Blair Witch

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Blair Witch

R

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.

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

02/27/2017

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.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

12/28/2016

2/5

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.

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Scott Tobias

GQ

12/05/2016

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.

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

08/07/2023

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

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

05/12/2023

4/5

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/11/2022

2.5/4

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.

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Dean F.

@DFtheTruth Apr 13

High-key terrible. Doesn't come near the original and the entity is so aggressive so fast. I like the couple shots we see of the entity but that's pretty much it. The characters learn absolutely nothing and overall just not a great time.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Apr 9

The worldwide gross is $45,173,154.00.

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Jessica W

@RT09427148 Mar 27

As someone who saw the original in theaters (at far too young an age) it in no way compares to the original. However, I found this movie to be fun and nostalgic. Good jump scares and an interesting plot. I watched it immediately after a rewatch of the original. I thought incorporating the new(er) technology was a fresh take on a found footage classic. If anything else, it’s far superior to book of shadows.

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Matthew S

@RT66085930 Mar 26

While it is leagues better than "Book of Shadows", Blair Witch is a lackluster reboot that fails to live up to the original 1999 film.

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Mar 1

It was okay...better than "Blair Witch 2."

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Benjamin W.

@Code70 Feb 18

It’s entertaining enough and could’ve been worse, but it falls far short of the first one.

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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