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To: Junkyardawg who wrote (1068)7/24/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: Andrew G.   of 1340
 
Blair Witch is unavoidably frightening because it is so real. There is nothing cinematic or pretentious. I saw the matinee today with my wife. We both thought it was unique because slow torture can conjure up the worst terror. A very well done movie. Maybe a classic.

I think what struck me the most is that it was as if there were no script and the actors were just real people going through this experience, saying whatever people might say at each turn of events. The audience clearly reacted in unison to a few humorous moments which were genuinely needed to break the exhausting tension that develops.

Like all horror movies the viewer knows there is going be some very unpleasant things that are going to happen and you wait with anticipation. In a movie free of cheesy effects or excessive gore that anticipation can be exhausting as it builds to a crescendo.

Both The Blair Witch Project and Eyes Wide Shut play very effectively on archetypal fear of the unknown and the feeling of being in a strange environment as an uninvited guest.
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