Blair Witch Review: 7 Ups And 3 Downs

6. It's Got A Millennial Attitude

The horror is all the more effective because it comes after an oddly humorous first half. The characters, who all have broad but distinct personalities, are constantly wisecracking and using jokey disbelief as a cover for the mounting fear that's gradually consuming them. Yes, there's a lot of jokes in Blair Witch. A very noticeable lot.

But of course, these are millennials, so what did you expect? The first movie followed Gen X-ers pumped full of pretentiousness and dreams of success. This one has a bunch of students doing a project because they have to. As such, the reactions to the emerging horror are more knee-jerk - this batch opt to turn back much easier - and they cope with all hell breaking loose it with all the self-awareness a generation raised on the internet would.

At points the characters can be a bit annoying, the sort of film students who would be exhausting to spend too much time with, but as with the original that's kinda the point. The aim is realism, not likability, and in reality these are the sort of people who'd end up in this situation.