Perhaps Peter (Brandon Scott) stands out the most: initially heavily sceptical of the mission (and understandably, because local boy Lane’s (Wes Robinson) sincerity is sometimes a little intense – although Peter is equally flawed in being so blatantly scorning of him) he nevertheless succumbs to growing fear. And yet, where we got to know only three of them in the original, and they were all fairly strong characters, here there are more of them and naturally they have to share the screen time which means we care less about them as individuals.
The group are a fairly agreeable bunch – certainly they are fairly attractive, which is a concession for mainstream films now, but they are not the catwalk fodder we have been ‘treated to’ in other productions. Why does James wait 16 years before trying to find his sister, and what reason would he have to think that she is still alive and in the woodlands after all this time? He was 4 when she disappeared, so perhaps his parents insisted he waited until maturity hits him before he embarked on the mission, but a word explaining this would have been appreciated. Her spreading foot wound provides the goriest moments this film has to offer, and yet ultimately, nothing really comes of this, other than to make us wince. Of the group, poor Ashley (Corbin Reid), more than most, has reason to regret her decision to partake in this venture. James (James Allen McCune) leads an expedition into the legendry woods to locate Heather, his sister, who went missing in the original. Now 17 years later, does this second sequel emerge as Daddy to the genre, or is it just another shaky webcam outing? The answer is pretty much both – it would be grossly unfair to expect it to provide the same level of hype or impact as the original, and indeed it does not. Meeting with critical acclaim and box office success upon its release (albeit helped by a carefully orchestrated internet build-up), it was a phenomena that spawned countless other found-footage productions of variable merit. Then, the found-footage genre was virtually unknown, and ‘The Blair Witch Project’ all but introduced it to us. Actors: Callie Hernandez, James Allen McCune, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Corbin Reid, Valorie Curry Directors: Adam Wingard Producers: Keith Calder, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Jess Calder Writers: Simon Barrett Aka: The Woods Studio: Lionsgate Films Genres: Horror, Thrillersīack in 1999 we were all a lot younger. Slowly, they begin to realise the terrifying legend is all too real and more sinister than they could have imagined. But as the endless night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence.
At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals Lane (Wes Robinson) and Talia (Valorie Curry) offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods. The film documents James (James Allen McCune) and his friends Peter (Brandon Scott), Ashley (Corbin Reid) and film student Lisa (Callie Hernandez) venturing into the same woods, each with a camera, to uncover the mysteries surrounding the 1994 disappearances. Show more Show less Helmed by director Adam Wingard, 'Blair Witch' goes back to its found footage roots 20 years after James's sister and her two friends vanished into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland, while researching the legend of the Blair Witch, leaving a trail of theories and suspicions in their wake.
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