Blair Witch Project (Best Buy exclusive until 10/05/2010) (Blu-ray Review)

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One of the most influential horror movies of the past couple of decades makes its Blu-ray review.

Were you caught up in the great film hype of 1999? If you were paying attention, and perhaps even if you weren’t, chances are you couldn’t easily escape the press mania surrounding The Blair Witch Project, an indie horror film clad as a faux unfinished documentary which was supposedly among the scariest films ever made. I read about the film for what seemed like months and months, but never was able to see it in theaters. Maybe that’s what made the difference for me, for I must ...

Video

Was there ever a film less likely to benefit from a Blu-ray upgrade than The Blair Witch Project? I certainly can't think of one. This film obviously is "recreating" an amateur attempt at making a documentary, and so we're greeted with a variety of what looks to be at best 16mm footage, all with attendant grain, fuzziness and overall softness, and at times appallingly bad color. (Several black and white segments are also included in the film). The Blu-ray's AVC encoded 1080p image, in...

Audio

Similarly, there's very little if any "high def" audio presentation here, despite a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mix. This is a film with the bulk of the audio supposedly coming from the built in microphones on the handheld cameras the trio brings with them on their mystical trek, and so an overly compressed soundfield has been part and parcel of the Blair Witch experience from the beginning. Dialogue is for the most part very clear, and there are some very inventive sound effects w...

Supplements

All of the extras from the previously released SD-DVD have been ported over to this Blu-ray release. They include:

• A pretty low key Commentary by Sanchez and Myrick;
• Four Alternate Endings, which are summarized quite handily by their titles: Standing in the Corner (Backwards) (SD; 2:05); Standing in the Corner (Frontwards) (SD; 1:41); Hanging (SD; 2:01); and Levitating (SD; 2:00);
• Curse of the Blair Witch (SD; 44:0...
  

  Final Words

  If you're a fan of The Blair Witch Project, you'll probably want to pick up this bargain priced Blu-ray no matter what some dunderheaded reviewer might say. If you've never seen the film, you'll probably fall into one of two camps if you choose to check out this newest iteration of it. Either you'll be enthralled and terrified by the mere hint of horror, which really is after all the gist of what this film provides. Or, like certain curmudgeons, you'll wonder what all the fuss a......

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