The Blair Witch Project vs Blair Witch

One defined a sub-genre of horror. One is a bad found footage movie. Today we take a look back at 1999's The Blair Witch Project and compare it to its 2016 sequel/reboot/remake. Here's The Blair Witch Project vs Blair Witch.
What'd you think of these two movies?
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[@cosmicerror7789]

My friends and I once did a double feature of the original Blair Witch Project and the Scooby-Doo parody and I think it was my favorite movie night we've ever had

[@spuriousgeorge7233]

Cool profile pic

[@haasepete]

Scariest part is how few views this awesome video has 👹

[@Maartwo]

AAAAAAAAAAA

[@TheLegoLuke730]

Kermit

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I always felt time was involved in the first movie. I mean they walk and they walk and don't seem to get anywhere and I seem to recall reading in some of the side material that the material that made up the movie were found in a backpack, buried under the foundations of the burned down Parr cabin and looked like it had been there for decades. So, I think they went back in time, were killed in the Parr cabin before it was burned down and why no trace was ever found but their footage which was decades old.

[@venom7558]

For myself,the original Blair witch project(and everything surrounding it)was brilliant. The movie itself is the only movie I've ever seen that truly scared me. It's one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Everything after it was utter crap. Book of shadows tried to do something different,but failed. And 2016's Blair witch had a few cool ideas but it just felt like a slick,loud,horrible remake of the original. It's was like,80% jump scares.

[@johnbowles5399]

Completely agree. The original Blair Witch Project is one of my favourite horror films, and is genuinely terrifying in my opinion. The 2016 'sequel' manages to somehow completely miss the point about what made the original so genuinely atmospheric and instead serves us up a total shitshow comprised of jump scares, zero tension, zero atmosphere and completely unlikeable characters.

[@richarddesilets4947]

I think Family Guy summed up the original Blair Witch best. Nothings happening, nothings happening, something about a map, nothings happening, it's over. Just a boring movie with annoying "characters"

[@kitanoffxd]

Dude your channel is so underrated for content you make

[@HORRORCULTURE]

Thanks, I appreciate it

[@dustinray9011]

Part 2 was trashhhh but it had a couple good parts. 1. When they are walking in circles and run into the couple they told to leave and for them it’s been one day, but it’s been days for the couple. 2 when she snaps the sticks and snaps the back of the girl since her hair was in the symbol.

[@Ohionortheast]

I’m sure most disagree but I really liked the second Blair witch book of shadows it had a great plot twist and some seriously creepy stuff

[@kenhollis6197]

It has a cult following. I've seen it lots of times.

[@antbooboo5884]

I think the three installments compliment each other very well. The first being found footage and the second a meta movie within a movie style. And then the third being a straight film adaptation. When the third comes around it sort of gives the audience what we thought we always wanted which ironically makes us appreciate the first more than ever.

[@carlcarlington7317]

The Blair witch project was one of the scariest movie ever. Just the idea of walking in one direction for a day and finding yourself in same place you started is terrifying to me. Blair witch is far less scary to me because the acting and characters were far less believable I couldn’t get hooked

[@hollandahern3585]

When I saw this movie when I was younger, I was in the “this movie is so boring” crowd. Didn’t see it again for several years until I was about 20, then watched it once more. I can say now that I’m older, the original Blair witch project is one of the scariest movies ever made in my opinion.

[@kenhollis6197]

I was 12 when I saw it in the theater and was transfixed. Then, when I went home, I was terrified and slept with the lights on for a few nights.

[@ClarenceDass]

I absolutely love The Blair Witch Project. I watched it do many times in the cinema back in the day. The realism and how believable it all was because it was so low key. I honestly can not stand a horror movie/ Found footage fan who can't appreciate that. The only thing I liked about this sequel is the bit where they crush one of the wooden effigy figures and immediately one of the girls get snapped in half. That was creepy and cool. The rest of it was over done. A recent found footage film that I really liked is "Horror in the high desert." I think that film really tapped into the bits that made the original Blair Witch so good.

[@Marcus616]

The Blair Witch Project is one of my all-time favorite films. Even the trailer creeps me out. I first saw it on home video back in the 90s, and even though I was a young dumb 12-year-old, I knew the film was not real. Even knowing I was uncomfortable, anxious, and scared during the movie because it felt realistic and forced my tiny brain to fill in what was not shown. Not knowing or seeing is scarier than a thousand jump scares.

[@PineappleStickers]

I don't really understand why anyone would think Heather was Bitchy or Annoying. Everything she does in the film is entirely believeable or justified. She films everything because at first she's making the documentary (and is borederline obsessed with that goal) and then as it goes on, she continues because it's one of the few things she has any control over anymore. Something that i thought was made pretty obvious (she pretty much says it herself verbatim). Similarly, all the scenes where she tries to maintain composure and insists that they aren't lost aren't at all unbelievable. For starters, she's more than likely trying to also convince herself they aren't lost, and to admit it to the others would also mean admitting it to herself and cause a loss of hope. But also, if you've ever been tasked with leading other people through a place they're unfamiliar with, theres a certain sense of responsibility you feel to keep them confident and calm. Even if you aren't 100% sure you know where you're going, you also don't want to flat out state that.

[@xmiiasma3997]

I remember EXACTLY what was going through my mind the first time I watched the scene of Josh screaming in the woods in agony. My mind instantly remembered coffin rock and my 10 year old mind went crazy lol. One of the most disturbing, horrific scenes in the genre.

[@JessieAloha]

Just found your content and I love it so far. Keep being awesome.

[@bracken7794]

Blair witch project was just genius. Just found the channel, the videos are brilliant! Can't believe it doesn't have more love. Look forward to binging on your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@HORRORCULTURE]

Thanks!

[@MforMovesets]

I dunno if I can approve of Tomorrows Modern Boxes in KZbin content. Thats like dropping a gold nugget in a Happy Meal.

[@schmuelking1535]

The Blair Witch Project was mind blowing and affected me in a way I haven't been by a movie since. The desperation is so intense. I agree with your comments on Blair Witch, as it pales in comparison, but is still did enjoy it. I particularly like the idea/theory that the monster is Heather from the first film. Still felt a bit unnecessary, but it had some good moments. Great video.

[@paulbrown6464]

The premise that Heather was still alive is ridiculous, even the remote probability it was possible, she would be irretrievably insane

[@schmuelking1535]

@@paulbrown6464 I think that is kind of the point though. She has degenerated into an insane monster.

[@EricJae.]

I’m 31 and a huge horror fan. The reason why this will always be the scariest movie I’ve ever watched is because my uncle downloaded a bootlegged version on his pc and told us it’s real footage they found and these guys are really missing. I can’t explain how real and scary this movie was to me as an 8 year old. Just terrifying. Obviously now it’s lost it’s charm in that aspect

[@mickelcrepeau2828]

Really great video! Discovered your channel through a friend and I'm amazed by the quality of your videos. Keep it up!

[@user-kx8wp1fy6l]

man, it's a real shame you have so few subscribers! I've liked the video a lot!

[@loriisgorey]

I was so excited for the sequel - I saw the original in the late 2000s but didn’t have internet to check if the movie was real or not. Even after that it’s what you’re imagining that scares you, along with the thought of being trapped in those woods. I caught an advanced screening for the 2016 film and it was so disappointing. It was the first time I’d seen a horror movie that had so many annoying jump scares.

[@ahmedalsadik]

That's a great background, mate.

[@thankyoujodi]

Nailed it once again. Like how you called out the director and writer for the sequel lmao

[@atlys258]

I remember being scared shitless back in 99 when it first came out precisely because of the masterfully executed slow build of authentic tension and increasing creepyness througout the runtime only ever seeing their terror, never showing the entity and so my imagination ran wild came up with the scariest shit I've ever imagined and have long since forgotten.

[@kmm4499]

I think they're both great in their own ways

[@davidp4864]

Just ran into your page here and love the content. I’m subscribed now. Keep it up, you’ve a great knack for critiquing.

[@orgasmorusso69spasmolenzi70]

The film is interesting only in comparison with the faded, primitive, underdressed The original. I would have to admit that the witch from Blair, although a beautiful film, 1/7 of all frames are beautiful, stylish and catchy. But a film based on fantasy should stimulate her and not give her all the space at her mercy. In the new version, the foot scenes, the finale and the swearing scenes are charming in their own way (it feels like they are initially ridiculous and they go into the image system under such a code number). The movie is not that bad. It's just slightly defaulted. Well, that is, it is clear that there will be nothing better than Poughkeepsie films, second count collectors and a shopping tour in the genre. But I'm not talking about that, a number of interesting solutions are not brought to the absolute (it is possible for units in general, and they are rightly called the gods of art for this), not even brought to the interconnection. To what can be called a system. They are not brought to mind. Therefore, individual frames, and even solutions are interesting, even very much. In general, the film does not justify its existence. This can be said about all of Wingard's tapes. R. S. This is not a strong middle man, this is an ambiguous tupnyak.

[@Thurston86]

Either I’ve taken too much edibles or this comment is incomprehensible. I cannot discern which.

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

@@Thurston86 One of two things are at play here. This person is typing while taking mind altering drugs, or they are a pretentious film student. Both options are plausible.

[@NebLleb]

Yeah, The Blair Witch Project should've stayed as just the one film, to be honest. Blair Witch 2 went the standalone route, and TBF, had a great idea to build on the first's paranoia-inducing fear (have the events in the film be psychological and make us question what's real and not), but Artisan Executives did a pretty good job of ballsing everything up in the released version, even if there's a fan edit out there restoring the director's intent. Wingard's Blair Witch on the other hand, was doomed to be viewed as inferior due to its very concept of being a direct sequel, even if it had good ideas in it. Some horror films aren't meant to be franchises. Simple as.

[@MK-fj8xf]

i saw the blair witch project in movie theater, i remember the hype and the genius marketing. the movie was scary as hell. couldn't care less of the sequel.

[@Gorgutsforcongress]

Seeing as I'm not a zoomer fetus, I remember when this came out and nobody in the cinema was happy with the movie. So many wanted money back because nothing actually happens in the Blair witch project. Shakey cam was also a pain to sit through. Great marketing tho.

[@MichaelLeroi]

"I hate small spaces" Me: about to gleefully recommend The Borderlands

[@SwedeProof]

I LOVED your analysis and witty remarks on the disastrous reboot. Bravo from your new subscriber. 🎃

[@T2theG123]

Dont ever think or say youve rambled on for to long thats why im here RAMBLE ON brotha

[@HORRORCULTURE]

Amen brotha

[@paigeainsley9598]

I always thought it would have been interesting if they had it set in the ‘real’ world where people now know that the first film was fictional. A group heads out to the ‘real’ location and witchy stuff starts to happen but they have the background knowledge that the movie was not real. That way it would maintain that sense of realism and follow the characters having to come to terms with the insane idea that the Blair witch is actually real… or something else is out there.

[@paigeainsley9598]

“Oh there’s stick figures hanging from the trees? Obviously that’s just from other fans of the movie or leftover props” “oh there’s someone shaking our tent? Its probably someone pranking us, since so many people come here to camp now” so many things that we could pass off as non-supernatural. But how many of these things can we explain away until it starts to set in that something supernatural really is out here?

[@kenhollis6197]

That's precisely what Book of Shadows Blair Witch 2 (2000) did.

[@queeniecobain]

From the first movie you can FEEL the desperation from the screen, and even though they don't show a big bad monster by the end, I was still scared shitless from the atmosphere alone.

[@brandonhession8550]

Agreed jus the sheer fear in heathers voice of what the hell is that is enough for me to believe there was something awful out there and the fact it wasn’t captured makes it all even more brilliant

[@ianfromtheinternet7636]

personaly the new Blair witch context and lore makes me love the original even more so much room for new theories

[@AlejandroPacifico]

Great Review!

[@MG-do7yg]

I might be showing my age here, but I actually liked both movies, in my early 20s I was caught up in the lore before the original movie and I liked the second just for entertainment.

[@oroontheheels]

The original Blair Witch is a masterpiece in my opinion. Sequel is my guilty pleasure. It’s cringy and it’s cheesy (reflecting the era it was made in) and it’s just a regular horror movie. But I liked the lore extension. The third movie …. Uuughhh no. I just don’t like it. I don’t like that they showed the witch I don’t like it’s design I don’t like that it looks somewhat like an alien?? And I don’t like light scene. For some reasons. I would’ve liked it more if girl at the end survived. It would’ve made this movie at least have unique ending. Imagine her getting out of the cabin and then the woods but then witch would plant some dead bodies into her car or hotel room or changing her cameras recording making it seem like last girl did all that. And this way tying it up with BW2 movie?? I think it’s maybe a bit much, but I think something along those lines would’ve been better then “welp she just saw guy dying after turning around so right after that she decided to turn around”. But I really liked how she decided to use camera as a mirror. Was she cooler character and survived that would’ve been finale for the ages! IMHO.

[@MegaCult]

Awesome channel!! Keep going! Susbcribed

[@HORRORCULTURE]

Thanks very much!

[@diamondl1326]

I loved Blair witch 😭 I saw it in the theaters and a few times a year since then

[@brandonhession8550]

Personally love the original the realism is absolutely real and you are hanging off all the characters even if the crew screwed with them you can feel the amount of terror in the cast the fact that heather alone saw what she believed to be the witch and them not catching it due to the amount of fear they felt makes matters way more believable

[@user-ql5vc5nk6o]

The original is my second favourite horror film.saw it in the cinema on its opening weekend,twice .it took about 5 viewings to realise that there's a really big mistake in it though.all three characters are in shot,and no one is holding the camera.so you would assume the camera is resting on something.but the camera pans.almost a perfect film .i can enjoy both sequels, without getting too upset.

[@J0MBi]

There's a theme to these unnecessary horror sequels, reboots and the vanishingly rare *new IPs* - and I don't need to explain it because the chances are that everyone who might read this will already know what I'm talking about, and have their own way of expressing it. But none the less I like to hear how others articulate it, so it makes a video like this enjoyable to watch - even though Blair Witch looks like a lesson from "found-footage horror cliches 101".

[@qbatmobile]

Another great video mate. Very entertaiing and good quality. GJ!

[@mfeli5046]

I saw the Original 1999 The Blair Witch Project[I love this movie] when it came out in theaters in 1999[I was 10yrs old]with my younger sister[she was 9yrs old at the time] & our parents. My Dad[rest in peace] hated this movie[but 10 yr old me at the time] was terrified at the idea that this was REAL FOOTAGE from a horrible situation that happened to some college students. The sequel was……😐😑😶 Great Review!

[@homerhat420]

Blair witch 2 is underrated. Its a gem if you squint hard enough

[@robertperner7196]

While I'm not a fan of Blair Witch 2, I'd be curious to see Joe Berlinger's original cut. SPOILER ALERT: The multiple murder subplot was added to spice things up (guess the studio execs found Berlinger's cut too boring) and is never even referred to in the final police interrogation scene where the surviving characters are shown murdering store employees and friends on camera. You'd have to rewatch BW2 and try to see where the scenes from the reshoots are, then try to imagine them being gone. I think the Berlinger cut could have a been a pretty solid and subtle slow-burn. It's a shame we got what we got.

[@LiteraryPicks]

great video! subscribed. just an FYI, that blinding light is a strike of lightening being slowwwwwweeeeeedddd dowwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnn. i am too lazy to check if I am the 100th account to comment this.

[@bennygerow]

Had my sub as soon as you mentioned The Ritual. Great job on this vid.

[@Dave-el6rh]

hmm ...I didn't know that they made a sequel...oh well...I liked the original ... still do...

[@margiabegum4905]

Its how we watch it if you're focused on tge movie you will love it creepy scary as shit if your mind all over tge place waoting for jump scares you will hate it

[@xanaxisgod6489]

it was crazy back when BWP came out in 99 it was so hyped bc of tht marketing they fr had everybody talking abt it even old ppl my mom loved it. i love it now tho rlly rlly good movie imo. good 2 get drunk/high 2

[@peterjonas4971]

Thank you for making this and saving me the time I would have wasted seeing the new Blair Witch.

[@thebohemianmasta]

I couldn't stand the constant screaming of each others names in the reboot. I had to mute certain parts it was annoying. I watched the first one in high school and it was scary af because we did believe it was real for awhile. My buddy had it on a burned cd and we really thought it was found footage. We couldn't believe someone would release it. Good times

[@Talesfromtheshelf]

Great video. You deserve far more subs.

[@Llanishenlad]

I've noticed in recent years of maturity (pahahaha how am I saying this about myself?) that fiilms like the original Blair Witch actually have a long shelf life. Films like the 2016 iteration might have their moments but my god they have curdled by the second viewing.

[@jacobrichard118]

Bro knows how to make a good godzilla movie tho

[@randomtop10s98]

The Ritual was awesome, and so was blair witch project! Love your videos good work

[@Menagerie_OS]

It falls short because its doing the same thing most do nowadays which is not giving a flying fuck about what the audience wants and instead focuses solely on what they themselves want.

[@TheBeird]

I love this review!

[@patrickbateman312]

GoodBadFlicks made a video covering the development and production of Blair Witch 2. He's got a great channel, and that video is a super interesting look into how we got Book of Shadows, and the potential the movie had.

[@tolvfen]

Hope the midi music file, called Blair witch, is realistic

[@Haydawg111]

I didnt think this much into the new blaire witch. I enjoyed it a lot personally

[@gaddyric]

The original movie was so boring to me that I fell asleep through quite a bit of it. I did see the parts with Josh being tortured and the teeth. That was somewhat unsettling. I also saw the scenes where the find the house up till the end. That part spooked me a bit.

[@snakehandler87]

The og Blair witch will always be the best. The scene where they run out of the tent into the woods and they see something over to the side and when she yells what the f is that apparently it was the director in a somewhat windigo esque costume that they didn't know about so that was genuine screams of terror from her.

[@kenhollis6197]

It was a crew member wrapped in white gauze. I've seen the picture. The book 8 Days in the Woods is very well-researched and informative.

[@77Creation]

Book Of Shadows was dope. Folk tripping.

[@alphawoolf5981]

When I saw TBWP I was under the assumption that this movie was REAL. After I saw it I found out it was made up and that really knocked it down several pegs in my book. I thought the sequel (the 2nd movie) was pretty good. The sequel regurgitated all that exposition because 17 YEARS had passed. There was quite likely a good portion of the potential audience that had not been exposed to the material. Haven't seen any of it but I think it was fair to go over the basic premise again.

[@Aaron-ze1io]

Nah the first one was lightning in a bottle, the actor's sold how real it seems by the way they..Well act, they capture terror perfectly even knowing it isn't real it can't take away how good of a job the actor's did at selling that fear...that's what so many people overlook, the fact you never see anything is perfect. Anything they've done since is completely inferior.

[@Goosethelabrador]

The Blair witch Project scared me so deeply as a young person

[@joshuamartin2858]

This wasn't that bad. Everyone complains regardless the finished product. Happens to this day about the original.

[@Detector2002]

Part 2 (Book of Shadows) is the best of the bunch. The new one is crap and part one is just ok.

[@strangastrigo]

Book of Shadows was the most fun! The original was a successful troll on multiple levels and I can respect that. BoS was a logical follow-up and goofy enough to earn a permanent spot in the bad mood horror movie lineup. I can't call it scary or take it seriously but so far the only one I'll rewatch. I'm always surprised by how much people despise it! It's hilarious!

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

The Blair Thunb was the best. They get attacked by a wood-shark and Josh gets renamed to Jish. Its hilariously stupid

[@swagwolfgang]

Yeah Blair Witch(2016) is like a guilty pleasure for me because i know its bad but i still really like it actually i love it

[@bigdumbjosh]

I still liked the blair witch, I am a big fan of Adam Wingards movies. It's not perfect by any means but I watched it in theaters. It was a fun movie at the time.

[@Bizzeplayn]

This reminds me of every great film in history that has had a "rework" done. And these "reworks" failing miserably. Let a great work of art tell its tale thru history to others so they can enjoy it for what it truly is., and not be lulled in to a mashed up, reskinned pile of trash that fails at justifying its means.

[@ryancostello5288]

I knew the movie was fake but I 100% thought the website and the mythology behind the witch and town was real lol I even went there a couple years ago

[@Citrakite]

Blair Witch didn't need to exist except to show how to market a mid-ass boring movie, which is the only thing the copycats didn't shamelessly steal from it, including its own sequels.

[@agentfletcher]

How was it “close to being decent” if they “did everything wrong”?

[@sebswede9005]

You forgot about The Selma Blair Witch Project.

[@bradsly3386]

The ritual is such a good fucking movie!

[@margiabegum4905]

The book of shadows is a good movie watch it

[@bloodzerox20]

I actually liked Blair Witch, to each their own 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@PoloDavey]

just found your channel. pretty cool. got a sub from me.

[@YSL8704]

As bad as this movie is... At least it's not Blair Witch 2: Book of Evil...

[@stopwatchstudios9622]

Wdym there was a sequel to Blair witch like 10 years ago

[@kenhollis6197]

That wasn't canon, since it took place outside of the original's universe, that is, in Book of Shadows, Project was in fact just a movie, and we're supposed to believe that the characters were deluded and hallucinating rather than anything supernatural going on. It was made by an entirely different director and the makers of the original weren't at all involved.

[@orgasmorusso69spasmolenzi70]

There will be nothing better than Poughkeepsie film in the genre.

[@kjone5086]

Hey I will never watch cannibal holocaust. I heard there was like 7 animal death scenes with one involving a sea turtle getting tortured and decapitated apparently being the worst. Way too much deaths, with movies like friday the 13th and apocalypse now there is only one real animal getting slaughtered which is still really bad but its easy to miss it. Also in the topic of Blair witch, original works because of its subtlety (adding a more mysterious element to the movie on whether the blair witch really existed) and the feel of it (low budget feel adds to the realism to the plot since its about filming a highly low budget documentary). Blair witch 2016 throws all of that out of the window and turns into a generic horror movie.

[@HORRORCULTURE]

Couldn't agree more, thanks for watching! I don't mind "shocking movies", but slaughtering and torturing a bunch of animals, that's really not for me.

[@Detector2002]

I did see cannibal holocaust and what they did to the turtle was pretty gruesome.

[@BrokenTreeProd]

Book of Shadows is far superior to Adam's version of Blair Witch

[@that1badyoutuber117]

You talking about the first filmed made me paranoid and fearful of whats in the darkness of my room and you talking and showing the second film made think god this movie fucking sucks I want me fear back, why did this second film take it away

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

I hate the found footage genre.. every one of em.. exCEPT for The Blair Witch Project.

[@happymess3219]

😐 the blair witch project is the best one by far. the others are an insult to the original.

[@kenhollis6197]

Let's not forget that the sequel, following the zeitgeist, just had to include some needless racial tension, which is probably the only reason the black characters were in it, since they didn't do much else than glare at a Confederate flag.

[@BornRemaining]

Horrible acting, zoomers being zoomers, totally unrelated scare topics, endless attempted jumpscares, unrealistic camera angles (her hair was covering her gopro thing ffs), unrealistic sound mimicking human hearing from a fkking microphone when someone gets hit, every character is worthless slasher fodder, shtty exposition, lame premise excuse, oh yeah and incredibly bad acting that needs to be named and shamed again.

[@RevSinkiller]

Did someone say real animals getting tortured and killed? 😃😉😏

[@kaw8473]

The people who think the original is boring need keys jangled in their faces to stay entertained.

[@daltonstockwell7054]

In the beginning of the movie to Blair witch James is ask if he really thinks his sister could be out there after all these years. He replies if he can find some answer to what happened to his sister he should try to find it. He wants closure. Not to just found her. I think you Nitpick too much, and need to be more observant. I can’t blame you. Lots of people like to bad mouth on modern movies these days.

[@mistrjt9213]

There was nothing new in the “new” Blair Witch. He didn’t redeem himself. Try again!

[@jujutaylor2186]

The first one bored me. But i didn't like the reboot either

[@karenprime3849]

Reading the comments I'm wondering was I watching the same film. Although I respect everyone's opinion I cannot agree with most. The ONLY movie I have ever abandoned & walked out of the theatre from, was The Blair Project (whatever). Utter crap. Hated the cinematography. Just amateur labeled as 'found footage'. Not scary. Didn't feel real. Walked out half way through. Whole experience would have been laughable if I'd actually been able to get the hour of my life back. All that said, Horror Culture, after watching a couple of your vids I believe you are criminally under subbed so please accept mine.