Blair Witch
Lionsgate | Release Date: September 16, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
21
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzSep 15, 2016
A thrill ride that’s as terrifying as it is no-nonsense. Read full review
83
HitfixDrew McWeenySep 17, 2016
The movie is as good a Blair Witch film as anyone could have faithfully delivered. Read full review
83
IndieWireBen TraversSep 11, 2016
Blair Witch is shot, constructed and executed just like the original. And the slow-build fright fest will please genre purists — perhaps enough to reinvigorate the potential franchise — even if it feels all too familiar to the rest of us. Read full review
80
Time OutMichael GingoldSep 16, 2016
Above all, Blair Witch is a triumph of sound design. The cracks, crunches and rumbles from deep in the woods enhance a terror that’s pierced only by the beam of a flashlight. Read full review
80
Total FilmMatt GlasbySep 12, 2016
Wingard and Barrett’s surprise – and surprisingly strong – sequel earns its scares. An effective follow-up to a film that can’t be matched. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKevin P. SullivanSep 15, 2016
Blair Witch is the Hollywoodication of a film that defied the industry, and it works because of the profound respect for the original that hides beneath camera work that’s too good and a cast that’s too attractive. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerSep 13, 2016
Big kudos go out to screenwriter Barrett for creating a script that throws out so many curve balls. Just when you think the story is going in one direction — you get some nice jolts and surprise twists Read full review
70
The VergeBryan BishopSep 13, 2016
Wingard and Barrett add a creepy body horror element to the mix early on, and thanks to the forceful sound design there’s a greater sense of some massive, physical thing in the forest than the first film ever had — but Blair Witch is at its best when it’s honoring what has come before. Read full review
70
Screen DailyKim NewmanSep 12, 2016
It’s an intense, imaginative piece of work – which treads over familiar ground but modestly ventures a bit further in the climax. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Sep 14, 2016
Blair Witch will make popcorn fly. But it won’t make anyone believe. Read full review
67
The Film StageJordan RuimySep 13, 2016
It’s a film that not only goes back to the basics, but seems to deliberately steal much of what made the original such a horrific treat. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanSep 24, 2016
While it doesn’t recapture the black magic of the original, it delivers the requisite terror in the last half-hour after a slow and ambiguous start. Read full review
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