There have been three ‘Blair Witch’ movies released so far, with the original still standing as the only truly good one — and arguably the only one that mattered. That 1999 lightning strike reshaped the horror landscape and helped popularize the found-footage boom that followed. Last we heard from this franchise, Adam Wingard pretty much ran it into the ground with 2016’s “Blair Witch.”
This brings us to Lionsgate and Blumhouse, who apparently believe it’s a great idea to make another ‘Blair Witch’ movie — a reboot that once again tries to revive a franchise Hollywood can’t seem to leave alone. Here’s DanielRPK reporting that Dylan Clark (“Transfigure,” “Home Movies,” and “Seagrass”) has been tapped to direct.
Word is that this one might start production in early fall. I’m skeptical about the whole thing, as ‘Blair Witch,’ made for under $60,000, was a lightning-in-a-bottle moment that captured the zeitgeist in ways very few movies do these days. It’s quite simply the most influential horror film of the last 25 years. As the sequels proved, you just can’t ever replicate what happened.