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5 Reasons You Need To See Blair Witch (2016)

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8 years ago

September 16, 2016

It Will Wreak Havoc On Your Nerves

This one is a real ride. It doesn’t take long for these folks to get out into the woods. And it really doesn’t take long to have creepy stuff start happening to them. From there on it becomes a nerve rattling ride that doesn’t let up. It is loud and fast. I’m not a claustrophobic person, but at one point in the film toward the climax, I think I did develop claustrophobia. It traces some of the same steps as the original, while also letting you know that you are on new grounds, and you and the audience around you is not safe from the Blair Witch.

The Original Made You Believe

When the first Blair Witch was released, it came with a marketing campaign that had more people believing in it than Orson Welles reading of ‘War Of The Worlds.’ A barrage of news reports, documentaries and general word of mouth all stated that these kids had really gone missing. It wasn’t until a couple of weeks after the release that people became aware that it was not real. For those of us that remember seeing it on opening night, you might recall an anxious-electricity in the audience. It felt unsafe to watch, it felt like a grade away from a snuff film. We were watching something that lives were sacrificed to watch. I was just young enough to believe and just old enough to feel the weight of watching three young people terrorized and taken by a mystery entity. It stayed with me, it stayed with a lot of us.

The Original Changed The Landscape

Following the intense popularity of Blair Witch, almost everyone and their grandmother adopted the “found footage” model. Each release since has either slaughtered or improved on the formula. Without Blair Witch, films like REC, Cloverfield and the like, may have never been made.

This One Answers A Lot Of Questions You Had From The First Blair Witch

A lot of people left theaters scratching their heads after the first Blair Witch. They wanted to see more and have their questions answered. This Blair Witch answers a lot of those questions and gives you a lot of what you wanted out of the original. While it does give you those answers, it also manages to pose new questions in the best possible ways. Its been a few days since I watched it and I’m still intrigued by the possible directions that some of what I watched could mean.

The Guys behind ‘The Guest’ and ‘You’re Next’ Write and Direct This One

Writer, Simon Barrett and director, Adam Wingard are easily two of my favorite creators in the genre right now. This duo has worked on several projects together. With each time out, they have managed to mesh genres together in fascinating ways to create films that flip tradition on its head, while creating new and fantastic work. Their outing with the Blair Witch is no different. They use trademark Wingard and Barrett story telling along with new tools to tell the story in a intensely terrifying and intriguing way.

Blair Witch is now playing at a theater near you.

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“In a Violent Nature” So Gory Audience Member Throws Up During Screening

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3 hours ago

May 8, 2024

Cameron McFarland

Chis Nash (ABC’s of Death 2) just debuted his new horror film, In a Violent Nature, at the Chicago Critics Film Fest. Based on the audience’s reaction, those with squeamish stomachs may want to bring a barf bag to this one.

Thats right, we have another horror film that is causing audience members to walk out of the screening. According to a report from Film Updates at least one audience member threw up in the middle of the film. You can hear audio of the audience reaction to the film below.

Audience reacting to a kill from ‘IN A VIOLENT NATURE’ during the Chicago Critics Film Fest screening of the film. An audience member also vomited during the screening.

The film, described as a slasher from the killer's perspective, hits theaters on May 31. pic.twitter.com/KGlyC3HFXa
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) May 6, 2024

This is far from the first horror film to claim this kind of audience reaction. However, early reports of In a Violent Nature indicates that this film may be just that violent. The film promises to reinvent the slasher genre by telling the story from the killer’s perspective.

Here is the official synopsis for the film. When a group of teens takes a locket from a collapsed fire tower in the woods, they unwittingly resurrect the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime. The undead killer soon embarks on a bloody rampage to retrieve the stolen locket, methodically slaughtering anyone who gets in his way.

While we will have to wait and see if In a Violent Nature lives up to all of its hype, recent responses on X offer nothing but praise for the film. One user even makes the bold claim that this adaptation is like an arthouse Friday the 13th.

In a Violent Nature will receive a limited theatrical run starting May 31, 2024. The film will then be released on Shudder sometime later in the year. Make sure to check out the promo images and trailer below.

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New Windswept Action Trailer for ‘Twisters’ Will Blow You Away

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6 hours ago

May 8, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The summer movie blockbuster game came in soft with The Fall Guy, but the new trailer for Twisters is bringing back the magic with an intense trailer full of action and suspense. Steven Spielberg’s production company, Amblin, is behind this newest disaster film just like its 1996 predecessor.

This time Daisy Edgar-Jones plays the female lead named Kate Cooper, “a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.”

Twisters cast includes Nope’s Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane (American Honey), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy).

Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and hits theaters on July 19.

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Travis Kelce Joins Cast on Ryan Murphy’s ‘Grotesquerie’

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8 hours ago

May 8, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Football star Travis Kelce is going Hollywood. At least that is what Dahmer Emmy award-winning star Niecy Nash-Betts announced on her Instagram page yesterday. She posted a video of herself on set of the new Ryan Murphy FX series Grotesquerie.

“This is what happens when WINNERS link up‼️ @killatrav Welcome to Grostequerie[sic]!” she wrote.

Standing just out of frame is Kelce who suddenly steps in to say, “Jumping into new territory with Niecy!” Nash-Betts appears to be in a hospital gown while Kelce is dressed as an orderly.

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Not much is known about Grotesquerie, other than in literary terms it means a work filled with both science fiction and extreme horror elements. Think H.P. Lovecraft.

Back in February Murphy released an audio teaser for Grotesquerie on social media. In it, Nash-Betts says in part, “I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now. There’s been a shift, like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole that descends into a nothingness…”