Anyone who saw this in theaters in 1999..

I saw it back in '99 with about 30 of my classmates - the day we had our grade/year 10 graduation ceremony. I thought it was great, but almost everyone else in the group thought otherwise. I remember when the credits started rolling, one girl (who I wasn't really friends with) stood up and said "Well, that was *beep* - which most others had a chuckle over. Most people in my year weren't all that bright ;-)


I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

I'm sorry, but you're being way too assumptive.
If the film scared you, cool, but that's a pretty broad statement you're making.
I saw it in the theater when I was 14 with my family. None of us were impressed.

Don't get me wrong. I love atmosphere, slow builds & not seeing everything that
is happening. But this was just boring. Most of what happens in this film is,
more or less, these three film students getting themselves lost & overreacting
to EVERY LITTLE THING! Most of the noises they hear, etc, could easily have
just been regular small woodland animals. And they always jump to Panic Mode
One right away, instead of just maybe wondering what it could be, and letting
the panic build slowly. It just got way too old for me almost immediately.

And please, don't try to use the argument that it would be very different if I
were in the situation. It really wouldn't, because I grew up around the woods
& went camping all the time. Is it possible for some stuff to startle me?
Sure. But I don't just go into full-on panic mode, and I at least take the
time to identify what I already know about the woods, and if it is a potential
threat, I can safely say that running off into the woods in a panic, with no
type of plan or action, is not going to do you any favors. And the sad thing
is that Heather should have known as much, since she's apparently an experienced
hiker.

I could have some pity upon them though, if only they didn't put themselves in
the situation by doing stupid *beep* like kicking the map into the river &
constantly screaming at each other over stupid *beep* or even one of them
supposedly being experienced with hiking/camping in the woods... and that brings
me to my other problem with the film. 2/3 of our main cast are horrible,
annoying people I didn't give a flying *beep* about. Heather was a bitch who
would resort to crying if she couldn't get away with taking out her anger on
someone, & Mike was just a dumbass/douchebag. The only character I liked was
Josh, and he disappears halfway through the film, leaving me with the two
rejects I can't help but abhor.

Honestly, the only thing that actually kind of got my attention was the setup of
the twig bundle, and the payoff of it. Other than that, this was not worth the
other odd 80 minutes I had to suffer through. If this film got to you, that's
great... but please do not assume that everyone who saw it in the theater found
it scary. And Tom, please do not assume that everyone who did not like it is
an idiot. It doesn't make you seem smart in comparison, but just very judgemental & elitist.

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The sound you're hearing is the symphony of what we are...

While I didn't think it horrible, lots of people booed and threw empty soda containers at the screen.

It was really a unique experience.

Saw it the weekend it opened. None of us knew whether it was real or fake -- mind you, this was before the internet reached complete ubiquity. Being in a completely silent theater during the night scenes remains one of the most bone-chilling experiences I've had in a lifetime of horror movie fandom. Meanwhile, my friend's mom (I was only 15 at the time) had to leave the theater to vomit (motion sickness).

Even watching it at home, it still holds up. The three actors feel extremely real and it's all too easy to get pulled into their anxiety.

Anyone here mentions Hotel California dies before the first line clears his lips.

I'm so glad I saw this in theaters. It's still scary when you watch it on DVD, but this was definitely a movie that needed to be seen in a dark theater.

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It was definitely a film/theater experience I'll never forget.

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It is, to this day, the grandfather of the horror found footage sub-genre (I believe 8mm just beat Blair Witch in utilizing it for horrifying effect anyways, even though that is more of a True Detective crime drama), the best one to date, and just overall, a great horror movie no matter the sub-genre (in my opinion of course)

in another thread, I had relayed my story of how I initially saw it - and it wasn't in the theater, I kick myself to this day for not doing it because of other peoples' comments about not wanting to see a shaky camera on the big screen (still a legitimate complaint to this day however)

Blair Witch only has minimal shaky cam compared to what we see today. I watched it as soon as it was on rental, because I finally listened to my gut, and one of my closer friends who told me he wished he would have saw it in theaters too.

Had some buddies over, got some grub, and not one of us spoke during the entire thing - if I'm remembering correctly it was a rainy day, in the middle of the day - had been raining and unusually cold for a couple of days prior and after watching this at home. Needless to say, we were all stoked when the sequel was coming out . . .and as you can imagine - tremendously let down! We should have known better! I have not once watched Book of Shadows outside of my theater "experience" if you can call it that

Anywho - after watching the original, we checked out the website, and couldn't stop talking about it for a while, came up with our own theories - great times

I'm hoping with the new one (very impressed with Blumhouse so far BTW) that someone will be showing a double feature with this one - if It is within a 90min/2 hr radius, i might just have to try and make the drive for it.

I saw it in the theater and was very disappointed. I think the theater we saw the film in was old and so the sound wasn't great. I gave the film another viewing some years later and liked it much better. I think it's one of those movies that is very polarizing though- people either love it or hate it.