Posts Tagged ‘The Blair Witch Project’
Film Review – Blair Witch
Chances are you’ve fallen into one of two camps when it comes to 1999’s record-shattering indie The Blair Witch Project: you’re either appreciative of its (at the time) gonzo, POV approach and guerrilla marketing strategy or you’re the other 80 percent of the planet. Personally,…
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Film Review – Creep
So, I’ve written a little about found footage films in the past, but I think it’s time to address the controversy head on. (There’s not really any controversy other than some people hate them and other people just keep saying the form is dead. “Controversy”…
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Film Review – [REC] 3: Genesis
When The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999 to huge audiences and huger pupils, it opened the floodgates for a slew of low-budget horror movies, a good deal of them sharing/aping the “found footage” aesthetic. While a few of these films managed to transcend…
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Pulling Focus – Found Footage Films and Marketing
Found footage horror films are a genuinely modern phenomenon. We can attempt to trace roots to Cannibal Holocaust in 1980, tie origins to the aesthetic and stylistic techniques in the even older cinéma vérité genre, or, if we really want to go back, we can…
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Poll – Favorite Horror Film of the 1990s
As part of our horror celebration for the month of October, we will be running a series of polls to try to nail down the best horror films from specific periods of time. This time we are tackling the best horror film of the 1990s.…
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Episode 110 – A-Level Charm
Spencer and Greg discuss Aaron Eckhart in advance of The Rum Diary, think about horror films that influenced them growing up and give DVD picks of the week.
READ MORESingle Serving 1 – Based On a True Story
A discussion about films that are based on a true story and what it means for a film to be based on a true story. Featuring Laremy from Film.com.
READ MOREEpisode 64 – Horror Movie Showdown
Spencer and John breakdown Paranormal Activity 2 vs. Saw 3D in advance of their releases, share some of their favorite scary moments in film, and give their DVD picks of the week.
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