👍
I was watching this and got an ad for the new Blaire Witch game
Subbing to Doctor Wolfula and going through back catalogue has been better than anything binged on Netflix. Also always take him as being clean and friendly (Idk why either) so the fuck tornadoes tickle me the right way ❤️
Ahhh yes the first vid of yours I ever saw, haven’t stopped watching since ☺️
Oh Dr Wolfula, you never fail to deliver. Great video!
I grew up in vt mountains and this movie scared the shit out of me as a kid . I've even found old stone cellars and stick figures. And abandoned grave yards. Awsome review wolfula 🤘👹🤘
Plot twist: Heather and Mike actually stumble into the Wolfulair and Ghoulash was the one who knocked them out.
Awesome video Doc!
The Michael j fox joke had me dying
I stumbled on your vid by accident... Watched and found this formula very charming. Subbed!
I wonder if I can still use that Promo Code. I'd like to try it the next time I go to IHOP
As always, a nuanced, intelligent, hilarious and insightful review with intentionally schlocky bits. Dr. you are the most entertaining film (regardless of genre) reviewer I have ever watched.
saw it in the theatre back in 99 . The trick hadn’t been exposed yet. I thought the tension was huge. Some parts were genuinely very scary. Its not a movie I own nor have I watched it since, but it I liked it for its originality and hype at the time.
First time seeing your channel and it was pretty damn funny, well done!
Holy Reicarnation Doctor Wolfula! At 12:40 all the black coarse hairs on my arm stood up! That girl looks just like the actress from the movie, Heather Whatsherface!
Yes I know I'm yelling!
Saw it in the theaters. Knew it wasn't real when I saw it because this shit doesn't exist but that didn't stop me from recognizing a very well made film. Still holds up to this day.
I love the Paul Harvey shout out.
Josh has my favorite off screen death. When he was screaming you can just imagine what horrible shit was done to him.
Recently found your channel. Thanks for the content!
It's one of the best horror movies ever honestly. The horror is in the lore and what the viewer thought, not what they saw. The line "I'm scared to close my eyes, and I'm scared to open them" to me is the best line in horror movie history. That's a level of fear that, unless you've experienced it, you'll never know how horrible that is.
I have missed your reviews Doctor Wolfula... I have a lot of catching up to do... thanks!
“Now you know the story....good day!!!”
Great Freakazoid! Reference
Love Freakazoid! Paul Harvey reference though
Great review Doc.
I'd love to see The People Under the Stairs
Love the skit idea. Keep em coming.
Love the promo code bit near the end. Good content.
Blair witch project is without a doubt one of the greatest horror films of all time. it shows how to blend perfectly the idea of realism and horror, you're not sure what is real and what isn't. Despite it creating the subgenre of found-footage in the modern era of horror, the one thing that it did that every other horror film and found footage styles fails at is it doesn't look clean at all it literally looks like it was made with handheld cameras because it was. There's no movie magic or Hollywood makeup or anything. Anyone who wants to become an indie filmmaker or actor should watch this film!
i remember when this came to theaters...there was definitely an audible groan/sigh when the credits started rollin. the ARG part of the movie was alot of fun though
I had an aunt who looked and sounded exactly like Mary Brown. She's dead now, but she was bat shit crazy. When I saw The Blair Witch Project for the first time I damn near fell out of my chair during Mary's interview. It freaked me out.
Still works for me. Watched it for the first time last year and loved it. Always heard about it of course and my parents talked about it being one of those movies based on a true story but I really didn't know anything going into it and it worked for me 100%. Definitely important and definitely a classic.
First video I've seen of yours, this was awesome. Officially subscribed!
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and I remember when it ended everyone looked at each other like "that's it?" and some guy shouted"give us our money back" lol
People are stupid indeed. This is the reason why
we can't have good things...
I said the same thing. I was a kid at the time but pissed at the cheap ending.
I personally haven't come across many people who outright hate this film, but either way, it's always super to see another acknowledgement of this film's excellence as a horror piece.
Thanks doc for a review of one of my favorite movies
I definitely have to say that the legend in Blair witch is great but my favorite legend has to be The Fog
The director of cannibal holocaust made the actors sign a contract to stay out of the public eye for a while and because the content of the movie look too realistic, rumours started that the cast supposedly died in the movie and therefore the director was sent to court on allegations of making a snuff movie, he had to break the contract with the actors to appear in court to prove otherwise and explain how certain effects were done in order for the charges to be dropped.
Thats what happens when a marketing gimmick gone wrong, whereas with this movie it worked well.
Just watched the BWP a year ago in a theater with a full house. Oddly, the movie seems to fly by now. It's only 86 minutes or so and if you're focused, you really feel the dread of the actors as they get sucked further and further into the abyss of the story. It really does hold up quite well, as this excellent review points out.
This movie is fucking great. I didn't realize so many people liked to shit on it. Even knowing the whole story is fake doesn't really detract from how well-made it was. The atmosphere of the movie is incredible. The creepy items in the woods are used perfectly, from random sticks and rocks they stumble across to slowly becoming sinisterly-placed objects they can't escape from.
The build-up is really solid and well-paced. The "final day" before the climax of the film, you can literally feel their hopelessness and desperation through the screen, which is a testament to both the actors and the screenwriter. And then the climax itself is very well done. It's dark, mysterious, and perhaps the best use of the found-footage technique in the entire film.
And I LOVE the fact that it never shows the Blair Witch onscreen. Leaving it to the imagination worked to perfection for that particular story in that particular genre. And the ending with the guy standing in the corner, with nothing to follow but screaming in the background and the camera hitting the floor....fucking chefs kiss.
That movie was awesome. For me it's a top 10 of the horror genre.
Well, I'm glad it turned out well for Ghoulash in the end ☺
If you were to ask me, the only time we ever got as CLOSE to the “realistic shock” that Blair Witch had back in the day is the Marble Hornets online series of videos. Admittedly it IS using an already established lore of Slenderman but they take liberties with it to make it MORE scarier than the original source.
While I do enjoy the TRUE Blair Witch followup up a few years ago, they REALLY should’ve taken notes from that webseries since that’s as close to a TRUE Blair Witch Project successor as you’ll ever get.
amazing vid doc!!
This is still my favorite Dr.W video
"and maybe catch the ol"gal on camera!" had to do a douible take that was hilariously delivered, love ya wolfula
I like it for being a modern ghost story that was assembled (obviously convincingly well) where a ghost story did not actually exist before, and had new aspects to it while also carrying ghost story traditions. Does it completely make sense? No. Then again, how many old folklore ghost stories, or even urban legends completely make sense? From what I gather, Burkittsville does have ghost stories (due to Civil War conflict in the area), but nothing about a witch. Wooded areas there are, apparently, not even deep or dense enough to lose sight of a road before you would emerge into a clear area again on any side. Being an extremely small, obscure town, the filmmakers pretty much had carte blanche to embellish it with a Seneca State Park scale wooded area, and whatever history.
When I looked this up yrs ago and saw heather was in the cast as her real name I was convinced but then saw her in a brief scene of boys and girls and was like these people !
great review, dr. wolfula. ghoulash getting lost in the woods was hilarious. 👍😀
I saw it in the theater and I loved it and still do.