Blair Witch (2016)
A needless 'sequel' which adds nothing to the legend created in the first film and only weakens its legacy. Back in the late 90s I staggered into the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh one morning, beset with a hangover and fully intent on disliking the film I was about to see, the hysterically hyped The Blair Witch Project . I did see it but I did not hate it. I emerged from the Cameo blinking in the weak Scottish sunlight and chastened and humbled. The film makers had accomplished what they set out to do - craft an effective, well made, innovative film. (I know, Cannibal Holocaust , The MacPherson Tape and The Last Broadcast and probably several others beat it by varying numbers of years, but none of them had any significant mainstream impact.) A genre was created with The Blair Witch Project , and effectively ended as well. After that film, what else could you really do with found footage style? Other than endlessly repeat the same tropes and ideas. Of course, that didn'