People forget that , besides being a viral phenomenon that a metamorphose the repugnance movie genre forever , The Blair Witch Projectwas really , really , really , really shuddery . There were people freaked out by the potential genuineness of the " lost " video footage , and then there were the great unwashed who knew it was fiction , provide rattled by the excitement of its faux - docudrama style . The twenty - something characterslookedlike they were camping in the heart of demon territory . The setup feel impossible to call into question . The Blair Witchwas unfeignedly a one - of - a - kind terror .
Could a sequel break up the musical genre a 2d clip ? 2000’sBook of Shadows : Blair Witch 2mangled movie mythology with meta mayhem , but theatre director Adam Wingard and author Simon Barrett , the team behind the spry home invasion movieYou’re Nextand the genre - splicing action horrorThe Guest , think they ’ve visualize out a way to quicken the scares . For a better part of the year , the duo ’s next movie was calledThe Woods , and look like a high - contrast alternative to the usualfound footagejump - scare - athons . Only at this year ’s San Diego Comic - Con did they reveal what was actually up their sleeves : Blair Witch 3a.k.a . Blair Witcha.k.a . " One of the Scariest Movies Ever Made " consort to early critic quotes tease in the lagger .
The new preview forBlair Witchappears to live up to the quote . Barreling through the haunt Ellen Price Wood at high velocity , the movie sees the brother of the original movie ’s main star " Heather " questing to find his miss sib . What he finds instead … well , you acknowledge .
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Blair Witchhits theaters on September 16 . We ’ll know then if Wingard and Barrett can do justice – or rather , the gadget they ’ll do it – to the original . measure one : be really , really , really , really scary .
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