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The Blair Witch Project - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/txmsEc4ww0 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

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Tay Schumaker

Have fun with this one. Was never my thing, but I do remember the hype around this and the “found footage” craze. And all of the questioning of if it was real or not. Also would assume the visual style of this would not be good for George since the shaky handheld can seems to bother him.

djKENTO

Everyone thought this was real when it came out. Especially with the lack of internet access… and the only stuff that was online only added more to the myth, added more to it’s lore and made it seem even more real

Travis

Just remember in America, George, you can go right on red 🫡

G B

Transit friendliness varies by city. I live in New York City, where it's more common to take the bus or train than it is to drive, which leads to more folks like you George, getting their license at an older age. People from more rural areas, such as upstate New York would be driving at a younger age due to the lack of sidewalks. The cost of driving in NYC, from tolls, bridges, insurance, parking and safety of your vehicle makes public transit a more appealing option. Also many things are at a walking distance, where a bodega is literally 2 feet from my place, and in Upstate the nearest store would be miles away. You can also literally traverse the entire NYC walking. Best public transit is hands down in Tokyo.

JediLounger

Good for you George. Driving is an important skill to have, you never know when you might need it, eg an emergency or a situation like you used as an example. I currently live in a very walkable small college town, but I still have a car for emergency and for going to the grocery store. I did not get my license until I was 18. In Texas you can start to learn to drive at 14 but you can’t get a learners permit until 15. In terms of the movie, I also recall when this came out as I was a senior in high school and there was a whole thing about if it was real or not. I don’t think I ever saw these movies in theaters, we rented them later on. I was on the internet way before this came out, and I remember the reviews and speculation. I also remember Cannibal Holocaust, as that was used as an example when explaining what Blair Witch was. Edit: another member suggested Trollhunter (2010), that movie is awesome. You guys would love it.

Patrick

Congrats on starting driving lessons George! I accidentally let my license expire by over 2 years, and by law in New York, that means you have to start the whole process over...As in, learners permit, written test, driving test etc. So I was the only person in their early 30's taking the written test, surrounded by teenagers haha. Where I live on Long Island, owning a car is 100% necessary. Car ownership is insanely expensive, but the sense of freedom makes it totally worth it.

Spacedone

The main thing I remember about this movie is that after it became a surprise hit the makers released a faux documentary about the so-called myth/legend behind the premise, against pretending it was all real, and it was far more interesting than the movie itself... at least to me. IMO the found footage genre peaked with Trollhunter.

Patrick

P.S.> George, I know you like to travel, and having a license will also come in handy if you go to a place that doesn't have a lot of public transport and you want to rent a car.

Jetofi

For me is driving like freedom. I can go whenever I want, whithout focusing on bus, train shedules or someones programm and needs. I bought car two hours after I got licence. My car is old and slow, so I can not be angry during driving, I enjoy the ride.

Guillermo Antonio Ricci Alvarez

There was almost no promotion for the movie, which made it seem real as people talked about it...many said it was real, others that it was fake...no actor interviews made it more real for many

BlindPanda

George you’re overthinking this whole driving thing, just wait 5 more years and we’ll have flying cars 🤘🏻

sarCC
>>126888918

Untrue, there was massive promotion, including one of the first viral marketing campaigns on the internet.

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

I know some people hate this movie and some people love it, I'm the latter, I think it's a damn masterpiece. It's always what you can't see that scares you the most. But I was also one of the people fortunate enough to see it in the theater when the viral campaign had seeded public consciousness with rumors that it was real. Was really relatable for me too, because there was a supposedly haunted forest near where I grew up that as teenagers my friends and I would obviously visit drunk and stoned while we were being losers, first place I heard how terrifying a howling pack of coyotes can sound because they ditched me as a prank when I got out of the car to pee. I mean your own imagination will really mess with you in the dark and coyotes have the creepiest howl I swear. This movie is so effective, the writing is so good, simple but effective, that even if the shaky cam is too much you can not look and just listen to it as if it were an old time radio show and it would still be just as great, the only visual you'd miss out on really is right at the end with Mike in the corner, but you'd probably imagine it anyway lol Btw the guy who played Josh was in True Detective, one of the bikers, but he was also in an episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories. I love that show, Marilyn Manson telling his story about summoning some demon shit is truly creepy, Daniel Stern in a haunted English town, and it seems like about half of the Sopranos cast have some great ghost stories. I recommend that show if you like paranormal stuff, I don't know if they're all TRUE stories but they are definitely all GOOD stories 👍

Guillermo Antonio Ricci Alvarez
>>126888918

I meant actor's promotion, they didn't get interviews or anything..all the marketing made it seem like actual found footage and as internet was barely starting that's not how many heard of the movie

Jay

Good found footage knowledge, George. So many people think Blair Witch was the first film to do this. I'm pretty sure Cannibal Holocaust was the first and no Simone, you wouldn't enjoy it:)

Christopher Feiertag

Crazy idea: how about, after George got his driver’s license, the 2 of you come to Germany for the holidays and you both can get the German Autobahn-experience. 😁

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
>>126891760

Yup, at first I thought it was a woman screaming, because the stories were that Satanists and witches or whatever did rituals and whatnot in that forest and that night it was pitch black, but after more of them started howling I realized yeah it must be coyotes, but still freaked me out lol. But even in the daytime that forest was just creepy for some reason, a place in the hills in Southern California we called the Green Mist.

Skyruff

As a person who is”legally blind” and not allowed to drive, I kind of feel like Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting. “You’re sitting on a lottery ticket and you’re to chicken to cash it in.” (Ya, I edited the quote) But then again I also live in the U.S. midwest we’re driving is far more essential.

Skyruff

This movie was always odd to me. In the middle of the movie they break theme and have a clearly edited scene where the camera changes position/ view but the voice over / sound doesn’t cut. I went to college for a degree in Film/theatre so I seem to be one of the few that spotted this. I love the whole idea of the film except for that one mayor issue.

Grumblefunk

I took a first date to this movie when it came out! The subsequent marriage only lasted a decade though haha

Vwlss Nvwls

This movie had more impact when it came out, but now so many people have mocked it or done things similar that it loses a ton of the effect it should have. It is still interesting, and was a good idea for a film in my opinion.

Jay

Glad yous liked it. I've watched this with people down the years, also watched reactions and just talking about it with fellow movie buffs, it seems to underwhelm most who didn't see it back in 1999. I was happy to hear George say "I hope we don't see the witch". I watched this at the time thinking it was legit, I was 12 and absolutely freaked out. If you ever want to watch found footage again, watch Rec. Spanish horror from 2007. Best found footage film ever made in my opinion. And another witch film to scare Simone - The VVitch from 2015.

JokerDanny

please add The Wicker Man (original British version) to polls

Opti_Frog

I think it's kind of funny how some people genuinely hate The Blair Witch Project, like it somehow insulted them personally. I will never stop defending this absolute gem of a movie. During the trivia section, George alluded to a scene that was apparently "unscripted", but the thing is, that's true for most of the movie. "We were after complete realism," recalls co-director Sanchez. "We knew that if we did it with a crew it wouldn't work. From the beginning we wanted to do Blair Witch as an improvised film. We were basically going to leave the actors for certain amounts of time on their own, tell them what was happening and let them shoot it for a couple of hours at a time. Then we'd come back, review the footage and go on to the next scene."

Opti_Frog
>>126885685

The faux documentary (really an extraordinary piece of marketing) is called Curse of the Blair Witch, and i had taped it when it aired on TV. Me and my friends watched it just hours before we went to the cinema to see the movie proper. So we had all the background stories about the goings-on in Burkittsville/Blair fresh in our minds as we sat down to watch The Blair Witch Project. Definitely heightened our experience.

DM DC

I am in my mid 40s and I had my license at 16 but let it expire and just got an ID card, one cause I never used it. Two cause I don't drive. I am a horrible driver. I barely passed the driving part of the dirver's test. If you could see me play GTA5 it would be probably be like that on an actual road. I can't even really ride a bike without crashing into something sadly. There are times I wish I could drive but many times when I'm on a bus or riding with someone I'm glad I don't drive. I did get a trike last year as I wanted to be more mobile, but it's gunna take a lot of practice to get to a point where I feel I can ride it on the road. The way I recall (and maybe it's changed since I was a kid) but teens couldn't get their license until 16. But you also have to have your learners permit for 12 months before you can get your license thus teens will generally start getting their learners permit at 15 or start a little before. People on the road are horrible, just another reason I'm glad I don't drive because I am very likely prone to road-rage. Part of the success of this film was the marketing. It made it look like real footage, I know this because I knew a lot of people who tried to convince me that it was real. I don't recall how long after but so many people believed this was real. My brother was one of them. I had to show him and a few others the interviews of the cast on Letterman. I think some of the money went to the people they interviewed and permits to film around town. Cause remember there was some filming in town before they headed out into the woods. Also I'm sure they would have had to get a permit for the woods if there was an owner. Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows in my opinion is very underrated. I personally liked it more than the first film. Up to you if you wish to watch it, but the 2nd movie does feature Jeffery Donovan from Burn Notice. Not sure if you've seen that show, I love that show so much. But anyhoo, I think the 2nd movie is good. However I leave it up to you if you wish to delve into it.

Opti_Frog
>>126900812

100% this. The 1973 Wicker Man is one of my favourite movies ever made.

REDR58
>>126902318

The problem with driving in the US is that it’s entirely too easy to get a license and there isn’t serious enough training, and penalties for violating driving laws are not strict enough. I can’t tell you how many people I see every day blow through stop signs and are somehow driving around at night with dim daytime running lights only (which should be illegal and full vehicle illumination on at all times but that is another story) or no lights on at all. Passing on the right, not yielding to pedestrians, etc. I’ve been driving since I was 18, 31 years now and the training I got at the time was laughable. Fortunately my dad was serious about teaching me properly.

AstralCars

I’m throwing out “[Rec]” (2007) as a request. For my money, it’s the best shakycam/found footage horror movie ever made. The Blair Witch Project walked so that [Rec] could run. 🏃‍♂️

Jon
>>126905083

the original, the Spanish one, yes :) ... Americans made a remake, like SHOT-BY-SHOT, it's crazy ! (just to have this film made by Americans I guess.... so stupid), and it's way less good

Odd Thomas

The making of the movie is actually more interesting to me than the actual film. I saw it in 1999 and it was revolutionary in many ways - not the first found footage movie but certainly the most successful. It doesn't really stand up to repeat viewings because the suspense is in the NOT knowing what's going to happen. I actually think the 2016 reboot is far better in terms of scares.

Odd Thomas

My favourite found footage horror is Lake Mungo. Highly recommend it.

Odd Thomas

A great companion movie to this is The Autopsy of Jane Doe. I won't spoil why but it's one of the scariest films I've seen as an adult.

Actuarial Lurker

I grew up in NYC and din't get a license until 30. I'm 57 now and have driven more than 500,000 miles since then

Actuarial Lurker

always thought this movie was Plan 9 level drek- hence a classic- but for the wrong reasons

Grinznmore

The Wizard of OZ is so iconic and constantly referenced; it's time to put it on your list.

BangDroid
>>126889307

I don't know if your just kidding coz text is difficult etc, but it wont be any different in 5 years. We already do essentially have something similar with light aircraft and public use airports, if you own a craft and are licensed you can hop on over anywhere you like. But airspace remains highly regulated. The average person can barely manage 2 dimensions let alone a 3rd.

MasterElodin
>>126899193

Rec. fucking terrified me as a kid. Like its easily top 3 most traumatizing horror movies that I can still remember seeing over the years.

Odd Thomas

Guys. For the love of god, watch The Wizard of Oz. How you feel about people who say 'I've never seen LOTR what's it about?' is how we feel about you not seeing Wizard of Oz.

REDR58

I’d say most of the larger east coast cities in the US have reasonably good mass transit, New York, Philadelphia, etc. The little town I live in now outside of Philadelphia has an old passenger rail station but nearly all of the passenger rail service in town like this ended in the 1970s and 1980s and it’s mostly buses and ride share now. There are still some trolleys and light rail service in a few towns closer to Philadelphia, at least. I love having my own car and very much enjoy driving it but I work from home so most of the driving I do is local. I’ve had my MINI Cooper Coupe since December 2012. I don’t like big trucks or even sedans. 4 doors are 2 doors too many!

Logan Nelson

From ChatGPT... Watching a shaky cam film can indeed be challenging for some viewers, especially if it causes discomfort or motion sickness. Here are a few tips that might help: 1. **Distance from Screen**: Increase your distance from the screen. The further away you are, the less intense the shaky effect might feel. 2. **Screen Size**: Watch on a smaller screen if possible. A large screen can amplify the effect of shaky footage. 3. **Breaks**: Take frequent breaks. If you start feeling dizzy or uncomfortable, pause the movie and take a break. This can help your senses recalibrate. 4. **Focus Point**: Find a fixed point on the screen or in the room to focus on whenever the camera motion becomes too intense. This can help your brain process the motion better. 5. **Hydration and Snacks**: Stay hydrated and consider having some light snacks. Sometimes discomfort from shaky cam footage can be compounded by hunger or dehydration. 6. **Motion Sickness Remedies**: If you're prone to motion sickness, consider remedies that work for you, such as ginger tea or motion sickness medication. 7. **Viewer Positioning**: Sit in a position where your body can relax. Being tense might worsen the effects of the shaky camera. 8. **Adjust Settings**: If you're watching digitally, check if there are settings to reduce motion. Some players or TVs have motion smoothing features. 9. **Mental Preparation**: Be mentally prepared for the style of the film. Sometimes knowing what to expect can lessen the impact. 10. **Alternate Viewing Options**: If all else fails, consider looking for a version of the film that has been stabilized in post-production, though this might not always be available. Remember, everyone's sensitivity to motion in films is different, so what works for one person might not work for another. Adjust these tips to your comfort level.

Logan Nelson

The marketing campaign for "The Blair Witch Project" was groundbreaking and unique, especially for its time. The key elements of its marketing strategy included: 1. **Internet Marketing**: This was one of the first movies to use the internet for marketing. The filmmakers created a website that presented the plot as a true story, complete with fake police reports and 'newsreel-style' interviews. This blurred the lines between reality and fiction, intriguing and confusing audiences. 2. **Mystery and Rumors**: The marketing played heavily on the ambiguity of whether the film was a documentary or fiction. This ambiguity created a lot of word-of-mouth and media speculation, driving interest in the film. 3. **Minimalist Approach**: The marketing avoided traditional high-budget methods. Instead, it relied on viral marketing and grassroots methods, like screenings at college campuses and film festivals. 4. **Mockumentary Style**: The use of found footage and a documentary style added realism to the film, making the marketing claims of it being "real" more believable to the audience. Overall, the marketing strategy for "The Blair Witch Project" was innovative in its use of the internet and viral marketing, significantly contributing to its success and making it a cult classic.

Ricardo Alanis

The directors’ commentary for this movie on the disc is one of my favorites. They half riff it MST3K style and half talk about the filming process. They gave the actors GPS directions and every day left less food to get them to be more tired, hungry, and get a more real reaction. The kids laughing and the handprints were by the director’s nieces/nephews. The direct sequel, Book of Shadows, was no good but the 2016 Blair Witch was surprisingly good and expanded the lore/explained some of the things from the original film. I agree with other comments that Trollhunter is an excellent found footage movie. I also recommend “Interview With The Assassin” which revolves around the JFK assassination.

WastedPo
>>126918314

Did you write this? It sounds kind of Chat GPT-ish. Edit: Oh, nevermind. I see that in your previous post, you do say that this is from Chat GPT.

FranciscoGios

I hope George records his adventures on his hunted woods. And I wonder if Simone would camp outside her house and record as well. There’s another movie that came from REC, that I would like you guys to react to called Quarantine-2008.

DM DC
>>126902318

Agreed. When I was living in Denver, there is this road I took a bus on to get home and it seemed like every other day there was a crash somewhere along that road. A few were even cars going into buildings. It was nuts!

Odd Thomas

The film that made me ill from shaky cam the most is Hardcore Henry. It's a great film but I literally had to watch it in chunks.

Jay
>>126900812

One of my all time favourites too, but I must insist on director's cut or final cut.

JokerDanny

also please add This Is England [2006] to movie polls

MattN

this came out when i was in high school and was really big into film. i grew up in the woods in the north east US and knew the frustration\fear\anger of being lost in the woods. this movie was one of the first found footage that i could think of and we were all asking if it was real or not. this movie scared me soooo much when i saw it

Shonnicus

Excuse me if someone posted this. There is a lore part not in the story but more fan theory. Josh and Mike used the cover of filming and both conspired to kill Heather. They intentionally lost map, made up noises, etc. So in the end she was the only one that died.

Dor

I am not usually much effected by horror movies, never have been. I was 15 when I saw this in the theater. At the time, there was still some confusion due to the marketing/media regarding whether it was "real" or not. It is the most scared I have ever been watching a movie. Pure terror, Shaking and almost hyperventilating in the theater, even full of other people. I still remember that feeling. And the crazy thing was, it either hit you or it didn't. I saw some people coming out of the theater looking like I did, white, terrified. Other people came out laughing like it was the dumbest more ridiculous thing they had ever seen. It inspired a ton of mockery in all kinds of venues. Still feels like an amazing achievement to me.

Bennett Holleman

Good reference to Deliverance, one of the most terrifying movies ever made.

Aiden

From what I’ve seen I think the reason why people get so mad when driving at stuff that’s seems small is because the stakes are so high when you’re driving on the road and there’s rules for how things are supposed to be. I think It’s like why people get so mad at police officers who are bad at their job it’s just something that shouldn’t be messed up but idk personally I don’t drive

Daryl

Don’t watch anything Blair Witch related after this film. 🤣 but you should check out the documentary of the Blair Witch that was supposedly released during when the Blair Witch Project came out, which felt incredibly real! A very, creepy back story to the Blair Witch.

Tenn Seven

Yeah, in like 99% of the US it's pretty normal to just do the whole learning-how-to-drive thing in your teenage years. In NY though (not anywhere else in the US that I am aware of) it's not uncommon for people raised there to never have done all that.

Jeff I.

It's interesting how much some people are affected by shaky/handheld camera work, while others aren't. It doesn't bother my eyes/brain at all, thought it can be annoying if makes it harder to actually focus on what's happening in a scene when it's combined with quick editing like George mentioned.

Orphan Crippler

I got my mate with this one back in 2008, but he was pretty gullible. I also convinced him that if he closed his eyes, tilted his head back, stuck out his tongue and pretended their was a salt shaker in his hand, that he could shake imaginary salt onto his tongue and his brain would make him think it's real and that he would taste salt... Go ahead.. Give it a try..

megamoo chilli

Big difference between driving on an open road with landscape and fresh air and freedom, an adventure, vs driving a morning and afternoon commute in peak rush hour, and exhaust fumes to a less than perfect job.

megamoo chilli

They did a lot with little in this film. George mentioned what I was thinking. Her hair was a bit too neatly done for several frantic days lost in the woods.

Guy Gordon
>>126926274

I've always loved that fan theory. It makes the film extra devious on rewatches if you do so from that lens.

Who Are These People
>>126949441

It was so skillfully done. High-budget movies play the tension/jumpscare loop with no variation and it gets so fucking boring. In this one they give different flavors of tension; a variety of emotional tension from people they interview; some who laugh about the story, some serious, some ambivalent. Then a release of tension in the humor during their first day, tension at night, argument in day, disorientation in the scenery without landmarks for the audience to feel safe and grounded, then gradual antagonism...Bravo.

Chase Schleich

Can't even attempt to watch this. I don' need the migraine for the night. It's not even a good film. It was a cultural thing that came out at just the right time. People thought it was real and that made the movie cool. Once you know it's not (which we all do now), it's just a bad movie. Boring and so shaky it's unwatchable.

Sean

The one thing I love about Michael Keaton's performance is he plays a guy who you can see has issues. I never got that from Christian Bale' s character. Both still great performances. I'm also happy George got the mirror reference they used for the Simpsons!

sheriffjt
>>126992699

"People thought it was real and that made the movie cool. Once you know it's not (which we all do now), it's just a bad movie. " I saw it in the theater and enjoyed it, definitely did not think it was real. Nor did the critics who overwhelmingly enjoyed it. Why you can't you just let people like things?

Asa Leon Barber

My favorite quote about the film: "I dunno, they got us on pins and needles looking at sticks. I think you'd call that a success."

Asa Leon Barber

Also, a few years after this, Cartoon Network ran a week-long Scooby-Doo Marathon in October, under the banner "The Scooby-Doo Project". In between episodes, they would run minute-long shorts, recreating this film scene-by-scene with the Scooby Gang. It was actually really well-done, and can be found in its entirety on Youtube.

simon brouillard

I remember George saying he likes Kevin Smith movies, and while it didn’t gross nearly as much, his first movie Clerks cost like 26 000$ to make

Shane Driscoll

Yawn. This film had maybe 30 minutes worth of plot stretched over an hour and 20 minutes. Now if you want to watch a really cool slow-burn found footage horror film, I'd highly recommend Noroi: The Curse.

Justin Hunt

Another amazing found footage film is Trollhunter. Would love to see a found footage type poll.

Phoenix Lennard

I’m sorry you guys had to watch this garbage

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

The handprints, that's honestly one of the creepiest little details they included in set design that is just 🤌 One of my favorite little behind the scenes stories is that the filmmakers actually stalked the actors in the woods, not telling them when or where they'd be. So a lot of that fear you see on camera was actual anxiety that the actors were experiencing. One man's garbage is another man's found footage masterpiece I guess, I just really appreciate good storytelling and my favorite stories tend to be the ones that turn your imagination against yourself, also why I'm a huge Twilight Zone fan. Also, don't worry about the woods Simone, you have a great voice and would absolutely be the white witch of the wilds, I think being musical is a weird magical defense lol, I don't know if that's a thing but I like to believe it is lol Btw if you ever do watch American Horror Story, season 3, Coven, is my favorite.

Todd Rush

I LOVE that you liked this. So many people are like, "Meh", because they are expecting some kind of slasher bullshit. This obviously isn't for the "I want more car crashes and explosions!" people. One of my favorite movies.

Noe Ramirez

US cities are a nightmare! Lol I fucking wish the US was more walkable getting anywhere in a big city can be a nightmare. And I actually enjoy driving too. I love going faster than I should on a back country road. I like driving manual cars they're fun as fuck, but at the end of the day when I want to get somewhere Id love to be able to hop on a tram or a train, bus whatever, but its very rare here. Most cities are borderline deathtraps if you try to walk.

Imnot Acop

I like how this movie is basically: a witch says, "sure, I'll be a part of your movie, but this is what it's gonna be about."

pinkdino99

I'm an empathic viewer. If I can put myself in the skin of the protagonist, then it will likely scare me. I hate camping. The concept of being lost, hungry, hunted and each night it gets worse and worse is absolutely terrifying to me. And supernatural never gets me.

Deadly Ramon
>>128949828

Just waltz through the neighborhoods where the streets are named after Civil Rights leaders and you'll be absolutely safe.