Blair Witch Project - Scary or Shit

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the funny thing is, the night before it was sold out and i had to go see deep blue sea instead

latebloomer (clonefeed), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Twigs aren't scary

As if!

Yeah yeah yeah, twigs aren't scary. What the fuck are you lot on about? If that's how you think, you can dismiss ALL horror movies cause some of the best out there is about IMPLYING something. Or you could just say:Well, fuck the Exorcist cause the devil doesn't exist. You have to go with the (scary) flow. And it isn't about the twigs, it's about (unknown) evil (who cause the twigs to rustle/break/whatever). Sheesh... Weren't you ever scared when you were alone in the house and you heard a door creak? No? Well, then I'll shut up now. :-)

You can sort of guess which group I belong to. It's a bit like a ride at a funfair: there's no point to it if you don't let yourself go.

nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

The Sci-Fi channel 'documentary' was spookier, the end of the film itself was fantastic, neither was as quality as the sequel.

milo (milo), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

the sequel was hilarious! husband and i still laugh at it. we both saw it but seperately. we both thought that we were the only suckers who had watched it. hahah

nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

For the record, I was enjoyously freaked by this movie, although THAT scene that has been overparodied to death was one of the LEAST frightening in the film (the most effective scene for me was probably when they heard their homie screaming from in the tent).

xpost oh no I saw the sequel, it was kind of fun

drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Overparodied? Which films parodied it? (I'm serious, not making a snarky comment or whatever.)

nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

define "home theater."

I dunno, Dolby 5.1?

Which films parodied it?

Scary Movie comes to mind, just in the past few weeks there was a Blair Witch reference on the US version of The Office.

Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah yes, Scary Movie. Of course.

nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

most of the parodies were on tv shows, but there were at least 2 or 3 direct-to-video parody flicks.

there were even parodies of parodies, that's how rediculous it got!

the best parody was one i saw on either Sundance channel or IFC (maybe even HBO), it was a guy and his stuff bear camping and being scared n' shit.

latebloomer (clonefeed), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

(no, not Grizzly Man)

latebloomer (clonefeed), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

DYING

Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Friday, 1 December 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

http://cityofswan.com/docs/images/435/161220052943.jpeg

Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

i was flipping channels the other night and the tv show BONES had an episode which was a timely rip off of 'blair witch project'. they were trying to figure out what happened in these woods, see, and there was a film depicting 3 people lost in the woods, and...etc.

deep space nine (deep space nine), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I saw it twice in the theater and the first time, found it to be extremely eerie and unsettling. Three parts really affected me: 1) when someone unwraps a little cloth packet and finds what I think are bloody teeth inside (the implication being that whatever happened to the missing friend was very much not good at all); 2) the hand prints on the wall; and 3) when one of the last remaining characters mentioning that he's almost out of cigarettes. That really ratcheted up the empathy (I were in their situation, food and water would be of secondary concern to having sufficient cigarettes and the idea of NOT having sufficient cigarettes was honestly terrifying to me) and made the rest of the creepiness more effective.

The second time I saw it in the theater was not quite as good in part because I knew what was going to happen and in part because the friend I saw it with kept clutching my arm and distracting me.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link

i think it was scary when the promotion was all word of mouth. after it was on the cover of newsweek it just wasn't anymore.

also, there is no way a movie like this could be succesful in the post youtube world, right?

the best parody i ever saw had jar jar binks in the final shot. (came out the same summer at e1, right) cant find it on youtube, but i think it was called "Jar Jar Binks Project".

grady (grady), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

"Jar Jar Binks Project".

ah, the innocent lives we led in 1999.

kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

i think it was scary when the promotion was all word of mouth. after it was on the cover of newsweek it just wasn't anymore.

Would've loved to've been at the Sundance screening, where it was screened as a documentary.

Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I distinctly remember a Skinemax parody involving many fake breasts. I can't even think of what the soft-porn take on the title would be.

milo (milo), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

The Bare Witch Project, of course.

Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Boob-prints on the wall instead of hand prints?

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

What's that guy doing in the corner?

Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i have no idea how scary it'd be on a small screen without the theater sound - the rock noises, man, those were effective.

i saw a leaked copy at friend's house a while before release, and the lack of a huge system didn't make a difference.

Lauren (lauren), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Bare Wench Project

latebloomer (clonefeed), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

The Erotic Witch Project (complete w/ ape costume)

David RER (Frank Fiore), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

i remember being more frightened by a jar jar binks face jumping into the final few frames than i was at the final few frames of the real thing.

grady (grady), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link


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