Comment BWP vs SciFi Channel's CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH (Score 1) 325
Although it seems not many people have seen it, the "special" that the SciFi Channel had on BWP - called The Curse Of The Blair Witch - was one of the best "mockumentaries" I have EVER seen!
I didn't know anything about BWP when I saw it - and yes, until the end credits rolled, I was CONVINCED that it was all real. The level of detail in this one hour "after the fact" documentary-style show features interviews with the Sheriff that investigated the disappearances, "noted" historical authorities and university professors. It also includes "authentic" news clips regarding the search for the missing teenagers, as well as "footage of a serial killer from the 40s" who claimed that the Blair Witch told him to kill. The level of detail is so high, they actually have authentic-looking manuscripts and diaries from the 17 & 1800s recording some of the local accounts. They even go so far as to give the Blair Witch a name - Ellie Kantner, and trace her passage from Ireland to the States via a ship's log.
If you aren't convinced that this >could be real after watching CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH, then there's something seriously wrong with you - it is THAT good.
I wasn't that impressed with the film itself - I think that it would have been even more successful if it was done the way the special was. I didn't find it particularly frightening, but I did marvel at the "realistic" style of the actors and the "revolutionary" style of directing and scripting.
And for what it's worth, I happen to be a screenwriter myself.
JMHO.
--- Dragon77
I didn't know anything about BWP when I saw it - and yes, until the end credits rolled, I was CONVINCED that it was all real. The level of detail in this one hour "after the fact" documentary-style show features interviews with the Sheriff that investigated the disappearances, "noted" historical authorities and university professors. It also includes "authentic" news clips regarding the search for the missing teenagers, as well as "footage of a serial killer from the 40s" who claimed that the Blair Witch told him to kill. The level of detail is so high, they actually have authentic-looking manuscripts and diaries from the 17 & 1800s recording some of the local accounts. They even go so far as to give the Blair Witch a name - Ellie Kantner, and trace her passage from Ireland to the States via a ship's log.
If you aren't convinced that this >could be real after watching CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH, then there's something seriously wrong with you - it is THAT good.
I wasn't that impressed with the film itself - I think that it would have been even more successful if it was done the way the special was. I didn't find it particularly frightening, but I did marvel at the "realistic" style of the actors and the "revolutionary" style of directing and scripting.
And for what it's worth, I happen to be a screenwriter myself.
JMHO.
--- Dragon77
