Blair Witch Project Reboot

[Mark Trail]

How does one reboot this? The whole appeal of the first was its viral marketing campaign and found footage style, which can't be repeated.

Exactly. What worked about this movie was the concerted effort in the marketing to make it appear as if this was a true story, involving a real local legend. The one thing that made it work is the one thing that can't be replicated because everyone now knows its fictional.

[choptop]

https://screenrant.com/blair-witch-p...ation-updates/

[From The Shadows]

Oh yeesh. Another remake. I enjoyed the original. Just leave it alone. Hollywood is running out of ideas.

[Celgress]

This looks pointless.

[Kirby101]

They should make The Blair Watch Project. About how millions of people got duped into watching a really stupid movie.

[choptop]

They should make The Blair Watch Project. About how millions of people got duped into watching a really stupid movie.

I didn't think it was stupid maybe a bit overrated but not stupid.

[DanMad1977]

I didn't think it was stupid maybe a bit overrated but not stupid.

It gave me chills and thrills at the cinema. It was scary, really.

[Ramsay Snow]

I think they should leave the franchise alone. The 2016 reboot attempt was pretty boring and it was a rare movie I was tempted to walk out on. The first movie is a classic and I still remember the theories and slight paranoia with the marketing of the movie during the early days of the internet and word of mouth. Unless they actually plan to show the Blair Witch finally, I probably would pass.

The first movie sucked, lol.....It was the first time I continuously wanted to walk out of a movie, but I kept thinking something's going to happen since people kept raving about it. It was a dud the whole way through, and didn't merit any sequels, prequels, nor reboots.

[Rev9]

I'd rather see a Ninth Gate sequel or 'The Shrine' prequel

[krazijoe]

Really? And yet Leprechaun sits on the sidelines waiting for a new sequel...

[j9ac9k]

I think I'd be mildly more interested in a sequel than a reboot, but I'm not a big horror fan either way. I did enjoy the first movie, but the best part about it at the time was the novelty - you had no idea what was going to happen, which was pretty suspenseful. It'll be interesting to see how they plan to make people excited about this.

[kcekada]

It gave me chills and thrills at the cinema. It was scary, really.

Agreed. As is often said, it's scarier not to show something and let your imagination run wild. That said -- they can never duplicate the formula that made the first film a hit.

[From The Shadows]

It seems to popular to dump on this film these days but at the time it was pretty revolutionary. And done on a very low budget at that.People say it's boring but I found it atmospheric and the build up to the end suspenseful.

[kcekada]

It probably helps if you'd actually spent time in deep woods. Being out there far from civilization can give you a creepy vibe on its own.

[j9ac9k]

It probably helps if you'd actually spent time in deep woods. Being out there far from civilization can give you a creepy vibe on its own.

Yeah, it's weird being outside yet it's so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face.