

On that score, it has its moments, but they don't add up to much. That is, its aim, simply and squarely, is to terrify. But, technologically, it's an update, with a scare quotient that's pretty much the equivalent of that of the original.

It was shot, structured, and executed very much like the eerie original: so it too is a slow-build shock-fest. The nightmarish Blair Witch, originally titled The Woods, is nearly as much a reboot as a sequel, directed by horror specialist Adam Wingard ( You're Next, The Guest, Autoerotic, A Horrible Way to Die) and written by Simon Barrett.
