I feel as though the fact that the first film is among my absolute favourite horror movies overrides the fact that I am twenty-two years old, which apparently invalidates my opinion, and therefore am going to respond regardless of an arbitrary age restriction.
I thought it was all right. It was much better than expected, in honesty, but that is an easy feat to accomplish when the trailers made it out to look like a teenage-pandering spit in the face to the original.
The chemistry between the characters was enjoyable, and their dialogue was occasionally genuinely humourous, as exchanges between real people often are.
Whilst the strongest portion of the film was certainly the first and second acts, the third didn't ruin the setup by any means and provided an acceptable conclusion. I found myself legitimately upset at having none survive, as this film does well in fostering attachments to its characters. However, I'm glad the film defied common horror tropes and allowed for a lack of survivors.
The tying-in to the original was done respectfully, and it served overall to be a worthy sequel. It was fantastic to have more detail fed in to the lore of the Blair Witch.
The largest downfall has to have been showing the creature. It may have been well-animated, but "monsters" are always scarier when you can't see them. It's about time people learned the first rule of horror: leave it to the imagination.
Catch me when you can, Mishter Lusk.
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