Blair Witch Project Actors Want Paid AGAIN... After 25 Years?!
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- The three lead actors of 'The Blair Witch' project are making headlines because they want to retroactively get residuals on the film and merchandise, despite signing a crappy deal in the 1990s and despite being given a chunk of change by Lionsgate 20 years ago. Do they have a case?
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1999 was a magical year for movies. Fight club, matrix, Being John Malkovich, American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, The Green Mile. So many creative films in one year. Makes me weep for what we get now.
Don’t forget Iron Giant, The Sopranos and Batman Beyond came out that year
I recommend "The Thirteenth Floor." It's better than the overrated "Matrix," a blatant rip-off of "Dark City," another great movie that came out in 1998.
@@ViIgax omg 😮I agree so hardcore withwhat you said! 💯 The Thirteenth Floor is my pick, a very overlooked gem. And yes The Matrix is overrated. And I do like Keanu Reeves. I much prefer his low budget Johnny Mnemonic over The Matrix. And his film Speed is my favorite of his that he has done.
I need to rewatch Dark City.
@@ItsaKindOfMagic86I loved Johnny Mnumonic.
dunno if you were there for predator 2 when it came out in 1990. it got trashed so bad, called a bad movie n everything and its not lol. you watch it now and you're like "GOD DAMN! WE WERE SPOILED AF!" especially to say predator 2 was a bad movie! theres flaws in it but to be fair the movie was made in i think 3 or 4 weeks and in movie terms thats FAST, thats not a lot of time. i forgot why they had no time but they did it man, they made a good movie in a short amount of time with only one or two flaws. ill just say my 2 flaws: maria conchetta was NOT used properly. she was in the movie and i love her and her character but she had nothing to do but ONE Thing and i wont say what it is but after that moment shes gone from the movie and you forget she was even in it by the end of the movie and the second flaw is gary busey's death. i wont say what happens but pay attention. you'll notice something wrong with his death and i think that time crunch is what ruined it. once you notice it, you wont unsee it and it'll bother you forever lol
I left a job in construction 25 years ago. The building I helped build is still in use. Can I get some money for it now?
No it only applies to movies film music and tv for some reason
You have a better case as your building hasn't wasted my time.
While I honestly believe you have more grounds to be paired then them for some reason certain segments of the entertainment industry is allowed to claim they should.
@@notmousse Well, depends. Was that building housing Congress?
I sold hot dogs as a college student 20 years ago. I wonder if I can get compensated for all the hunger I cured.
In regards to it being promoted as real, they even created a website that looked like the family and friends of the characters were trying to find them.
I forgot about that!!
I recall the news even mentioning it musdying the waters.
Like those clown sitings before IT
It was the first and last time a film could pull off that kind of marketing campaign, now it seems laughable that people could fall for it but at the time they did. The movie itself is pretty forgettable but the meta around it is what mattered and can never be replicated.
War of the Worlds?
I saw it in NYC and they had items, the film reels, backpack, etc., in those clear acrylic boxes like at a museum. I totally fell for it.
At least they got paid, Clancy Brown didn't get paid as a the Kurgen in Highlander and you don't see him asking for compensation. He just moved on and improved his acting and got better jobs. Funny how he's voicing Mr. Krabs but he isn't greedy in real life.
He also voiced Lex Luthor.
... wait wait wait. the kurgen did not get paid? was that wise... Personally I would pay him. However however however. Put him in another film again :D
He also swears in human Detroit!
I met him at a convention. My kid went nuts knowing he was Mr Krab. I surprised him saying that I still have the VHS copy of Extreme Prejudice with Nick Nolte and he was genuinely happy that someone remembered that underrated movie.
He also captured a brain bug.
Hollywood habits arent cheap.
Ridiculous. They signed contracts. They got paid. It was a no-budget thing that was a freak success. It was a one-off. 25 years later they should be embarrassed to go try this crap.
💯
They want to get paid, again? I saw this movie, once, and felt it was mediocre at best. It felt more like a teen melodrama than a suspenseful horror.
These unknowns obviously have next to no reading or comprehensive skills. Plus they don't know how contracts work. Most of these actors or wannabes nowadays fail to read between the lines (99% of them don't read, unless they have someone do it for them)
Yep I’m a film director myself they won’t get a dime. Like
You said this was a 1 in a billion lucky shot. They won’t get any back end.
@@Faceplay2 By their rationale, if you can even call it that, then a cast should also be financially responsible when movies LOSE money, and absorb and share in those losses.
Like crappy hobbits..."but what about third residuals post contract?"
hehe
Filthy hobbitses! They want residuals... the precious residuals!
This....they've got to be kidding right? That's not how this works. They're acting like they deserve special treatment just because they were in a movie. The entitlement and stupidity on display here is astonishing.
I am a professional director you are wrong here but they are also wrong.
It is very common for a film director or actors to get what is called back end points on a film.
Think of it like a share of ownership over the film. As ever film is it’s own business. That being said I know for 100% they didn’t have back ends points on this or it would have be given to them years ago.
Tbh asking for more money after 25 years of staying low key is a bit of a strange move, especially when Blair Witch isn't as popular as it was back in the day
Yeah
I don’t know, Dave Chappell basically got paid again and substantially more when Netflix aired his Chappell show seasons against his wishes. They later did pay him off to make it right.
It’s true that contracts should be followed but in extreme cases like this I do feel the main faces and artistic force behind the whole thing should get compensated fairly.
Stupid they waited this long as if they’d found an attorney during its initial run they could’ve forced some mediation. Greed is so dumb.
@@noneed4me2n7 Well because Dave Chapelle is Dave Chapelle. If he makes an uproar the studio is going to do everything they can to make their biggest star happy
@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9rI'm rick James B.
I think a remake is coming out. So now they want a cut.
STOP! 😭 STOP! 😭 STOP! 😭. I already feel old, this is just making it worse.
Too real
There's a very simple answer to their demands: "If you want to get paid again, you'll have to work again. You will be paid for the quality of your work, nothing less, nothing more."
It's on them if their acting skills have degraded so much in the last 25 years that they can't make a smash hit like Blair Witch again...
They could probably always make some money being a theater teacher or acting coach somewhere.
nah you can't do blair witch again, most of its popularity was in the uhm, wtf is it called...advertising! it got hyped up big time in an era where the internet just became a thing in homes and the internet helped with that too. but you're right, if they want more money then they can make another movie or get a job. these POS dont wanna work again for money, they just wanna scum off the success of an old AF movie property. its like none of em tried to become actors after blair witch came out. maybe they didn't want to and gee thats their fault then. maybe back then they were happy with their success and stopped acting cuz of it. there has to be interviews out there of em after the movie
@@Imissnormal Of course, it just wouldn't be the same level of salary as they might get from being the top billing in a Hollywood blockbuster. If they're okay with that, great. If they're not okay with it and demand to be paid more, good luck finding anyone willing to throw that much money at a group of people who haven't made a cultural splash since college...
What acting skills? They were absolutely mediocre to downright crap.
@@mrsleep0000 heh, yeah that is a thing that people forget so much these days. A lot of classic iconic roles... were from the PoV of a true professional actor... craptastic acting. the audience didn't know where the acting ended and the actor began. Good casting is why the roles worked. Casting an actual nerdy librarian to play a nerdy librarian in a movie might be weak sauce in terms of acting, but... it's a very genuine performance, and that can resonate on a level where Shakespearean acting feels flat and hollow.
Tnere was a documentary (mockumentary) released around the same time the movie did with was supposed to be locals being interviewed telling you about the witch in the woods etc sorta like the locals in the movie....which further made people think it was found footage....so at the time...some people did actually think it was real footage....didnt last to long...but long enough for what they needed.
I guess most people don't have the common sense to think about "why in the world would the family hand over this footage of their loved ones dying? Why would the cops hand over footage that would interfere with their investigation?"
@@Imissnormal people were a lot less media savvy in those days, the internet really did change things completely in that regard but it took time.
@@HisNameWasCrazy I suppose that is probably true. I saw the movie in 2010 because I was too young when it first came out. I am also a big true crime buff and know that police are not forthcoming with evidence during an investigation because if someone knows more than the details released they know they have a lead. Most people probably just wanted a good scare too.
“Blair Witch” was lightning in a bottle. The found-footage genre got done to death after the insane success of it, so unless they’re just going to expand upon the lore of the Blair Witch, I don’t see anything standing a remote chance of recapturing that lightning.
Its influence lives on in indie horror games that follow the same format. Find retro vhs camera, watch surreal footage, go through creepy environments, read a crap ton of journals then experience jumpscares. Rinse then repeat.
@@skylx0812 don't forget the actual game I was dumb enough to pay for
I remember it even got to the zombie apocalypse genre.
And had the movie not been promoted in such a misleading way it wouldn't of had any success. People were lead to believe it was real. Spoiler alert, it was not real.
Nah the movie always sucked
They kicked their money in the f**kin' river!!!
For real?
It's an altered quote from the movie, dood. I think originally he "kicked his map" into the river.
@@DoodsUnitedone of the quotes that stuck with me 'cause it was funny to me re-watching as an adult, lolol
Are any of these people even still acting?
I've read Heather Donahue has a career in medicine. The other 2, I haven't heard anything about.
people asking for extra money a long period have no right to demand more. they decided to sign the bad contract...that is their own fault. and now that they're most likely poor they're going to try and emotionally blackmail others to pay them again. its childish and pathetic.
If these actors all became successful they wouldn't be begging for residual money. All these actors have become failures and has beens. Time to go get a regular job.
Nah, even if they had become successful they would still moan about not being paid, I mean look at Kirsten Dunst moaning about not being paid the same as Toby Maguire in Spiderman movies
Who are these people and what else have they been in?
@@RicStorm616 Kirsten Dunce is just virtue signaling. If she was serious she would sue like these other losers. If they were making another Tobey Mcguire Spider-Man 4 she would be the first to be begging to be in it for whatever price. In fact, she was begging to be in Spider-Man No Way Home from what I read.
@@wickitklown90 Their 15 minutes of fame is over. They should have invested that money wisely into something like a restaurant or bitcoin. The 2 guys only choice is getting a regular job like Vanilla Ice. The girl can go do Only F@ns.
This and the webtoons story are cautionary tales for those that think they don't need legal representation when signing contracts with corporation type entities.
I think you are mistaken using this as an example for that. Considering how small of a budget the movie had and the fact no one could have known the movie would have succeeded, the actors made a bad gamble. People do that all the time, are we going to start feeling bad for the schmucks who waste their lively hoods away at casinos?
"You don't need to sweat the small print. We're all friends here."
"Haha hahahahaha. That's a good one Avi. But no."
@@NoobTamerindeed. It's why the Scott Pilgrim movie was so rushed: O'Malley had to pay the bills.
They should have gotten a lawyer when the movie was such a success at the beginning to renegotiate their contracts and co-creator rights, 25 years later is too late and looks like a desperate cash grab.
And if I was the one being asked my reply would be, and people in hell want ice water.
Kids today don’t even know what this movie even is
I wish I didn't know what it was
It’s that really boring horror movie. Where there were in fact… No witches.
@@danieltilleru3528 you and I both 😆🤣🙌🏻
The Scooby Doo Project is a better than film the original.
Yes, I was confusing and bored. I remember the end. The characters screaming and then the film shut off.
I liked the movie..ending was ominous
I can't remember anyone saying they wanted another Blair Witch movie ever ...... the second one bombed and everyone moved on. And as you both touched on you can't do this movie again, not the way it was done, it simply will not work.
Other attempts like video games, while not awful, also have no hype. For all purpose, BWP just done.
Before the third movie, I heard some people saying they wanted another sequel that was found footage and not like the second movie. Then it actually came out and everybody seemed to lose interest in the entire franchise. I was really surprised they made the game a few years later. That just seemed to come out of nowhere.
Aka none of their careers went anywhere.
Lionsgate: Damn, why couldn't these kids get lost in the woods for real?
That should be the next movie. The actors are pissed they didn't get more money. So they go to the woods to film their own movie and hilarity ensues. Or is that already the plot of the second movie? I don't remember, lol.
@@DevineInnovations I've never seen the second movie. I know reviewers have done nothing but trash it through.
And none of these actors assumed any responsibility if the film would have flopped
No one ever does anything new. Its all reboots and rehashes.
Quentin Tarantino looking nervous in the corner rn
Exactly, and the funniest part is how they had the nerve to spend half a year on strike demanding more money! What have they done lately to earn it?!
The original innovator of the found footage genre was Ruggero Deodato's film called Cannibal Holocaust. Where the Director was put on trial and the Actors also had to appear in court to prove they had not died in the Psuedo style found footage Documentary.
If they wrote the first movie and invented the Blair Witch franchise and did not sell off the rights to the franchise they deserve residuals, if they were just hired actors for the first movie they deserve absolutely NOTHING!
I don't get paid everytime someone uses software I create. This is narcissistic greed.
There have been so many parodies and spoofs of this movie, I forgot it was a serious horror movie.
A serious waste of time
I forgot Blair Witch was a thing.
I actually liked it and still have the movie on bluray. I thought it was creepy when it was out.
We all did.
@@FlintGit was amazing during its time. I was just a kid and this was all anyone talked about. They are right about "if you weren't there" you can't possibly understand how massive this was.
If they want to get paid, THEN THEY SHOULD FIND ANOTHER ACTING JOB!!
This movie is like over 20 years old, and they still need more money? 🙄
Everyone needs more money all the time.
@@HenriFaust If they are incapable of managing their finances correctly, maybe.
They've had 20 years to try to get their hands on residuals or whatnot so at this point it's just pathetic.
The franchise is hanging on by a thread if even that now is not the time to go looking for handouts.
"money please" 💁
Here’s an idea: Don’t. Just don’t. The first movie can’t be recreated, there’s no way to recapture that, and the original cast mean nothing to any future films, nor should there be any.
That movie was over-appreciated and overrated back when it came out. It certainly hasn't even held up.
It didn't hold up a week after the movie came out
"Excuse me, sir, could I have MORE?" -Blair Witch actors in Oliver!
“Blair Witch franchise”
HOW can this be a franchise? I mean, I know they’ll try. But the Blair Witch Project was a one-time thing. No one can replicate it, like you said.
Times in Hollywood are desperate indeed.
The actors from the 1960s Romeo & Juliet did the same thing and both of them were in their late 60s.
Where the hell did they spend $35k on the production? Did they spend $20k on sticks with string?
Promotional Material.. the film was a masterclass in marketing.. they had a false website created about the blair witch (in 1999 before you could easily build a cheap one yourself), they paid for false news stories covering the fake legend and the missing people and they realeased a docuseries a little under a year before the films release about "the Legend of the Blair Witch" and the missing students.. people pretend like they never believed it, but they had the majority convinced that it was true leading up to the films release.. i remember everyone talking about it for months leading up to the film
contract was bought out they have no leg to stand on in court, and any reputable lawyer would look at the facts and tell them they had no chance in hell.
I wish I could get paid repeatedly for only working once.
i think it's clear now why Alfred Hitchcock said, "actors should be treated like cattle."
Hahaha
I personally think everyone involved in the Blaire witch project should have to publicly apologize for the found footage trend.
35 grand!? For that crap?! Evil Dead's were done for damn near the cist of film and the property they were filmed on, which cost them something ridiculously cheap like $1500-2500. For 36 grand, we should have atleast gotten a glimpse of the damned witch.
There was a scene where one of the directors walked in the woods in long johns. That was supposed to be the only scene where you see the "witch." But they didn't get it on camera. You do hear one of the actors yelling, "What is that?" referring to the guy in the long johns. Must have been some expensive underwear.
What a coincidence! I still want my money back for the movie ticket!
After 25 years, really? It's like calling the police for a crime that happened 25 years ago.
mmm, guess it depends on the 'crime'.
Pretty sure they ended up getting paid royalties and when the film became a box office success and started found footage horror basically? Not sure what more this person needs? Lol
If they're not already swimming in money from other projects, then it probably means they're not great actors to begin with.
I was in NYC and went to get a ticket during lunch for the opening week. A PR person asked me if I heard about the lost kids online or if I thought it was "real". I told her it was great marketing. The had a dirty backpack with the mixtape they played in the car and the camera on display. Fun movie but it ripped off " The Last Broadcast" which was about the New Jersey Devil.
If stars from yesteryear could sue for residuals all those stars from the 60's & 70's would want residuals from all those shows that went into syndication. They don't need more money because they failed to consider the future.
Bit of movie trivia about the extent they went through to make the movie look real. The IMDB website at the time had the actors page bios changed to “missing, presumed dead”. Shows the extent they went through to make the movie look real. 😮
0:41 They didn't sign a "bad deal".
They signed a deal.
The movie making a lot more money than anyone expected doesn't magic that deal into a "bad deal".
Great, now we'll have a whole new generation walking around the woods yelling 'Josh"!! I remember going to haunted houses and hayrides and everybody was yelling that in whatever "haunted forest" the places had. Blumhouse has been on a decline anyway... guarantee this new one will be "current day"....
Where would they even get revenue for this movie? i dont even think teens or kids have even heard of this movie.
It'll be a whole new thing and probably be about the actual witch. So probably nothing like the first one at all lol
Those actors embody the true meaning of privilege and entitlement.
Orlando bloom has the right attitude to this sort of thing. He did all three LOTR films for a much smaller amount than his counterparts but doesn't care. It gave his career a boost and helped him further down the line. He made a deal, he could have got more, but he didn't, and he doesn't lose sleep over it. He used it as a life lesson and at the end of the day it was something to put on his résumé and he benefitted from it greatly
More grotesque entitlement. Imagine if everyone did this. There would never be anything created, ever.
As fan of the horror franchise especially the Blair Witch Project. I find these actors should move on from 25 year old movie. Why they are begging for more money from one 25 year old movie is confusing to me.
They have nothing else going on in their lives.
Same thing happened with the studio musicians whom Tobias Forge hired to make the first Ghost album. Nobody expected the album to be such a big success. So they sued because they felt they deserved more money. But they already got paid what they were contractually owed.
I'm proud to say that while I was aware of the Blair Witch Project 20 years ago and heard a lot about it at the time, I never watched it. I thought it was garbage and wasn't interested in watching it even out of curiosity. I did watch a ripoff on cable. I'm pretty sure the ripoff was better. The ripoff had a better title, a better cast and better cinematography despite being a late night cable movie.
I remember seeing this on VHS for the fist time, I was like 12-13 years old. Scared the hell outta me so much that I would not go to the basement to wash clothes 😂.
You don't see actors suing for residuals if their action figure comes out in a line all the time
As someone who was around during the initial craze, all I remember thinking when people were talking about the people in the film being lost, etc, was that it was a huge Larping event... found out about 2 weeks after the movie came out people did genuinely think the events happened. My only reaction was wondering how gullible the public was that they'd make a movie instead of actually looking for the people.
On topic of the movie and rights, you signed those rights away last round, game over, you lost.
Nah screw that. Because of Blair witch we got a Blair witch game instead of nocturne 2. Unforgivable.
I still remember the one and only time I watched this movie. We rented it. I was probably 10 years old. When it ended, while the end credits were rolling, my mom let out a blood curdling scream. Really sealed in that terror.
This is like me asking to get paid again for those burgers and fries I flipped back when I was 16.
1999 the year of vague and enticing movie ads (remember “what is the Matrix” commercial?) now too many films show you the end of the movie in the trailers.
Holy shit, it’s geeky sparkles!
“Meaningful consultation”= control of the company
"... its over... a lot of people look pissed..."-brian the dog watching the blair witch.
So getting seen on screen by millions and opening doors for other work isn't enough
Basically
They ran out of it miss they’re glory days
And wants to be swimming in money again
They actually didn't make that much money and were treated pretty bad during the production.
That being said they probably should have taken the producers to court 25 years ago and went on some show like 60 minutes to explain why they deserved more than the $300,000 that they each got.
@@majordbag2 The horror of only getting paid 300k...
@@majordbag2 300k on 1999's are quite large sum, regardless even when the movie gain more than that
@@majordbag2 It's laughable that there are people who think like this.
@@CJ-kg7yq I wouldn't call it horror to get $300K on a movie that made $248 million and no residuals when you're literally 1/3rd of the cast but I definitely would call it bullshit.
The found footage marketing worked very well even in Europe! In my country, everybody was really convinced this is real found footage... some people were scheptical "after" they watched the movie, but I clearly remember my friend telling me about the movie and mentioning it's real found footage... back then, in our country we didn't see any commercials or trailers - but the rumors spread like wild fire and it worked. The cinema was packed to the brim. It was only after we saw the movie, the ending still blew us away, but when the adrenaline and the "omg factor" went away we started doubting the "footage" and it's credibility... it was years later I learned it was actuall marketing - for years some people still believed it was real.
Next up, Blair Witch vs. Winnie the Pooh: Blood, Honey and Stick Figures.
I libed where this was filmed. It sits behind a neighborhood on the corner of an abandoned paratrooper training base. It was an old Colonel's house. There is actually more interesting urban legends about that base than the movie.
They haven't been able to recreate it because they stole it from The Last Broadcast, whom they got kicked out of Sundance. The producers knew each other.
25 years ago three kids disappeared in the woods... Today they came back... FOR THEIR PAY!😱
They are still unknown actors. They want money for nothing.
Joe Montana now wants 850 trillion dollars from the 49ers and the NFL because people still remember he played professional football.
Does he really? I figure he got his moneys worth after being the most clutch QB
I remember watching this movie in theaters. The only movie I ever walked out of I thought it was so stupid and hated and still do the “shaky cam”
I actually liked many of the Paranormal Activity films because they took this concept and fixed a lot of the flaws. The camera work was largely stable, and it was post HD so the video was crisper.
One thing that especially bothered me with Blair Witch was that there were scenes they gang was supposedly going to put in the finished project, like interviews with locals, and they didn't even bother to use tripods for those scenes. Those scenes could have been a nice break, but nope! The camera was hoppin' and boppin' about like an episode of The Office.
They should be glad they got 300k after the initial payment.
Thats literally house money for one movie back in the 90s.
They sold their rights and should've invested or leveraged their minor fame into more over 20 years.
Get ur facts right they got paid 5 grand and a fruit basket after it blew up
LOL. I like demand #3. They want Lionsgate to give people 60K a pop in a grant to make any film they want, that Lionsgate will have no ownership of ... SMFH.
Meh, "The Backrooms" took over the found footage genre and I don't see anyone giving any care about Blair Witch.
All I can say is thank god we're finally getting a reboot of something, why has no one thought to do this? There's been so much original stuff as of late it was starting to overload the creativity sections of my brain 😆
Even the game didn't get much love cause it's basically condemned but in slender man game style
Many actors, writers, and other creators took shitty deals way back when. SOL now unless the rights holders feel like being nice.
I remember when people would pretend this was a good movie 😂
I came outta the Theater it was Storming outside, Movie Scared the Crap outta me.. Because I Seriously thought it was REAL!!
People at school talked about this as if it was real. This was marketed during the early days of the Internet & it was the wild west online.
They really should leave the Blair Witch in the river where they kicked the map... lost and never found.
Just wondering if the cast of Blair Witch 2 will sue for more compensation for *The Book of Shadows* sequel.
There was a second sequel in 2016. Then a few novels, comic book series, TV specials & video games.
But it's Hollywood. They're on a mission to remake everything from 1960 to 2020. Since these people in charge are nostalgic of their childhoods memories of what they saw. Not given a crap about the younger current generations.
Hollywood is in a total collapse.
Dang I did not expect anyone else to remember Book of Shadows existed, dood
I'd still like to see the original cut of that one, apparently it got changed up a lot by the production company or something, it's been a while so I don't remember the details
RUclips's Nostalgia Critic did a video on Blair Witch 2: The Book of Shadows a few weeks ago. It wasn't pretty. And that sequel killed Blair Witch franchise.
Despite the fact that like Kneon I forgot this film existed, a contract is a contract and unless the contract is illegal in some way you cannot come back later and ask for more than the agree upon amount in the contract. We all have regrets about things we did in the past and wish we had a time machine but like the fact that the Wish movie flopped so hard, time machines do not exist.
The Scooby-Doo Project did it better.
There was another Project on late night cable that did it better.
More entertaining
Loved that.
@@haljordan777loved that one also good times
"These are our footprints!"
I don't know if they've been getting any residues from the home video release. I remember that the film was released on VHS and DVD by Artisan Entertainment, which went defunct in 2004. So, there's a good chance that due to the change over from Artisan owning the film distribution rights to Lionsgate (who purchased the distribution rights and did a Blu-Ray release), it's possible that any residue contracts they had may have been lost amongst the shuffle. But, as y'all have said, they should have done something about it sooner instead of later.
And I want my 2 hours of life back.
I heard the best description of The Blair Witch Project which explained to me why I never thought it was scary.
It was described as "Someone vaguely exploring the woods at night with a camcorder."
I watched the film about 3 times and never figured out why people thought it was scary.
That movie was so good I thought horror movies stopped being scary years later.
Not even scary back in the day. It was just some tents being shaken.
Pretty much similar thinh with Witcher novel author demanding royalties when he took a big pay already from CDPR, expecting the first game to fail miserably. CDPR evem offered new deal that involved royalties before Witcher 3 but he refused it. Only then he asked more after Witcher 3 became popular & CDPR eventually made a new deal.
Lionsgate is just gonna tell them to fuck off
I saw it in the theater having no idea what I was about to see other than a horror movie. I had seen good movies and bad movies, but never had I seen a movie that made me feel like a complete sucker for paying to see it. I was so angry.
all this movie did was okay hollywood to induce motion sickness on its viewers like with cloverfield paradox
I loathe wobble cam. I can at least understand why it exists here, but it's in everything! Even professionally shot films with $100m+ budgets! BUY A DAMN TRIPOD!
Wow, sure is a shame that the cast of the Blair Witch Project disappeared in those woods, and never returned! Don't have to pay them, if they were disappeared by some spooky urban legend!
I remember calling it bs when the movie came out. I'm surprised people fell for it being real.
I didn't know about the hype, just watched the movie and was like ...dang, is this really real? Then I saw the credits and was like...wait a minute, they're actors? Those weren't their real names....and that was that, never watched it again. Saw the second one and was like ..meh, that was a movie. Didn't help the goth chick looked exactly like my ex and we had just broken up a week before lol
I saw this at the cinema, my recollection was that there wasn't any end credits on the first movie it just ended and the screen went to black before the lights came on
People are not smart. Even more recently stuff like Megan is Missing people thought was real and that movie is horrendously bad and it’s understanding of technology and how it even works to record things is so divorced from reality
Funny thing, it had been recreated long after with "Paranormal Activity".
I'm sure it could still be done, but would have to be done very well.