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Blair Witch
2016 89 min United States of America R 18+
★4.8
Thriller, Horror
Director: Adam Wingard
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Description
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
Budget:
$5M
US Gross:
$20.78M
Worldwide:
$45.17M
Starring
James Allen McCune
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Callie Hernandez
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Corbin Reid
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Awards
3 wins & 7 nominations total
Key opinion
Adam Wingard’s 2016 sequel is widely criticized for failing to innovate, with many viewers viewing it as a redundant copy of the 1999 original that swaps psychological dread for loud, artificial scares. While a minority of critics appreciate its technical refinements and sound design, the consensus is that it lacks the revolutionary impact and authenticity of its predecessor.
| Originality | The film fails to offer fresh concepts, functioning primarily as a repetitive and derivative rehash of the 1999 original's plot. | |
| Emotion | The reliance on loud, jarring jump-scares and artificial noise replaces the effective psychological tension found in the first film. | |
| Screenplay | The characters' motivations and logical choices are frequently criticized as nonsensical and failing to justify their survival efforts. | |
| Emotion | Opinions on the film's scares are divided: some find the heavy use of jump-scares and bass-heavy audio exhausting and immersion-breaking, while others find the atmospheric sound design and anticipation genuinely frightening. | |
| Acting | Opinions on the acting are split: some reviewers highlight believable, restrained performances from the new cast, while others describe the acting as uniformly poor and riddled with repetitive screaming. |