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AndyKaufmanSentMe t1_j92oiwd wrote

There's something in The Blair Witch Project that still haunts me, and I don't know if it was discovered in the editing room, or always planned.

A few times throughout the movie, the DAT sound recorder for the 16mm camera is farther away than the person holding said camera. This dissonance is scary, particularly in the final shot. The DAT is on the basement floor and Heather is still holding the 16mm upstairs... so her screams get closer, louder and more hysterical as she descends further down. Yikes.

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WhereIsThatElephant t1_j92sy68 wrote

It was originally cleverly posted as a one-of-the-first "found footage". If you just read it, and did not read the reviews, subsequently going into a movie theatre with the perception it was an actual documentary - it did hit the right way.

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Elon_Kums t1_j95b2ak wrote

I knew it was fake and it still hit hard.

One of the few horror films to actually scare me.

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middleagedukbloke t1_j952ej2 wrote

I thought it was a load of shite. I almost burst out laughing at the end when the whole cinema was just sat staring at a black screen.

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njdevils901 OP t1_j96ycas wrote

Yeah that tends to happen at the end of movies

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middleagedukbloke t1_j974ysw wrote

It was just before the end, when we were supposed to be scared because it was dark.

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