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Blair Witch

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Blair Witch

R

Released Sep 16, 2016

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A young man and his friends venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mystery surrounding his missing sister. Many believe her disappearance 17 years earlier is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when two locals act as guides through the dark and winding woods. As the night wears on, a visit from a menacing presence soon makes them realize that the legend is all too real, and more sinister than they could have ever imagined.

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Critics Consensus

Blair Witch doles out a handful of effective scares, but aside from a few new twists, it mainly offers a belated rehash of the original -- and far more memorable -- first film.

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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Complex

Blair Witch is probably fascinating for young viewers who had never seen the original movie and didn't live through that hype, but for those familiar, it offers nothing new.

Feb 27, 2017

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The multiple camera angles ensure that just as dread surges -- the waiting was always the hardest part in The Blair Witch Project -- we cut away to something less nerve-wrecking.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 28, 2016

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Scott Tobias

GQ

The microphones on the tiny digital cameras shouldn't be picking up much, but verisimilitude be damned, because Blair Witch renders every snapped stick, crushed leaf, and distant guttural noise as an ear-blistering assault.

Dec 5, 2016

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

The Best Blair Witch Film yet that will be looked at in the future as a great footnote for found footage horror movies.

Aug 7, 2023

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Takes the franchise back to its roots with its filmmaking foundation, trading in the subtleties of that debut film for abject terror for a roller-coaster ride of a film.

Rated: 4/5

May 12, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A few neat ideas and effective jump-scares might entertain audiences, but the film feels like too little, and more than a decade too late.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 11, 2022

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J H

It's more of a current tech remake than a sequel. Not original, but effective. The third act is very intense.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Shaun R

Very good film. Started a trend of reality/cam corder films which is still going strong today.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/25

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Matthew B

In my opinion, better than the original. The original had better acting but I like that in this one they're searching for Heather.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Paul S

This movie was great! I've only seen parts of The Blair Witch Project, so I can't say for certain if this matches the original, but I had so much fun watching this movie. It was terrifying and had a wildly compelling story. I definitely recommend it for horror fans!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/28/25

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Korra N

Better than Book of Shadows but still far from great, Blair Witch is a serviceable horror film that boasts more questions with few answers about the titular witch. The found footage camera work is as expected, the performances are decent enough, and some of the effects are truly creepy.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Kevin K

It does a fair job story wise putting the characters in the found footage parameters and the lore of the Blair Witch but it feels very oddly paced all the way up until near the end of the second act. It has some scary parts that certainly deliver something and they do a lot of foreshadowing with the filming gimmicks to make it work, but it just feels far less terrifying than it's predesessor. It feels like it would be a better entry in the V/H/S series which plays purely on found footage limitations so your expectations are pure and simplified. This film though has the expectations of following one of the most influential films in horror that shot up the idea of found footage horror, that is is an extremely hard standard to reach.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/13/24

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Synopsis

A young man and his friends venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mystery surrounding his missing sister. Many believe her disappearance 17 years earlier is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when two locals act as guides through the dark and winding woods. As the night wears on, a visit from a menacing presence soon makes them realize that the legend is all too real, and more sinister than they could have ever imagined.

Director: Adam Wingard
Producer: Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder
Screenwriter: Simon Barrett
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Vertigo Entertainment, Lionsgate Films, Snoot Entertainment, Room 101 Inc.
Rating: R (Some Disturbing Images|Language|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.7M
Runtime: 1h 29m

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