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Your Age In 1999?

posted 8 years ago by NeonManiac0
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When the original BWP came out in 1999, how old were you and what do you remember if anything from that time?

I was 12 in 1999 and remember the huge hype and hoopla around the original. I wasn't an internet user at the time but can remember the trailers and previews on TV and people raving about it and remember when the old Sci-FI Channel had their documentary specials. I remember when I finally saw it on cable later that year thinking it was lame. I rewatched it earlier for the first time since then months ago (I'm now 29) and I find it a pretty meh movie overall though I do like the lore and backstory of the Blair Witch.

[–] nelsononeill 8 years ago

I was 8 that year. I don't remember much about it, around the time it was released. I do remember the first time I watched it, years later, my older sister showed me it when I was around 13 or 14. It freaked me right out!

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[–] ldlamb74 8 years ago

I was 24 and living in Maryland. It was great. After watching the movie, a couple of friends and I went out and spent a couple of hours in the woods drinking beers. I was legitimately petrified.

[–] MattAnt22 8 years ago

I was 24 and living in Maryland. It was great. After watching the movie, a couple of friends and I went out and spent a couple of hours in the woods drinking beers. I was legitimately petrified.

I was 20 when the original came out and did the same?

I lived near some woods and a few of us went out after watching it and got pretty wasted, It was fun now looking back at it but at the time it was scary as hell!

I loved the first film and remember all the internet hype about it, at the time it was new and unheard of to do that kind of marketing for a film, I haven't seen the new film yet but I'm watching it tonight.

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[–] Qrispy 8 years ago

I was 14, and I was convinced I was watching a snuff movie. It was terrifying.

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[–] ipacac22 8 years ago

I was 17 and I saw it on opening night. No movie aside from The Exorcist and Paranormal Activity scared me like TBWP did.

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[–] foie_gras 8 years ago

I was 16, and was working at a boy scout camp that summer, which was in middle of nowhere, i couldn't walk around at night without getting freaked out at every stick i heard break for at least a week. the only other movie i saw that summer was american pie! lol. oh man best summer of my life.

[–] tomholland2016 8 years ago

I was born in July 1999. So yeah, do the math.