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‘The Blair Witch Project’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
October 1, 2024 · The Blair Witch Project (1999) · Horror · Mystery · 1:25:55 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
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Most Rewatchable Scene
Bill SimmonsLists multiple scenes including hotel room drinking, awakening in forest with rock piles, Heather's confessional, and the ending/house sequence, ultimately settling on 'the confessional or the ending' as the top choices▶ 38:41
What's Aged the Best
Bill SimmonsNo music in the woods, effective trailer and poster, the phenomenon of overnight fame and actors having to 'play dead', and the unique cultural moment it captured▶ 52:01
Chris RyanThe group dynamic and how fear jumps between characters, the capturing of handheld video culture, and how well-drawn and knowable the characters are▶ 51:25
Butch's Girlfriend Award
Bill SimmonsNo fun scene in the first 25 minutes to make you care about the characters more - missing scenes where you'd like these three as a fun hang▶ 57:58
Chris RyanThe setup/town interviews section - too repetitive, would prefer 10 less minutes in town and 10 more minutes in the woods▶ 56:55
Movies Referenced (24)
| Title (year) | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween (1978) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 3:34 |
| Into the Woods (2014) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Chris Ryan, Craig Horlbeck | ▶ 8:52 |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 14:00 |
| Die Hard (1988) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 3:26 |
| Paranormal Activity (2007) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 4:44 |
| A Quiet Place (2018) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 35:43 |
| As Good as It Gets (1997) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 43:43 |
| Den of Thieves (2018) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 55:19 |
| Fatal Attraction (1987) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 3:30 |
| From Hell (2001) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 3:32 |
| Gladiator (2000) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 35:36 |
| It Could Happen to You (1994) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 18:44 |
Directors Referenced (2)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Corner | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | The Saint, Open Your Eyes | ▶ 43:02 | |
| Iyi Tubi | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Ex Machina, World War Z | ▶ 29:40 |
Actors Referenced (18)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Donahue | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 15 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | The Blair Witch Project | ▶ 12:49 |
| Leonard Nimoy | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | Star Trek | ▶ 27:31 |
| Michael C. Williams | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | The Blair Witch Project | ▶ 9:59 |
| Analía Laos | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 23:51 | |
| Christopher Reeve | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 3:05 | |
| Courtney Love | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Man on the Moon | ▶ 47:55 |
| Elando Baltimore | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 12:59 | |
| Gene Hackman | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven | ▶ 3:05 |
| Janelle Cambridge | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | American Gangster | ▶ 7:28 |
| Japanese Breakfast | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 38:28 | |
| Joshua Leonard | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | The Blair Witch Project | ▶ 33:28 |
| Kurt Cobain | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Black Widow, The Batman | ▶ 47:56 |
Writers Referenced (2)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Myrick | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons | The Blair Witch Project | ▶ 19:39 |
| Roger Ebert | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 34:29 |