Ehlobo lika-1999, Iphrojekthi yeBlair Witch hit theatre and took the world by storm. Le ntambo yezicathulo ibhajethi etholakele i-footage horror movie ibiyi-smash ebucayi ne-box-office eqalise igagasi elisha lama-movie ama-horror 'abuyiselwe'. Ngiseyingane, ngangisemncane kakhulu ukuthi ngingabona ukunyuka okulinganiselwa ku-'R 'nginqamula eBlack Hills ngokwami, kepha, angizange ngidinge ukuthi lapho lesi simo sihlasela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Iphrojekthi yeBlair Witch kwaba impumelelo yangempela yokumaketha ngegciwane, sisebenzisa amandla e-intanethi nezwi lomlomo ukuheha izethameli kulokho abaningi abakholelwa ukuthi yindaba eyiqiniso.

Ngikhumbula kahle ngibona idokhumentari ezungezile, Isiqalekiso Somthakathi KaBlair esiteshini seSci-Fi. Ukubeka isisekelo sezinganekwane ezizungezile nezinganekwane ze-titular Witch. Izinganekwane eziholele ezincwadini eziningana, emidlalweni yevidiyo nokulandelana okuqondile okufakiwe, Incwadi Yezithunzi: UBlair Witch 2. Impendulo ibanele ukuthi amacebo wokulandela okulandelayo abonakala emiswe kahle. Kepha manje, eminyakeni eyishumi nesithupha ngemuva kokufakwa kokugcina kwefilimu ku-franchise, sesibuyela eBlack Hills yaseMaryland ngesihloko esibizwa nje UBlair Witch.

Mhlawumbe okunye ukukhishwa okushaqisayo kulo nyaka, uma kungenxa yemfihlo nokulethwa kwalokhu kungena ku-franchise. Okuthiwa ngokunyonyoba Izinkuni ekuqaleni, iphrojekthi yakhokhiswa njengenganekwane entsha yokwesaba evela kumqondisi / umbhali we-duo ka-Adam Wingard noSimon Barrett Ulandelayo, The Guest, Futhi V / H / S. udumo. Kuphela kwesimemezelo sebhomu eSan Diego Comic-Con sokuthi empeleni bekuwukuqhubeka kwefilimu eyingqophamlando.

Ixhunyaniswe ngqo neyokuqala, icebo lilandela uJames Donahue, umfowabo omncane kumlingisi wokuqala, uHeather Donahue. Lapho izithombe ezixakile zendlu ezivela kubhayisikobho yokuqala zilayishwa ku-intanethi, kuthiwa zivela emifanekisweni etholakala eBlack Hills, uJames ucela abangane bakhe abambalwa ukuba baye ehlathini, babheke ukuthi azikho yini izinkomba ezingamashumi amabili nambili zikadadewabo ukunyamalala isikhathi eside. Behlome ngamakhamera nemishini yesimanje, yobuchwepheshe obuphakeme, bazokwazi yini ukuxazulula izimfihlakalo zeBlair Witch noma banyamalale njengabaningi ngaphambi kwabo?

Manje, kunezinto eziningi ezihlukile kanye nokucacisiwe ku- UBlair Witch Ngizizwa kungcono ukushiywa kungashiwongo. Uma usuyimpumputhe kakhulu ngaphambi kokungena, iba ngcono isipiliyoni ozoba naso, ngakho-ke lokhu kubuyekezwa kuzoba mahhala kangako ngangokunokwenzeka.

Kuze kube seqophelweni; kuyethusa? Le movie inginike amaphupho amabi, ngakho-ke isihogo siyesabisa. Isihluthulelo sempumelelo yayo besezingxenyeni eziningi ezahlukene. Kokukodwa, ngokungafani ne- Incwadi Yezithunzi, UBlair Witch ibuyiselwe kufomethi yezithombe ezitholakele, kepha ngokwengezwa kobuchwepheshe banamuhla. Ama-Go-pros, ama-drones, i-GPS, nokuningi kuyasetshenziswa, futhi kwenzelwa ezinye izigcawu eziyingqayizivele ezithwebula ubucayi behlathi kanye nokudangala okuphelele kwabasebenzi. Futhi, kulula ukufakazela ukuqopha yonke into lapho amakhamera emancane futhi angagqokwa kalula.

Into eyodwa ebikade igxekwa okwangempela kwakuwukuhamba kancane okuhamba ngasemngceleni oyisidina. Abangani abaningana baze bangitshele ukuthi bavele bahamba phakathi ngaphambi kokuyibiza ngokuthi ayeke! UBlair Witch ayihlushwa yile nkinga. Lapho amaqhawe ethu aphambukayo engena ehlathini, izethameli zizongeniswa, uma nje zizobona okuzokwenzeka ngokulandelayo. Kunokuhlonipha okuningi kokwesaba okudumile kwasekuqaleni, kusuka ezibalweni zezinduku nemisindo emahlathini, kepha kunokuqukethwe okuningi okunezela kuma-mythos.

Kuzophikiswana ngokuthi ngabe lokhu okufakwayo kuyalingana, uma kuphakeme nangaphezulu, okwangempela. Ngenkathi ngingeke ngixoxe ngalokho namuhla, ngizothi iyaxhuma futhi ibophezele i-movie eyethusayo eyanelisayo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi "ukuphinda" noma "ukuphinda ufunde". Ngenkathi ingahamba endaweni ejwayelekile, UBlair Witch ama-sprints amemeza ngaphezu kwanoma yini ezinganekwaneni eza ngaphambi kwayo. Futhi ngesabelomali esikhudlwana, uWingard noBarrett bakwazi ukudala izigcawu ezethusayo ebezingenakwenzeka I-TBWP, kodwa ngokubonga ngaphandle kokuthembela kuFX. Isakhiwo sokungezwani siseduze singenasici, futhi lapho sifika lapho kuphuka khona, siyabhidlika Kanzima.

Angikwazi ukuncoma lokhu ngokwanele. Noma njengabalandeli boqobo, noma abafuna ukwethuka okuhle kakhulu lokhu kuwa, niyabo UBlair Witch, kuvulwa lo Lwesihlanu, Septhemba 16!