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BLAIR WITCH

2016 US HMDB
septiembre 15, 2016

Secuela de "The Blair Witch Project". Unos estudiantes se adentran en los bosques Black Hills de Maryland para intentar descubrir qué pasó en la desaparición de la hermana de James, relacionada con la leyenda de la bruja de Blair. Pronto una pareja de lugareños se ofrece a ser sus guías en los bosques.

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

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En 1994, Heather Donahue y otros dos de sus amigos desaparecieron en el bosque de Black Hills, en Maryland, donde se habían dirigido para grabar un documental sobre la leyenda de la bruja de Blair, dejando atrás una estela de misterio agudizada por la visión de las imágenes contenidas dentro de una cámara encontrada en el lugar. Ahora, más de veinte años después, su hermano James, convencido de que su hermana sigue viva después de verla en un video publicado en la red, decide volver al bosque maldito en busca de Heather. Acompañado por sus amigos Peter, Ashley y Lisa y por dos chicos ambiguos del lugar, el protagonista comienza esta excursión que parece proceder sin contratiempos y, sobre todo, sin perder la orientación, también gracias al uso de drones y otros aparatos tecnológicos. Las cosas, sin embargo, cambian cuando cae una noche interminable en la cual la fuerza maligna que flota sobre el bosque se manifiesta en toda su fuerza destructiva. El P.O.V. y el mockumentary son dos subgéneros que desde hace casi veinte años han invadido y arrasado la escena del terror con enormes recaudaciones, frente a gastos de producción muy bajos, sin evitar, sin embargo, los murmullos de los fans del género que se dividen entre quienes los consideran filones de los que se puede sacar producto más que discreto y quienes, por el contrario, no toleran su enfoque estilístico caracterizado por el uso desmesurado de la subjetiva. Una auténtica revolución que tiene como fecha de referencia el 1999, año en el que salió en las salas "The Blair Witch Project" de Eduardo Sanchez y Daniel Myrick, película en la que, siguiendo lo que había hecho Ruggero Deodato en "Cannibal Holocaust", se contaba de manera realista la historia de tres chicos desaparecidos en circunstancias misteriosas en un bosque de Maryland durante el rodaje de un documental sobre la leyenda de la bruja de Blair. El éxito fue tan enorme que la película, producida con un presupuesto de unas pocas miles de dólares, se convirtió en fenómeno de recaudación y de costumbre y, sobre todo, dio inicio a una innumerable serie de productos a imitación. Con resultados similares el proyecto no podía ser abandonado definitivamente y así, después de un modesto secuela fechado en 2001 y dirigido por el semi desconocido Joe Berlinger, llega un nuevo capítulo titulado "Blair Witch". Al timón tenemos a Adam Wingard, nombre grande de la escena indie americana y autor de los excelentes "You're Next", "The Guest" y V/H/S... un "fuerte" por lo tanto que aquí, sin embargo, se limita a ir sobre seguro proponiendo una película para uso y consumo de un público medio y poco habituado con el terror. Cuando se realiza una operación de remake o secuela, el mejor enfoque para un buen resultado es contar la historia desde otro punto de vista o analizar elementos no profundizados en la primera versión. Y en cambio en este "Blair Witch" no ocurre nada de todo esto en cuanto Wingard propone una trama casi idéntica a la de la película del 99, con la excepción de la introducción de las nuevas tecnologías representadas por cámaras de nueva generación, teléfonos móviles, GPS y un dron cuyo uso innecesario sigue siendo uno de los grandes puntos interrogativos de la película. El resultado es un argumento poco apasionante, salpicado de personajes mal caracterizados, atmósferas casi nada inquietantes y largas secuencias en el bosque tenebroso que deberían impresionar al espectador, pero que a fin de cuentas derivan en el ridículo involuntario sobre todo cuando las tiendas de campaña y los propios chicos realizan vuelos y saltos improbables solicitados por las fuerzas malignas del bosque. Para empeorar las cosas, luego está el monólogo habitual y ahora imprescindible de uno de los protagonistas sobre los orígenes de la bruja que si por un lado enriquece la historia también del primer film, por el otro aumenta la sensación de ya visto ya presente por los motivos de arriba. Los únicos momentos dignos de mención, sin embargo, están condensados dentro de los veinte finales todos ambientados dentro de la misteriosa casa abandonada en medio del bosque. En esta larga secuencia, de hecho, los angostos y oscuros espacios interiores se aprovechan de la mejor manera, transmitiendo ansiedad e inquietud a un espectador que en algunos momentos podría llegar también un sentido de fastidio y opresión. Otra buena idea es la de mostrar, aunque no de manera nítida y limpia, la bruja cuyo aspecto recuerda a los monstruos de "Rec". Demasiado poco sin embargo para salvar una película que decepciona un poco a todos, desde los fans de la saga a los del terror en general hasta llegar al público en busca del fácil susto que solo a ratos encuentra pan para sus dientes.
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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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