"Blair Witch" is the Sequel That Nobody Asked For
Blair Witch (2016) I've never been a particularly big fan of the original Blair Witch Project and have always held the belief that the only reason the film is so notorious and well-known is because it was the first of the now-overdone found-footage horror subgenre. The original film was sluggishly paced, visually dizzying to watch, and plenty of footage of nothing in particular ever really happening. However, I'm still willing to give credit where credit is due and applaud The Blair Witch Project for having the courage to try something which had never been done before. Unfortunately, the same credit cannot be given to the new release, Blair Witch , a film which is absolutely nothing but horror tropes. Blair Witch at least makes an effort at giving itself ties to the original film through providing the premise that one of the protagonists is the brother of the protagonist from the first movie, though this notion is where all originality comes to an end. Admittedl...