the blair witch project

The Blair Witch Project
My overall impression of the movie is that it was a very scary movie that made
my hair stand up and gave me the chills. The major theme or statement that I
learned from the movie was that it's better to stay on the beaten trail. The
performances by the major actors and actresses were great. Heather Donahue did
a great job in getting the group lost in the woods. She did it with the confidence
that she would find her way back. Her naïve personality was a great build up for
the movie. Joshua Leonard played a good cameraman in the group. He kept the
relationships between characters friendly. Michael Williams expressed his
feelings when things weren't going right. His outbursts made his part likeable.
Some noteworthy supporting players were all the local town folks. They did a
good job of telling the story of the Blair Witch. On October 21, 1994, three
college aged students (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams)
go to the Black Hills Forest of Maryland, to make a documentary video of the
local legend, the Blair Witch. They were never seen again. One year after their
disappearance their video footage is found. The video footage is about the
documentary of the Blair Witch. The footage contained interviews of the local
town folk. They told all of what they knew of the legend of the Blair Witch. After
they had finished the interviews the three go into the Black Hills Forest to do
some exploring. When the navigator and leader of the group Heather gets the
group lost their relationships starts crumbling and their tempers start to flair. By
the third day of being lost there seems to be no hope of finding their way back.
Starting that night they are aware of another presence in the woods with them.
The forth day goes all right but again at night they are disturbed by loud noises
away from their camp. By this time they are completely lost in the woods. The
next day Michael out of a fit of anger throws the map into a lake when the other
two aren't around. After another couple of days their fear and short tempers is
driving them mad. The noises are getting closer and closer each night and soon
the filmmakers start turning up missing one at a time. The director's style was
very effective. The low budget film and inexpensive equipment did not get in the
way of the effect of the movie. The director did a great job in building up the

groups problems and fears all the way to the end. The audience experience for me
in the theatre was very interactive. The audience was very into the movie. People
were shouting out their thoughts and feelings of the movie. It was very enjoyable.
The film was most likely made because the director wanted to make a low budget
horror movie that would scare audiences and give them the chills.