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BLAIR WITCH

2016 US HMDB
septembre 15, 2016

James et un groupe d'amis décident de s'aventurer dans la forêt de Black Hills dans le Maryland, afin d'élucider les mystères autour de la disparition en 1994 de sa sœur, que beaucoup croient liée à la légende de Blair Witch. Au départ, les jeunes étudiants s'estiment chanceux en tombant sur deux personnes de la région qui leur proposent de les guider à travers les bois sombres et sinueux. Mais tandis qu'ils s'enfoncent dans la nuit, le groupe est assailli par une présence menaçante. Peu à peu, ils commencent à comprendre que la légende est bien réelle et bien plus terrifiante que ce qu'ils pouvaient imaginer...

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Production: Eduardo Sánchez (Executive Producer)Daniel Myrick (Executive Producer)Jessica Wu (Producer)Roy Lee (Producer)Keith Calder (Producer)Steven Schneider (Producer)Jenny Hinkey (Executive Producer)Eda Kowan (Executive Producer)Jason Constantine (Executive Producer)John Powers Middleton (Executive Producer)Michael Paseornek (Executive Producer)
Scenario: Simon Barrett (Writer)
Musique: Adam Wingard (Original Music Composer)
Photographie: Robby Baumgartner (Director of Photography)

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En 1994, Heather Donahue et deux de ses amis ont disparu dans la forêt de Black Hills, dans le Maryland, où ils étaient partis pour tourner un documentaire sur la légende de la sorcière de Blair, laissant derrière eux une traînée de mystère amplifiée par la vision des images contenues dans une caméra retrouvée sur les lieux. Maintenant, plus de vingt ans plus tard, son frère James, convaincu que sa sœur est encore en vie après l'avoir vue dans une vidéo postée en ligne, décide de retourner dans le bois maudit à la recherche de Heather. Accompagné de ses amis Peter, Ashley et Lisa et de deux garçons ambigus du coin, le protagoniste commence cette excursion qui semble se dérouler sans heurts et, surtout, sans perdre l'orientation, grâce notamment à l'utilisation de drones et d'autres appareils technologiques. Les choses changent cependant lorsque tombe une nuit interminable durant laquelle la force maligne qui plane sur la forêt se manifeste dans toute sa puissance destructrice. Le P.O.V. et le mockumentary sont deux sous-genres qui, depuis près de vingt ans, ont envahi et dominé la scène horrifique avec des recettes énormes, malgré des coûts de production très bas, sans pour autant éviter les grognements des fans du genre qui se divisent entre ceux qui les considèrent comme des filons dont on peut tirer des produits plus que discrets et ceux qui, au contraire, ne tolèrent pas leur approche stylistique caractérisée par l'utilisation excessive de la subjectivité. Une véritable révolution qui a comme date de référence l'année 1999, année de la sortie en salles de "The Blair Witch Project" de Eduardo Sanchez et Daniel Myrick, film dans lequel, dans la lignée de ce que Ruggero Deodato avait fait dans "Cannibal Holocaust", on racontait de manière réaliste l'histoire de trois jeunes disparus dans des circonstances mystérieuses dans une forêt du Maryland pendant le tournage d'un documentaire sur la légende de la sorcière de Blair. Le succès fut si énorme que le film, produit avec un budget de quelques milliers de dollars, devint un phénomène de recettes et de mode et, surtout, donna le coup d'envoi à une innombrable série de produits à l'imitation. Avec de tels résultats, le projet ne pouvait être définitivement abandonné et c'est ainsi qu'après un modeste sequel daté de 2001 et réalisé par le semi-inconnu Joe Berlinger, voici arriver un nouveau chapitre intitulé "Blair Witch". À la barre, nous avons Adam Wingard, un grand nom de la scène indie américaine et auteur des excellents "You're Next", "The Guest" et V/H/S... un "fort" donc qui, pourtant, se limite ici à jouer la sécurité en proposant un film à l'usage et à la consommation d'un public moyen et peu habitué à l'horreur. Lorsqu'on entreprend une opération de remake ou de sequel, la meilleure approche pour un bon résultat est de raconter l'histoire sous un autre angle ou d'analyser des éléments non approfondis dans la première version. Et pourtant, dans ce "Blair Witch", rien de tout cela ne se produit, car Wingard propose un intrigue presque identique à celle du film de 1999, à l'exception de l'introduction des nouvelles technologies représentées par des caméras de nouvelle génération, des téléphones portables, des GPS et un drone dont l'utilisation inutile reste l'une des grandes interrogations du film. Le résultat est un scénario peu passionnant, ponctué de personnages mal caractérisés, d'atmosphères presque pas inquiétantes et de longues séquences dans la forêt ténébreuse qui devraient impressionner le spectateur, mais qui, en fin de compte, tournent au ridicule involontaire, surtout lorsque les tentes et les jeunes gens eux-mêmes effectuent des vols et des bonds improbables sollicités par les forces maléfiques de la forêt. Pour empirer les choses, il y a le monologue habituel et désormais inévitable de l'un des protagonistes concernant les origines de la sorcière qui, d'une part, enrichit l'histoire du premier film, mais d'autre part, augmente la sensation de déjà-vu présente pour les raisons susmentionnées. Les seuls moments dignes de note, cependant, sont condensés dans les vingt dernières minutes, toutes se déroulant à l'intérieur de la mystérieuse maison abandonnée au milieu de la forêt. Dans cette longue séquence, en effet, les espaces intérieurs étroits et sombres sont exploités au mieux, transmettant anxiété et inquiétude à un spectateur qui, à certains moments, pourrait même ressentir un sentiment de gêne et d'oppression. Autre belle trouvaille est celle de montrer, bien que de manière floue et peu nette, la sorcière dont l'apparence rappelle les monstres de "Rec". Trop peu pourtant pour sauver un film qui déçoit un peu tout le monde, des fans de la saga à ceux de l'horreur en général jusqu'à arriver au public en quête de frayeurs faciles qui ne trouve que rarement de quoi assouvir ses dents.
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Frank Ochieng

When The Blair Witch Project burst upon the cinematic scene in 1999 it was an unspeakable breath of fresh air because it deviated away from the conventional creepers that marched to the same old boo-enhanced beat. Sure, The Blair Witch Project certainly was not blessed with the most creative screenplay nor could anybody definitively state that the acting was convincing to the point of no return. Nevertheless, the genuine shocks were ideally realized due to the execution of this little indie terror tale that managed to sell a morbid mystique that translated into a gory goldmine at the box office. Hence, The Blair Witch Project became an unlikely sensation trending around its distinctive flair for what has become the ubiquitous and overused found footage genre nowadays.

Indeed, The Blair Witch Project sparked a creepy curiosity and gave birth to a unique movement in horror flicks where it managed to formulate a whole refreshing perspective to digesting frightfests based on the art of eerie suggestion through the power of promotion. Of course the “promotion” in this case presented a group of periled young people (the typical expendable guinea pigs in this kind of cinema) armed with cameras as they explored the Maryland-based woods that would end up creating a speculative frenzy about what remained through the lens of shaky images as these sitting ducks ran for dear life. Thus, the atmospheric vibes and presumed doom of these wandering targets in the woods captured a whole welcoming imagination to the manner in which little imaginative horror gems could rival the big-budgeted spook spectacles coming out of the Hollywood machine.

Naturally, The Blair Witch Project (as most horror-based original blueprints) was enthusiastic to capitalize on its big screen impact but not without the amount of success it originally generated the first time around. Some may recall the tepid sequel in 2000’s Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 that left a dull mark for those that were stimulated by the amazing first installment. Now it would take a 16-year gap to wipe off the nostalgic dust of a boorish Blair outing for another entry in the pale and anemic imitation Blair Witch. Unfortunately, director Adam Wingard (“You’re Next”, “The Guest”) has no absolute vision or hearty energy to channel Blair Witch into a scary showcase worthy of its own garish identity. Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett merely conjure up a shadowy copycat of The Blair Witch Project’s goose-bumpy reputation as Blair Witch is rendered a listless retread. Look, there is nothing wrong with attempting to recycle the spirit of an unassuming ground-breaking horror fable that gave considerable forethought to how movie-going fans viewed scary movies in general. Still, there is a time and place for gloom-and-doom experimentation in the heart of the wicked-minded woods that worked its magic prior to the millennium age of movie-making. However, 17-plus years later there is no excuse for Blair Witch to be lame and lazy in its artificial scares given its continuation to carry on The Blair Witch Project’s haunting bloodline.

Blair Witch’s premise centers on the special bond of a brother-sister duo…or shall we say brother-missing sister duo. James (James Allen McCune) wants to look into the 20-year disappearance of his sister Heather who vanished in the Black Hills Forest. James is almost certain that Heather is alive and well. Furthermore, he contends that perhaps Heather is an instrumental part of the Blair Witch legend that exists. So James sets out to investigate his sister’s whereabouts but not without his entourage joining him.

Among James’s friends that journey into the deep woods are Lisa (Callie Hernandez), boyfriend-girlfriend team Peter and Ashley (Brandon Scott and Corbin Reid) not to mention a couple of tour guides in Lane and Talia (Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry). In particular, Lisa has another reason to go trekking through the fearsome forest with James and company–she needs to bring along her camera and record her adventures for a film school project. And so James and his crew foolishly set out to chase the notion of survivalist Heather as Lisa concentrates on her agenda to helm a documentary-style thesis for her film-making studies. Soon, the telegraphed chaos ensues for which Blair Witch fanatics are accustomed to by now. The serving of the repetitive shaky cam, the so-called spontaneous hysterics and nerve-racking aura of the surrounding woods comes off as a hammy, inconsequential effect. The chills and thrills are relentlessly watered-down. Plus, Blair Witch does not effectively utilize its low-budgeted charm to convey the mounting tension…at least to the degree that made the original edition more appealing in its small scare toxicity.

Routinely, Blair Witch is manufactured with all the creativity and originality of a haunted house’s creaky door searching to be lubricated. There is nary any genuine shocks or jolts that register with an impacting punch. The recipe for Blair Witch is a shameless by-the-dots regurgitation of the aforementioned 1999 trail-blazing woodsy terrain-terror treat. The film gets off to a rather clumsy start spotlighting lapses of silly-minded fodder to compliment the toothless scares. Sadly, the gradual build-up is relentlessly standard and morphs into typical cheesy slasher fare with an obligatory methodical pick-off of the scattering youthful prey. The only positive take that Blair Witch wears with a badge of honor is its advantageous usage of technological upgrading (both demonstrated on screen based on the characters’ sophisticated equipment in the storyline and the behind the scenes shoot). In being a louder and flashier production does not automatically constitute Blair Witch as a well-received found footage horror show. In fact, Wingard’s twitchy narrative fails despite the applied modern-day filming flourishes. In hindsight, transparent scares just does not cut it anymore in the realm of the horror universe.

Structurally redundant as it travels down the familiar wooden path, Wingard does have high regard for the reminiscences of The Blair Witch Project’s legacy but it is too bad that he could not emphasize his cinematic appreciation more soundly in this woefully flaccid, forest-bound frightener.

Blair Witch (2016)

Vertigo Entertainment

1 hr. 29 mins.

Starring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Wes Robinson, Corbin Reid

Directed by: Adam Wingard

MPAA Rating: R

Genre: Horror

Critic’s rating: * 1/2 stars (out of 4 stars)

(c) Frank Ochieng 2016

Reno

Reno

6 /10

The history repeats, and so the story in some sequel films!

This is the third film is the 'Blair Witch' film series, but the second film from the story perspective. Anyway, I haven't seen the other sequel, you do not have to be familiar with that to follow this one. So I saw it, but what I thought is, basically this film is exactly same as the first film. Just the characters and timeline changed, that's all.

They had nothing much of choice, so the story was repeated with the modern equipments. A new set of people, including a brother of one of those went missing two decades ago, heads to the same woods to investigate. But soon they all begin to witness strange, horrifying events. Now it becomes their survival game of getting out safe from there, but would they? Is what the film's end to notify us.

If you are a horror genre fan, particularly about the killing stuffs, then you might enjoy it. Other than that it was not scary, well, it was not for me. The today's generation might enjoy it better, but if you are like above 30 and already saw the original, this will be an average or trash. So young people should watch it. For me, it was okay, because I was not expecting anything from it. So I hope they end it here, no to another sequel or the reboot.

6/10

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

1 /10

It's one of those crap remakes, where they take an original that everyone loves, then they dumb it down to reach the Millennial Generation, and then they make it worse.

The original was more psychological and made to seem realistic. This one seemed more like a slasher film. But I guess that is what happens when you start remaking shows to appeal to people that don't want to think at all.

In the original, it was really your imagine that created the scares. In this one its made for people with no imagination to run wild and the difference is self apparent.

Stay away. The premise just doesn't work for the new generation's tastes.

Dr_Nostromo

Dr_Nostromo

4 /10

39/100

Twenty years after his sister (Heather from "The Blair Witch Project") goes missing, a guy rounds up some friends and goes looking for her. With 20 years to prepare for it, you'd think they would have made a better film. Contrived and, at times, totally ridiculous, all the movie does is use the utterly stupid actions of a bunch of completely unprepared characters to try and scare you into believing it's a good movie but ultimately it just belittles the original. Very disappointing. -- DrNostromo.com

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