Actors must have been paid on the decimal points of their screams
"Blair Witch" is a kind of updated version of the film by the same name a few years ago. Some people hated it, I dug it however. I liked that it was cheap, no one you heard of acting in it, and what they accomplished with a small budget. Same kind of deal here. A bigger budget, so there are more special effects and they even incorporated a drone as one of the cameras used. Not as much as I was hoping though. Storyline: a guy found footage of his sister who vanished in a shack in some forest and wants to see if he can find her, or find out what happened to her. A group of his friends tag along. Everything is documented from various cameras that each are equipped with and from their cameras are the images that we see. There are some scary elements, but I felt the last 20-30 minutes went off in left field and got kind of stupid. Although the ending wasn't too bad. The usual stupid people populate this and no one really stood out acting wise. If you are a fan of the original then you will like this. But be forewarned there are a LOT of screaming so if you see this at the theater you will walk out with a throbbing headache, no question about that. I personally don't believe it is worthy of a ticket, but I do recommend it as a rental in a few months when it is available for that. ** out of 4 stars.
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