By Thomas Puhr
Frequent collaborators Adam Wingard and Simon
Barrett’s follow-up to the great The
Blair Witch Project (1999) is well-constructed (a subtle visual twist brings
everything full circle), yet ultimately unnecessary. Attempts are made to
varnish the original’s roughness; a drone camera, for example, provides some
eerie overhead shots (a clever conceit that is ultimately wasted). Just as John
Carpenter did with his masterful update of The
Thing, Wingard and Barrett make explicit what the original left in shadows.
This decision is fine (did they really have a choice?), but the inevitable
reveal of the creature is a mess of generic CGI.
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