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To: Junkyardawg who wrote (1068)	7/23/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: James Williams	Respond to of 1340

Hey Dawg- Let me just warn you about Blair Witch...People who went in without expectations loved it. People who watched it, waiting to be scared, and wondering "Sure, that's scary, but is it the scariest movie I've ever seen?" were left flat. There's a simple psychological reason for this: The movie is all about your own mind; the audience as co-director so to speak. If you're concerned about it 'living up to the hype', and are spending valuable CPU cycles on that, you are missing the movie, your Eyes are Wide Shut, so to speak. (buh-dum--DUMB!). I loved the movie. It's great.

To: Junkyardawg who wrote (1068)	7/24/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: Andrew G.	Respond to 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.