In Reply to: I'm not surprised you didn't like Cloverfield but am surprised that you posted by sjb on January 27, 2008 at 10:17:45:
innovative and not gimmicky: it wasn't a planned marketing approach but rather generated by genuine enthusiasm.
Have you camped much (I know you do)?
It was believably terrifying, with the kids doing believable things as the horror increased. Unlike most commercial American horror films, Blair relied on clever plot twists which incrementally ratcheted up the fear factor. The actors were believable kids, stoners/slacker video guys.
I'd say it's up there with "Night of the Living Dead," though it may be better because it didn't depend on ANY gore or sensationalism: you only heard and imagined the scary stuff.
A camera, some twigs, and intelligence: I can see why Hollywood types hate Blair Witch. With gazillion dollar FX budgets, mega productions, and casts filled with TV personality-types, they can't compete.
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Follow Ups
- Blair Witch was truly scary. It spread word-of-mouth which was - tinear 11:46:19 01/27/08 (8)
- Well, we part company here....BWP was the biggest entertainment fraud EVER perpetrated against the public. * - mr grits 19:01:51 01/27/08 (1)
- Kind of Harsh... - jamesgarvin 15:37:47 01/28/08 (0)
- No, what is truly scary is that you THOUGHT it was truly scary! - Audiophilander 12:11:07 01/27/08 (4)
- You'd be fascinated by a film of a nun taking a dump if it - tinear 12:58:34 01/27/08 (3)
- If I'm not mistaken there's a name for that kind of kink, ... - Audiophilander 00:12:49 01/28/08 (2)
- I appear emotional? Nah. It's just a film, and in - tinear 07:51:10 01/28/08 (1)
- "...this case, a stinking, putrid example of one only appreciated by brain-dead, alien creatures!" - Really? - Audiophilander 09:46:08 01/28/08 (0)
- "it wasn't a planned marketing approach but rather generated by genuine enthusiasm." You've been had. - sjb 12:07:18 01/27/08 (0)