Blair Witch Project (1999)

Three students decide to shoot a documentary close to Halloween in 1994 in the woods of Burkittesville, Maryland which was once a burial ground for witchcraft called the Blair Witch.
They never came back and a year later the students films and video were found in the woods then was compiled into a movie.
What they found was truly shocking as they find the students encountering sounds and other terrifying events while these three were stranded there.
They all ended up lost in the woods and all go insanely paranoid especially when they see strange events happening and then one of them ends up missing and knows that they will not survive there either.

An excellent film and truly creative. The film also inspired many indie filmmakers to create other flicks like this one.
One of them is named FUBAR. Half the viewers hated it as of course it was all about the students with their camera's filming the events but that's what made it truly frightening too and it seemed very real as well.
I loved the creepy noises in the woods as it made the film extremely effective and spine chilling.
Although some critics bombed this one the film became an instant cult classic!

The acting is believeable as you would think this film was real but of course this was all acted out.
Not only that it was improvised but these three do a bloody good job at it.
Heather Donahue was by the the most outrageous performer and is terrifically intense.

There is a one extremely gory scene as Heather opens up something that is dropped by her tent and sees a piece of Josh's jaw but it isn't very noticeable.

The directing is terrific by both Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez especially with the scenes where the students hear the noises but don't see anything which makes it scarier.
There were nice shots of all three cast members running in the woods at night to find out where the sounds were coming from as it was totally spooky.
They do nice camera shots on the objects being hung in the woods.
Heather Donahue did great at tripping out when she realises what has happened to their map.
Another effective moment was when Joshua Leonard was videotaping Donahue and pushing her buttons as she showed great provoked expressions and was also great crying on set too which looked very real.
Both Michael C. Williams and Donahue do well crying out for Josh's name when they try looking for him as well as their panicking too.
I don't want to spoil the work but it was mavellous direction and very psychological with their actions at being lost in the woods.

Tony Cora composed the music for the opening and ending credits as his music sounds similar to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre as his is just as creepy and effective.

Michael Williams: What are some of your favorite things to do?
Heather Donahue: Well, on Sundays I used to like to go hiking, but now...

Heather Donahue: How would we have, like, just... made a campsite in the middle of three piles of rocks, just by coincidence?

Heather Donahue: Mmmm. Marshmallows. Soft.

Michael Williams: I could help you, but I'd rather stand here and record.

Joshua Leonard: Are you happy?
Heather Donahue: I'm not happy, no. But the car's not far -- we're just not going to be able to find it in the dark.

Heather Donahue: I tell you guys, two more hours max.

Michael Williams: I agreed to a scouted-out project!

Joshua Leonard: I gave you BACK the map, Heather.
Heather Donahue: I gave you the map.
Joshua Leonard: I gave you BACK... THE MAP.

Heather Donahue: How's east?
Michael Williams: East?
Heather Donahue: Yeah, we've been going south all this time. How's east?
Michael Williams: Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked Witch of the East. Which one was bad?
Heather Donahue: Wicked Witch of the West was the bad one.
Michael Williams: Then we should go east.

[On "Gilligan's Island."]
Joshua Leonard: There was no beer on the island, man. If they had beer they would have had, like, big-ass orgies.

Michael Williams: What's with that slime on your backpack?
Joshua Leonard: That's not slime, it's just water. No wait, it is slime, what the fuck?

Joshua Leonard: I heard two noises coming from two sperate areas of space over there. One of them could have been a deer, but the other one sounded like a cackling.
Heather Donahue: No way!
Joshua Leonard: Yeah, it was like a serious cackling.
Heather Donahue: See, my problem is that I sleep like a fucking rock.
Michael Williams: If I heard a cackling, I would have shit in my pants!

Joshua Leonard: [Looking through Heather's camera] It's not the same on film is it? I mean, you know it's real, but it's like looking through the lens gives you some sort of protection from what's on the other side.

[Why the woods aren't big enough to get lost in]
Heather Donahue: Because this is America! We've exhausted all of our natural resources!

Heather Donahue: I want to avoid being cheesy, here. I want to avoid any cheese.

Heather Donahue: We have enough battery power to run a small third world country here.

Heather Donahue: Witches in days gone by were roasted just like my Vienna sausage.

Josh Leonard: I see why you like this video camera so much.
Heather Donahue: You do?
Josh Leonard: It's not quite reality. It's like a totally filtered reality. It's like you can pretend everything's not quite the way it is.

Josh Leonard: OK, here's your motivation. You're lost, you're angry in the woods, and no one is here to help you. There's a witch and she keeps leaving shit outside your door. There's no one here to help you! She left little trinkets, you took one of them, she ran after us. There's no one here to help you! We walked for 15 hours today, we ended up in the same place! There's no one here to help you, THAT'S your motivation! THAT'S YOUR MOTIVATION!

Josh Leonard: You gonna write us a happy ending, Heather?

Michael Williams: I found some cigarettes. I found them all the way in the bottom of my pack. We're still alive 'cause we're smoking.

Heather Donahue: I'm not allowed to smoke, but Mike's allowed to fart as much as he wants?
Josh Leonard: I gave Mike no fart allowance.

[Josh and Heather are talking about "Gilligan's Island."]
Michael Williams: Let's not call him "the Captain," you illiterate TV people. It's "the Skipper."

[On the sounds in the night]
Michael Williams: They're people fucking with our heads.
Heather Donahue: But no one knows we're out here.
Michael Williams: Yeah, but have you ever seen 'Deliverance'?

[Looking at Mike's chest]
Heather Donahue: This is the first time we've seen Mike's chest. It's like blank, hairy, blank, hairy.
Michael Williams: You should see my ass.

Heather Donahue: Flames are licking you like the devil there, Josh.

Heather Donahue: How the HELL are ya this morning?
Josh Leonard: Tired.

Michael Williams: There's people out here messing with us, and I'm not going to play with that.
Heather Donahue: How do you know it was people?
Michael Williams: Well, even if it isn't, I'm not going to play with that, either!

Josh Leonard: What the hell is this blue jelly shit all over my shit?

Heather Donahue: I just want to apologize to Josh's mom, and Mike's mom, and my mom. I am so sorry! Because it was my fault. I was the one who brought them here. I was the one that said "keep going south." I was the one who said that we were not lost. It was my fault, because it was my project. I am so scared! I don't know what's out there. We are going to die out here! I am so scared!

Heather Donahue: I'm scared to close my eyes. I'm scared to open them.