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Unlike the MPAA we do not assign one inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest, depending on quantity and context. |
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In this suspense/horror movie, three film students shooting
a documentary about a murderous witch who supposedly haunts a Maryland forest get lost
deep within the woods. With Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob
Griffith, Jim King, Sandra Sanchez, Ed Swanson and Patricia Decou. [1:22]
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A brief reference to an orgy; we see a man's bare chest.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - We see what looks like bloody body parts wrapped in a
shirt and what could be the face of a very decomposed corpse; we also see a dead mouse. We
hear a story about several children being murdered and another about a group of men who
were found gutted and tied together with words carved into their faces. Some shoving and
yelling; a camera is knocked out of a woman's hands. We hear what sounds like screams
from a person in pain. A child puts his finger in his nose, then his mouth. A brief
discussion of flatulence. (Please see editor's note below)
PROFANITY 10 - About 130 F-words, many anatomical references, lots of
scatological references, many mild obscenities and a profane finger gesture. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Myths, murder, evil, wilderness survival.
MESSAGE - There's some truth to the Blair Witch myth. Camping in the
Maryland woods can be very dangerous.
(Note: This movie is extremely suspenseful and has many non-violent, non-gory but
nevertheless very frightening scenes. The film was marketed as a true story in order to
enhance its mystique, but it is wholly fictional.)
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Special Keywords: S1 - V3 - P10 - MPAAR |
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A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period. While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process. |
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