Blair Witch

Blair Witch follows the original's beats so precisely that at times it seems the film is more eager to elicit memories of its predecessor than to stand on its own at all.

Barrett and Wingard slavishly reprise the beats of the original movie and suffer gravely by comparison.

Emerges as satisfying in its own right and pretty damn scary.

Belated "official" sequel to 1999 hit updates technology but repeats the original's shocks - only much louder and lamer

Perhaps for someone who never saw The Blair Witch Project, this might represent an adequate scary movie.

Blair Witch nods to the first film but never rediscovers its power.

What follows is the usual "creepy" sounds from the darkness, those infamous hanging stick figures and some interesting ideas that are never fully realised.

The new Blair Witch film lacks a real proposal and personality. Its only another found footage movie that, except for its last 10 minutes, is incapable of arousing any emotion. [Full review in Spanish]

Blair Witch is probably fascinating for young viewers who had never seen the original movie and didn't live through that hype, but for those familiar, it offers nothing new.

By showing too much in an unfocused manner, the grounded reality of the Blair Witch legend is peeled back to reveal the very obvious paranormal story at its heart, making the sequel a dull and listless venture to sit through.

Brings new ideas to the table without straying from what made the original film so memorable.

The multiple camera angles ensure that just as dread surges -- the waiting was always the hardest part in The Blair Witch Project -- we cut away to something less nerve-wrecking.