"The most terrifyingly relentless movie I have seen in my life" - spoiler-free reactions to the secret Blair Witch sequel
There's a Blair Witch sequel coming in TWO MONTHS! Arriving nearly twenty years after the first film made buckets of cash and soiled millions of pairs of pants, the Adam Wingard-directed movie was only revealed at San Diego Comic Con last night. Picking up decades after Heather, Josh and Mike went missing in the Maryland woods, this modern reinvention is getting all the praise right now on social media. Check out some of the best spoiler-free reactions to that first screening right here:
Blair Witch is legitimately the most terrifyingly relentless movie I have seen in my life. Scarier than The Strangers.July 23, 2016
@jimmychampane I am trembling. I am actually trembling. A movie has finally actually scared me.July 23, 2016
I love this movie. I’m dying to know what people think after tonight’s screening. https://t.co/6NZ3ohCqGNJuly 23, 2016
By the way, I should also say that I think Blair Witch was really good. Edge of your seat scary and a worthy follow up to a classic.July 23, 2016
Hello, it's nice to meet you, I am the person who has waited 16 years for a new BLAIR WITCH movie. thankfully, it is radJuly 23, 2016
#TheWoods is now @BlairWitchMovie and it is really good.July 23, 2016
even without the smoke and mirrors marketing, THE WOODS aka #BlairWitch is the most fiercely frightening found footage movie I've ever seenJuly 23, 2016
Know why #BlairWitch is a great sequel? Because not only does it enhance the mythology, but it makes you fall back in love w/ the originalJuly 23, 2016
I honestly thought found footage was over but @BlairWitchMovie might be the Tokyo Drift of the #BlairWitch franchise.July 23, 2016
I just saw #TheWoods... or rather, #BlairWitch. And it's good. pic.twitter.com/2zkfBdsmfaJuly 23, 2016
Want to see the latest footage from Suicide Squad, Justice League and Blair Witch? You can watch all the best San Diego Comic Con trailers right here.
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Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep all of you updated on all of the latest and greatest movies and shows on streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter.