The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Someone go outside to the forest with 2 friends & re-film the original movie with a HD camcorder Oh, and remember to find a creepy house in the middle of nowhere!

Its a shame that aside from sound this will look exactly the same as it did on DVD. Ages ago, when I first saw it in cinema I wondered why it wasn't in widescreen but then I shortly found out the reason. Cropping it to 16:9 would be a bad mood & I'm not willing to buy it on blu-ray for an increase of sound alone as much as I like this movie (still own it on dvd)

[sardaukar1977]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Wasn't this shot primarily on video, meaning it really wouldn't benefit from a Blu release?

Its just a chance for the studio to double dip. Ill probably buy it as I sold my DVD copy years ago.

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Originally Posted by sardaukar1977

Its just a chance for the studio to double dip. Ill probably buy it as I sold my DVD copy years ago.

I guess its a bit like buying 'Clerks' on blu-ray. You just know you're not going to get HD material & its only good for making it look less pixelated on bigger screens

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by masoud90

Pretty good horror film. Wonder how much it's gonna sell for.

All Lionsgate titles announced for 10/5 release have a msrp of $19.99. So it'll probably be $14.99 at launch.

[Crimson King]

Hopefully they will remove the annoying tracking noise that was on the bottom during the whole film. The SE DVD had that.

[DNinja]

I'll probably pick this up when it's released. It's never going to be a Blu-Ray demo disc, but Blu-Ray will give the movie room to breathe instead of being confined to DVD bitrates.

[mredman]

this must have a new extensive documentary with the cast and a new commentary
Does anyone know if it will contain that?

[mywhitenoise]

Originally Posted by backslashio

I guess its a bit like buying 'Clerks' on blu-ray. You just know you're not going to get HD material & its only good for making it look less pixelated on bigger screens

CLERKS was shot on film, this was shot on 480i videotape. There's a dramatic difference between those 2 movies, I don't think you can even compare the two.

[iam1bearcat]

soon the debate will begin: which looks worse? 28 Days Later or The Blair Witch Project?

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Farid

According to the HD Room.

Day 1 purchase, I LOVE THIS FILM!!

waste of blu-ray

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Originally Posted by mywhitenoise

CLERKS was shot on film, this was shot on 480i videotape. There's a dramatic difference between those 2 movies, I don't think you can even compare the two.

Yeah but when you compare Clerks remastered DVD to Clerks blu-ray there's not much to show off That's what I'm driving at

[Arkham]

Really only going to skim this thread because all of the haters will be out in force, but this will be day one for me as it is a great movie and an improved audio mix will only make it even better.

[ChristopherG2]

I love the film but it's not high on my BR priority list. When it's down to about $12 or less I'll pick it up. I don't expect much from a technical standpoint. I mean the way it was shot was one of things I loved about it: it was a totally unique experience, and very scary. But it doesn't have the kind of infinite rewatchability as horror classics like Alien, Psycho, and The Exorcist (all coming to BR October incidently).

[Moviefan1203]

The Blair Witch Project is a great little film that is highly underrated, I'm really happy to see it getting a Blu-ray release. Unfortunately the sequel is terrible, but the original film is a much different story.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

The Blair Witch Project is a great little film that is highly underrated, I'm really happy to see it getting a Blu-ray release. Unfortunately the sequel is terrible, but the original film is a much different story.

I don't know how someone can say it's underrated. It was a huge sucess financially, critically acclaimed, had a sequel and a trilogy of pc games which explored other aspects of the mythology. If anything, it may be a bit overrated now.

Anyhow, I hope they don't mail in the blu-ray treatment.

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

Originally Posted by mywhitenoise

CLERKS was shot on film, this was shot on 480i videotape. There's a dramatic difference between those 2 movies, I don't think you can even compare the two.

Parts of blair witch were shot on 16mm film

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Originally Posted by backgroundactorman

Parts of blair witch were shot on 16mm film

All the black and white footage was shot on 16mm film while the color portion was shot using Super 8mm film.

[42041]

it wasn't shot on super 8mm film, it was shot on 8mm video tape... not that there's much difference quality-wise.

[Beaner666]

Just to re-cap:

1) Half the film (the black & white portions) was shot on 16mm film.

That portion may benefit from an HD upgrade.

2) The other half (the color portions) was shot on Super 8 Home Video.

That portion will not benefit from an HD upgrade.

3) Some of the audio was recorded using a DAT machine.

That portion may benefit from a lossless upgrade.

4) Some (most?) of the audio was recorded using the camcorder’s internal mic.

That portion most likely will not benefit from a lossless upgrade.

Given that half (probably more) of the audio was recorded “guerilla style” by the actor’s themselves using the camcorder’s internal microphone will they even be able to give us lossless audio? If they can even provide lossless audio will they be able to provide a 5.1 or 7.1 soundtrack?

I know Lions Gate is famous for giving us 7.1 soundtracks whenever possible, but keep in mind that when this was originally released on DVD all we got was a 2.0 soundtrack and that was well into the 5.1 era so I wonder if a 5.1 or 7.1 soundtrack is even possible for this particular title given the source material.

Most likely we will get the same 2.0 lossy track, at most a 2.0 lossless track.

[Vriess]

Um this will benefit from Blu-ray, 16mm can look pretty decent and holds alot more detail than dvd.