If you liked Blair Witch, you'll hate this movie. If you didn't like Blair Witch, you'll still hate this movie. If you have a functioning cerebellum, you'll hate this movie.
This film was nothing more than a cynical attempt to cash in on Blair Witch while the craze lasted. It wasn't reasonable to expect to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and the studio obviously realized that and didn't bother trying.
Stylistically the film might just as well be a Scream sequel. It's not shot in a mock documentary style, but in a conventional way, on a sound stage with a script and regular cameras and special effects.
Given that it was going to be a conventional studio film, you might at least hope that they'd have shelled out for some name, or at least good, actors. They didn't. There's nobody here you've ever heard of, seen before, or will want ever to see again. The acting is uniformly wooden and forgettable, and similarly the direction by Joe Berlinger who, surprise, surprise, hasn't directed anything else you've ever heard of either. We're therefore stuck with the worst of both worlds: the low artistic aspirations of a studio film combined with the low budget of an independent picture.
This film was nothing more than a cynical attempt to cash in on Blair Witch while the craze lasted. It wasn't reasonable to expect to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and the studio obviously realized that and didn't bother trying.
Stylistically the film might just as well be a Scream sequel. It's not shot in a mock documentary style, but in a conventional way, on a sound stage with a script and regular cameras and special effects.
Given that it was going to be a conventional studio film, you might at least hope that they'd have shelled out for some name, or at least good, actors. They didn't. There's nobody here you've ever heard of, seen before, or will want ever to see again. The acting is uniformly wooden and forgettable, and similarly the direction by Joe Berlinger who, surprise, surprise, hasn't directed anything else you've ever heard of either. We're therefore stuck with the worst of both worlds: the low artistic aspirations of a studio film combined with the low budget of an independent picture.