�A NERVE-SHREDDING SLICE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR�
�DARKLY, DELICIOUSLY, DISTURBING�
�GENUINELY NIGHTMARISH�
�AUTHENTICALLY SCARY AND TOTALLY ORIGINAL�
IN OCTOBER OF 1994, THREE STUDENT FILMMAKERS DISAPPEARED IN THE WOODS NEAR BURKITTSVILLE, MARYLAND WHILE SHOOTING A DOCUMENTARY�A YEAR LATER THEIR FOOTAGE WAS FOUND.
ARGUED BY SOME TO BE A RIP-OFF OF THE APPALINGLY BAD �THE LAST BROADCAST� THIS IS MERELY A MOVIE OF CO-INCIDENCE AND THE SUBJECT MATTER AND STYLE IS SUBSEQUENTLY MUCH BETTER HANDLED HERE TO TERRIFYING SCALES OF HORROR. OF ALL THE HORROR MOVIES I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT STILL MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL. THIS FILM DEPICTS THE DEMISE OF THREE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE STRANDED IN THE DARK WOODS, CHASED AND HUNTED BY SOMETHING THAT CANNOT POSSIBLY EXIST � �WITCHES AREN�T REAL.�
ALTHOUGHT THIS MOVIE IS NOT ACTUALLY REAL, IT IS SO REALISTIC THAT IT COULD ALMOST BE SO. THE NIGHTMARISH ENDING WAS SO ATMOSPHERIC, THAT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE NO ABILITY TO DISCONNECT FROM SCEPTICISM COULD NOT BE TERRIFIED. WITH THE INITIAL HELP OF THE INTERNET, THIS MOVIE SKYROCKETED INTO PEOPLE�S FEARS AND AWE INSPIRED FASCINATION AS THE WORLD WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE FRENZY THAT WAS, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. DESPITE BEING PARODIED IN MANY WAYS, THIS MOVIE IS STILL JUST ARE FEAR-INDUCING AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED IT, THE TERROR NEVER GOES AWAY. |
