Frightening Movies
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Table 5
Examples of Difficulties Brought on by The Blair Witch Project
…when I woke up I began to panic because I was so scared of the Blair Witch. It was not
until about a month later that I was able to sleep without the light on, without someone
else in the room, shower after the sun went down and basically be able to do anything
alone while it was dark.
The Blair Witch Project is a movie that portrays reality so well that it scares me to this
day. . . . Actually as I am writing this paper I am getting a little freaked out because the
images and plot were so real.
Bob* is terrified of going into his basement, which is where he does his laundry. This is
especially true if it is dark outside
After I watched the movie and even a while after the true facts about The Blair Witch
Project became public knowledge, I found myself really scared anytime that I was around
woods or near a bunch of trees when any wind would pick up. Even someone mentioning
camping in tents or hiking in wooded areas really freaked me out.
I swore that I would never go camping again.
The film was scary when I saw it in the theater, but when I went camping with three
friends two weeks following the film, that's when it was the scariest. I was twenty-one
years old and I found myself not being able to sleep for two nights in the woods. . . . every
sound that was once soothing to my mind made me shiver on the outside and thoughts run
furiously inside my head. I prayed for the morning to come around as I laid in my
sleeping bag with my eyes wide open.
I was very frightened by the film and didn't ever want to go into the woods again. I still
am scared to drive in a car through wooded areas at night.
*The name has been changed to preserve confidentiality.
Convention