The way Alanda just drops her videos at the middle of the night like a thief in the night. love her! 🤣🤣

Its been memed/parodied to death but the crying confession scene was so well performed. The way she says "I'm scared to close my eyes and i'm scared to open them" is so dread inducing

"yall hate each other and there's a witch coming" amazing synopsis

The fact stephen king says this movie's even too scary for him speaks volumes to how intense this movie is. Also, the ending is that they died, the person they talked to earlier in the movie that talked about how the killer would put a kid in the corner and kill that kid last, That's basically what was happening, 1 was put into the corner while the other 2 were killed first

Heather Donahue's performance was extremely realistic and breathtaking. That iconic monologue towards the end is one of the memorable moments in horror history. And she was nominated for a Razzie... the biggest slap in the face for what I consider a stand out performance.

I always hated the complaints about this movie, like "So there's rocks piled up around tent. What's scary about a pile of rocks?". It's not the rocks, it's that they were asleep and someone or something was inches away from them and putting that there. It's like Paranormal Activity: yeah, a door opening and closing is a mild event in a Conjuring movie, but in these movies, it's like it's taking place in our reality, and in our reality, even a minor event like this would light your paranoia on fire. And worst of all, this movie is famous for being billed as actual found footage before we had social media, so it achieved a level of terror in people you can't really replicate now.

Heather changed her name to Rei a few years ago to distance herself from this movie. She said she still has gratitude for it, but feels like her likeliness and name were so bound to this movie that she felt the need to reinvent herself.

It still blows my mind to think that this movie almost singlehandedly invented a new GENRE of horror film! Like, nowadays the term "found-footage" is so common that we barely even think about it, but this movie legit had audiences asking "wow, so who found this footage?? IS THIS REALL????" Delightful reaction as always!

The acting was so realistic that some of it wasn't acting. The director would set up a spot where the cast would receive their notes and directions at the start of the day about what they were doing, and each person would also get their own secret notes that the others wouldn't know, and sometimes their notes would conflict with each others to cause conflict in the story, so most of the dialogue was improvised, which added to the realism. Like the day before Josh disappeared, he got a note to wait until the others fell alseep, then sneak out of the tent in the middle of the night (if they saw him leaving they told him to just tell them that he was gojng to the bathroom). When he snuck out the tent, the crew go him out of the way. So, Mike & Heather really didn't know where Josh was when they woke up the next morning. Since the actors used their real names, they came up with codes to let each other know when they were and weren't character. There's a lot of behind the scene stuff with how they made the movie that's really interesting. I grew up watching horror movies. My mom is the horror fan between my parents, and to this day, I've yet to see my mom actually scared from a horror kovie. I was probably 9 when this came out, and we watched it at home. I'll never forget my mom saying how disturbed she was when Heather turned the corner and she saw Mike standing and facing the corner at the very end before Hesther was taken out. Whenever I think of this movie, that's the first thing I think of, my mom's, the horror fan, disturbance, and seeing Mike standing in the corner like one of those slain children that was told about by one of the townfolks...

"This isn't real?" Oh, Alanda if you had any idea of the insanity that followed when this movie was released. So many people believed it was real. The websites and advertising really went the extra mile in selling it as truth. They even released fake documentaries with interviews from the characters family members and police officials. It was brilliant. And yes, I believed lol. I was 11 and when I watched this movie I became a Blair Witch nut. Still am to this day. Books, movies, video games. I love it all.

The imagery of Mike standing in the corner while Heather screams is just TERRIFYING! Heather saw Mike facing the corner and knew that was it for her. Ughhh CHILLS!

The famous story of the experienced middle aged hiker, she was hiking alone on part of the appalachian trail. She went off the trail to relieve herself and got lost. She wasnt found for 2 years, she had left a journal detailing her experience, she survived for 26 days then died of exposure. She stayed put because thats what your supposed to do, but the area she was lost in was so dense, she wasnt found in any of the searches. It turned out she was less than like 2000 metres from the trail, but was obviously unaware. Your ability to have a sense of direction in areas like that is basically non existent, even if you are very experienced, as Alanda said, you'll end up going in circles and make it more difficult for people to find you. But even if you do everything your supposed to, you still might never be found. Much scarier than the Blair Witch if you ask me 😂

“I hope y’all live. You won’t, but I hope you do” Girl I can’t with your commentary 😂

I remember when this movie came out. All my older cousins were GAGGED. Everyone thought it was real footage. The late 90s/early 2000s was a crazy time. 😂

The last 5 minutes of this are ghastly…one of the scariest endings in horror history. I felt your reaction.

There was actually a plan to create a gigantic stick figure that chased the crew through the woods but the budget was too low and they thought the impact would be better if the evil was entirely invisible

This movie still holds up imo, but the marketing at the time was brilliant. It truly used the Internet for its advantage; they posted missing posters of the actors using their real names, for example. It took a long while for the public to realize that it wasn't real. Side note, the fact Heather Donohue (now known as Rei Hance) was nominated for a Razzy Award for Worst Performance is proof they don't know shit. Fun fact; when Heather's screaming "WTF IS THAT" they were going to pan over to show the Blair Witch on a hill, but they decided us not seeing anything was scarier (big agree).

The fact that I was exposed to the unending parodies for decades before I finally sat down and watched it, and still it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life was a testament to how much it deserves its classic status.

This movie is so important. There’s never gonna be anything like this ever again

“It’s a fern man. A man made of ferns.” Idk why this made me laugh SO hard but thank you Alanda for always being you 😂🥰

I seriously believe that Josh got possessed by the witch. That explains why he got in Heather's face about being helpless and why only his stuff got vandalized right before he disappeared

Fun fact: The budget for this movie was less than $100,000 AND it made a worldwide profit of 248 million. Really goes to show just how powerful marketing can be. I remember being a kid watching my mom visit the website they had themed around the movie. You could listen to the "lost tapes" and such. I love the movie, though it did traumatize me as a kid lol. Of all the found footage that released over the years The Blair Witch is the only one I liked.

Mary Brown's description of the witch always gave me chills. Made me nervous of suddenly running into something like that alone and in broad daylight. Dark sided and spooky. 😬☹️😱💯

The great thing about this movie, is that it is mostly ad-libbed. They were given a map to certain locations, and at each they would find a milk crate for each of them with props and instructions. No one knew what the other was going to do. When Josh disappeared, they didn't know! All their emotions were real!

The lore for this one goes DEEP and I love it. I took many deep dives in my youth. The original website was awesome but is sadly no longer online. It's still preserved, in part, on internet archive/wayback machine. The sequel, not Book of Shadows which is a messss, but 2016's Blair Witch did A LOT of really great things to expand the lore and made me love the original more. If you're able to find the sources the lore can be a fun trip to learn about.

When Heather screams "What the fuck is that?!" she had caught a glimpse of a crew member dressed all in white wearing a ski mask standing on a small hill. The only reason we didn't see it is because the camera behind her didn't catch it in time

“You finna be out here eatin’ Ricearoni with the devil, for what?…Couldn’t be me.” 😂 Alanda is hilarious.

Heather Donahue ended up pretty much abandoning Hollywood, changed her name to Rei Hance and is now a Marijuana farmer. She even wrote a book about it

“Why are you in your panties in the witch’s woods?! “ 😂 another fabulous reaction from our Queen! Hate it or love it, this is a classic and changed the genre. So many people thought it was real the marketing team was working overtime 👏🏽

I *HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY* recommend watching the mockumentary Lake Mungo. It’s in my top three scariest films I’ve ever seen. Literally slept with the lights on after finishing it. I was 22 years old…

People LEGIT thought this film was real found footage and thought they watched three people get nabbed by a witch. Like the actors’ parents got sympathy cards for their “missing children”, it was THAT legit for them. Really shows you when this film came out.

The intensity of their emotions was portrayed so realistically, I think that's what makes this movie the most effective. It doesn't have jump scares, it doesn't show anything, it just keeps that tension building until the end and leaves you guessing. Clearly they were attacked and murdered in some way, but you never see how or what did it. The ending scene in this movie is one of my favorites out of any horror movie. You know a horror movie is good when it's playing with your emotions to a point where you beg the movie to end.

Just what my Sunday evening needed.

You mean you don't want to see a group of friends descend into madness in 480p? 😂 Girl, this reaction was a classic. I knew you would enjoy this one.

You could see Alanda go from “this is so insane it’s hilarious” to genuine panic! Literally my own reaction when I saw this movie. It’s so creepy.

I am THRILLED that you are reacting to this movie. Zzavid, and you, are my favorite reactors in this app. The laughs you two give me is priceless, and from the bottom of my heart I sincerely want to thank you for cheering me up. Especially on my darkest days. Thank you again for being both authentic, and amazing. Sending you love!

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1999 (I'm old) and it was marketed as being real. The actors were not allowed d to appear in public or reveal that they were actually alive. Missing persons websites were created for them. It was the first example of viral marketing, and that made it so scary. I saw the movie thinking that these were real people and this was real footage. I was so scared and upset at the end. It wasn't until a few months later that it came out that it wasn't real and that the people in the film were actors. .... The actors later said it kind of ruined their careers because they weren't allowed to promote the film and their performances. People really thought they were missing and that they were really their characters. It became impossible for them to get any acting gigs because of this misconception. .... I came out of that movie with a headache. Not just from being scared to death, but because of that damn camera jiggling, lol.

Better Watch Out / Blair Witch double feature is wild. No happy endings, just uncertainty and death 😭

"We might as well put our back against the wall and die here." You nearly called it!

I was in college when this movie came out. The viral marketing campaign (website, book, etc) never let on that it was fake. People were so convinced it was real! It was (I believe) the first movie to have a large internet presence, and it made going to the theater SO scary. I knew it was fake and I was still squirming.

The Blair Witch Project may seem like a straightforward found footage film, but there’s a RIDICULOUS amount of lore that spans a dozen novels, several video games, fictional dossiers, and even comic books! It’s the dense world building that makes this one of my absolute favorite films of all time! And also the scariest… 😖 Also, one of my running theories about the ending: Josh and Mike, whether under the influence of the Blair Witch or not, lured Heather to the house to kill her.

Alanda is seriously such a great reactor because its like watching the movie from a whole new perspective. I have noticed so many new things in my fav movies from watching her reactions 💖🤗 Alsoooo shes always dressed so well the lil matching red in thiz vid and then the hairstyles you do are so beautiful!! 🤩🎀

The way alanda says what we’re all feeling and saying in our head’s continues to make this my favorite KZfaq channel.😭❤️

If you want another found footage experience, As Above So Below is a decent adventure horror!

This movie was so much fun back in 99. About 25 of us (friends of friends, co-workers) all went to the midnight showing at an indie theatre (which added to the whole documentary feel). We had totally fell for the marketing and had been reading about it online for weeks. We had a ball but several got sick from all the camera movements thou. That end shot had us all shooketh!

“It’s a fern man. A man made of ferns.” That just reminded me of a movie I’d like to recommend: The Wicker Man (1973)

before the winter season is over, i would love to see a reaction to The Lodge. Such an unhinged and wild movie, and perfect for the season. it's a fairly well-known movie, but i don't see many reactions tot it

"Hm...that's deep. Shall we put it on your gravestone?" That took me out! lol

The ad campaigns for this thing had a lot of us convinced this was real. The actors actually were sequestered for a while to keep up the illusion, too.

Having a rough day, all day. This is just what I needed. Thank you Queen 🩷🩷❤️

39:22 "I see why that rocked that nation." 😭 WHEN I SAY THAT LINE MADE ME BUST OUT LAUGHING

“Blair is a baby killer? She should visit the home from ‘Better Watch Out’” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m dead.

“Crying throwing up and sliding down a tree” 🤣 I cannot ur so funny

Your hair is FLAWLESS!!! Always rocking the looks and reactions always brighten my day, thank you for EVERYTHING Alanda!! Happy New Year to you and all yours!!!

Fun Fact about this movie. A large majority of the "acting" was actually improv. They have given the cast very small script and give them the scenarios of when to be.... rationale..(Mike)...when to be crazy (Josh)..when be scared (Heather)...etc etc and due to the time period of when this documentary coming out...people actual thought these folk went missing cuz those names in the movie were there real names!! (Not Heather though) so the real live actors were getting phone calls checking to see if they were alive.

I love it when you react to the classics!! "Fright night" (1985) would be a PARTY!

Your reaction to this Alanda, sis, was everybody's reaction in 99. Me and my 4 cousins and my best friend saw this the theater was PACKED TO THE CEILING!!! Everyone freaked out toward the end and screamed to the top of their lungs. I hope you watched Spongebob after this 😆

"Eating rice a roni with the devil. Couldn't be me" lmaoo

I was a senior in high school when this came out and my horror loving heart was OBSESSED. When it came out on VHS I had a watch party at my house and I went all out, I made snacks that looked like the stick figures, I had missing posters of Heather Mike and Josh that I set up with candles, it was a whole thing

The viral marketing behind this movie was phenomenon. Nothing was done like this before. People going in thinking it was real, certainly had an effect on them. Meanwhile I saw it at night with my mom and sister and we all thought it wasn't scary at all.

Miss Brown is the Blaire Witch. Look at her describe the Witch in specific details. How she made that wooded gate in front of her trailer. Match the wooded figures tied up the same type of white roping. She comes out talking to the students while Holding a black leather Bible book, which could be a cover up to her black leather book of witch craft. And how the other towns folk talk about her. I recommend you watch The Blaire Witch project 2: The book of shadows. It's more movie type but still really good.

"What is it??? Don't show me." 😂 that's it. That's the mood for the whole movie.

You said it all: "Well, I can see why that ROCKED the nation!", & "the acting was phenomenal ~ the horror was horrific" it's okay, I saw this in the theatre & it shook me to my core. For a good little while.

Growing up there were woods behind my house, and whenever I'd hear a creepy sound coming from it, I'd think of the Blair Witch... and since this movie came out when I was very young, the movie always brings out a childhood like fear in me

I remember watching this during the wildfires like 15 years ago. The sky was raining ash and we weren’t allowed to go outside.

When we saw this on limited theater release we weren't sure if it was real or not. It was the last showing of the evening. Sold out theater that was cheering before the movie started, only to have everyone walk out after without saying a single word to each other. Not in the hallways, not outside. It was such an eerie scenario.

It was 1998 and I remember reading a small blurb in EW about the film before its release but it never explained that it was not real. I made a mental note to go see it. I eventually caught a matinee showing and even though it was still light outside after I left the theater I was petrified! It took me a couple off days to shake off that feeling of isolation, despair, dread and fear that I had absorbed from my experience watching it because I had no internet to "research" the reality behind the film. I still think it's a brilliant horror film and I enjoyed your reaction immensely!

Has everyone forgotten that this was a senior film project for college? The fact that the film and the marketing was so brilliant that it became a theater phenom and 2/3 of the nation thought it was true was and still is absolutely groundbreaking

I was in my very early 20's when this came out. The lines were so long it was nearly impossible to get into the theaters...9 months later my coworkers still thought it was true. This senior film project changed movie history

The longest week ever!! This movie really paved the way for all the documentary type style movies that were released in the 2000s

What a way to cure my Sunday Scaries! Love you queen!

Oh wow, FANTASTIC reaction. The pit-of-your-stomach dread you mention is this movie's staggering achievement, especially since, as you say, you don't see anything. The story of the making of the film is as fascinating as the movie itself, please look into it when you can. There's also an excellent faux documentary called Curse of the Blair Witch, produced by the History Channel as a promo, that's well worth watching. Blair Witch 2 is a bizarre conceptual oddity -- an interesting filmmaker had a unique take on how to do a follow-up, but it was sabotaged by studio meddling. Not very good in any sense but a fascinating watch nonetheless.

this is so scary though because heather is actually a pro hiker. We see this when they easily travel through the woods the first day. Then after they stayed that night they were already dead. The blair witch had made them hallucinate enough to the point that they were going in circles. People went to go look for them and I think they were only a few yards away from them.

Apparently the actors were actually camping for real in the woods for a few days; with the crew members f**king with them from a distance.

Legit had to watch this movie first and I’ve been wanting to watch it for years but I HAD to since I love watching your reactions so much!

This was such a crazy experience when it came out. Because thought this was REAL like wanting to organize search parties real. Also I can picture Alanda being OVER IT on day one. If she ever would’ve went into that forest in the first place. But I know once she saw them branches in the trees. Oh it’s wraps for Miss. Parker. Lmfao.

The way this movie had a hold on my 12 year old self when it came out! Man that ending still gives me chills, just seeing him standing in the corner 🫣

I love this movie. One of the few to still scare me. Mostly because I find the thought of being lost in the woods with unexplained things happening absolutely terrifying. The sequel from 2016 is also really good

“What killed this mouse?” Alanda: Eww “Witchcraft?” Alanda: Girl… 😂😂😂

lmao I love that I'm always an early adopter because I'm such an insomniac 🤣 I am old enough to have been bamboozled by the original ad campaign for this movie (I was 16! it was completely innovative, okay!), and it still kinda sends chills down my spine even though I had found out it wasn't real way before I saw it. I mean I was INTO IT. Watched the dumb little supplementary doc on the Sci-Fi Channel and everything. SUCKERED.

The acting really sets the movie apart from other found footages. So realistic.

I just realized that you, Alanda, have now watched my trifecta of scary movies. The three horror movie posters I have on my wall. The Exorcist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and this one. Congrats. There are some honorable mentions out there, but those are my three main scary ass movies. Blair Witch was the scariest. I didn’t even like being near trees the summer after I saw it in the theater.

Honestly, this does horror so well - leaving us lacking but seeking details, suggestions of things being seen and heard, leaving lots of empty space in the narrative for our own imaginations to fill in whatever it is we find scariest without even knowing we're doing it. Folks make fun but this was absolutely a game-changer.

The end tho 😂 "Umm I have to- I hate the sound of this, like WTF" 🤣 Im dead, this one really got a good reaction outta you. Another great movie night with Alanda. Loved this

The *hauntings* were the filmmakers surprise them with new antics every night in real time.Mike said "Oh shit,it's a house" was said out of genuine surprise. There's a moment when they're chased and see something the camera doesn't catch, and it was one of the crew styled like a spirit.

I hate seeing you get so distressed but love the fact that you are still on your horror journey. Funny thing about it that made it worse for some people was the marketing campaign that had them posted as missing and the site information they had up made it seem real. This was the early days of the widespread internet, so it freaked a lot of people out. I was just about to start my Sr. year of HS when this came out. We need to get you some more camp, fun horror movies, cuz the trend lately has been listening to people that seem to be trying to freak Alanda out.

I remember when this film came out it was all anyone could talk about for months. I didn't see the film in theaters, my family rented it on VHS and watched it in the dark which honestly made it scarier for us. Even though we rented it a part of us felt it was so real, the acting is mostly improv but the cast and crew did a phenomenal job for the limited budget they had. Something cool to know is the cast and crew were in the woods for a week and had very little interaction with each other to make the film more authentic to the point where the crew literally planed jump scares for them and their scripts were bundled notes and talking points they were asked to do during the limited time they had to shoot. Even Josh's kidnapping by the witch wasn't told in advance which makes Heather and Mike's reactions seem even more genuine.

Did anyone else try to wipe away that black spot from there screen for an hour ......before realizing it's a decorative wall display . Ha. Thanks for the reaction 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

As a fellow SC girlie I can attest that if a river fisherman tells you not to go somewhere then YOU DONT GO! There’s a reason he doesn’t go. If he can’t make it I know I won’t! 😂

Here you go Alanda girl. These are the other two films in the series if you ever want to react to them too. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) Blair Witch (2016)

First of all, did you just Whitney-From-Cinderella "Impossible" the idea of falling asleep under those circumstances? Amazing. Secondly, when I watched this movie in the theatre, the projectionist had a heart attack and died. the film did the whole flicker burn melt thing before the theatre went dark. then police showed up. then I had to walk two miles home surrounded by woods. Wild times. Miss the 90s.

You just bring me so much joy Alanda. I have really bad anxiety and depression and you really make me feel good, like we’re FaceTiming watching these films together. Sending you lots of love and hugs 😍😍💋

I pray we all "..listen to that river prophet and turn around " when we need too. 😂😂

This movie is almost 100% psychological, not really gorey nor even really bloody save for that one minute in the middle. After you know what happens though, subsequent watches are just kinda funny, especially when you watch it with someone who hasn't seen it yet!

I was laughing so hard in the movie theater throughout the duration of this film. What an experience.😂 My date was shook.

I’ve always been afraid to watch this movie so I’m so glad I can watch it through Alanda. Please watch Vacancy next, it’s so scary but in more of a creepy way than a gore way.

Will never get over how the actress who played Heather was given a RAZZIE for worst performance. She was great! Aggravating, annoying, and rage-inducing but that’s literally what the character was supposed to be. Kinda feels like more proof that female protagonists aren’t allowed to be annoying in Hollywood but men absolutely can.

the fan theories about how josh and mike were actually in cahoots and playing mind games on heather just to lure her to the house and murder her always intrigued me

Creepy theory about the movie - the two boys actually planned the whole thing to go along with Heather in to the woods, but they had their own plan to get her in that abandoned house to kill her. There was no "witch".

There's a theory there was no witch at all, Josh and Michael planned it to kill Heather, Matpat's video explains the theory well i think it makes the movie even scarier for me from the prespective that they were messing with Heather and emotionally torturing her just to eventually kill her idk