Sadly, it seems that the commentary was recorded shortly after the film flopped, which not surprisingly, isn't the best timing. The Blair Witch blu-ray comes with a commentary track featuring director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barret, so naturally I listened to it expecting insights into the film akin to the above quote. But of course, um, what we actually discovered is that if you call your movie 'Blair Witch,' anything you show, everyone is just going to assume you're actually showing the Blair Witch, and uh, and then they're going to be annoyed about that." You know, it's something much older.We kind of thought that people were going to interpret this film a lot of different ways, and we were trying to leave a lot of mystery to it. SPOILERS for Blair Witch and it's commentary track! "To us, the Blair Witch isn't necessarily something that you ever really could show. Though the company behind "Blair Witch," Lionsgate, likely expected more from the release - especially hiring on Barrett and Wingard, who together have become a super duo when it comes to horror movies having made hits " You're Next" and " The Guest" - they can't be too mad at them as the $5 million-budgeted sequel pretty much made back its production budget in its first weekend.After months of waiting, Blair Witch is finally out on blu-ray, so it's time to restart the hunt for secrets! Sadly, it looks like the mystery dies along with the franchise. On Sunday, after the weekend box office numbers went out, Barrett tweeted this: Things didn't look good for the movie going into the weekend as it only had a 37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.īut the creative team behind the movie, screenwriter Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard, were good sports about the whole thing. "Blair Witch," the first true sequel to the legendary found-footage horror film released in 1999, underperformed at its opening at the box office over the weekend, taking in an estimated $9.7 million. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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