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starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Gemma Files - Film.com
starstarstarstar Todd McCarthy - Variety
starstarstarstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstarstarstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
starstarstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstarstar Bruce Westbrook - Houston Chronicle
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstar Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News

At a time when digital techniques can show us almost anything, The Blair Witch Project is a reminder that what really scares us is the stuff we can’t see

- Roger Ebert

You often want it to be scary, and it occasionally threatens to be scary. But when the haunting subsides, we’re left with the equivalent of cinematic foreplay

- Chris Vognar

The Blair Witch Project

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Three film students shooting a documentary about a murderous witch who's supposedly haunts a Maryland forest get lost deep within the woods. Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffith, Jim King. Directors: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez (1999, R)

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