The Blair Witch Project

December 11, 2004

Rated: R Runtime: 82 min Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

“In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. One year later, their footage was found.”

Scariest movie ever made? It’s got my vote. Going into the Blair Witch Project, I had no idea what I was in for. All the information I had told me that it was the real deal; that this was the footage from a documentary gone horribly wrong. “Ok,” I thought. “I’ll give it a look.”

About ninety minutes later, I was a mess. I was physically shaking. My heart was racing and I was barely able to stand. All I could think about was calling everyone I knew to tell them about what I had just seen. Indeed, I didn’t feel like I had watched a movie; I felt like I had just witnessed something horrific and I was lucky to have survived with my flesh, if not my mind, intact.

I’ll warn you now: If you have a weak heart, do NOT watch this movie. I remember seeing “The Shining” in theaters when I was 13 years old. I remember leaving the theater feeling kind of spooked. That night, I had a few nightmares, too. But “The Shining” didn’t really cause a gut-

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