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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 ripped-off movie gimmicks of the last 50 years

Unranked list · Bill Simmons · ▶ 3:04

  1. ·Superman (2025)▶ 3:04
  2. ·48 Hrs. (1982)▶ 3:17
  3. ·Die Hard (1988)▶ 3:25
  4. ·Fatal Attraction (1987)▶ 3:29
  5. ·Halloween (1978)▶ 3:33
  6. ·When Harry Met Sally (1989)▶ 3:40
  7. ·Animal House▶ 3:49
  8. ·The Blair Witch Project (1999)▶ 3:56

Categories

Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill Simmons▶ 38:41Lists 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
Chris Ryan▶ 40:19The last 15 minutes/the house sequence

What's Aged the Best

Bill Simmons▶ 52:01No 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
Chris Ryan▶ 51:25The group dynamic and how fear jumps between characters, the capturing of handheld video culture, and how well-drawn and knowable the characters are

Den of Thieves Benihana Award

Bill Simmons▶ 55:22The evil house at the end

Big Kahuna Burger Award

Chris Ryan▶ 55:32Mike finding the couple of Lucy's at the bottom of his pack

Butch's Girlfriend Award

Bill Simmons▶ 57:58No 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
Chris Ryan▶ 56:55The setup/town interviews section - too repetitive, would prefer 10 less minutes in town and 10 more minutes in the woods

Movies Referenced (25)

Blair Witch (2016)

20 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 2:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Halloween (1978)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 3:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Into the Woods (2014)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Craig Horlbeck▶ 8:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 14:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Die Hard (1988)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 3:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Paranormal Activity (2007)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 4:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

A Quiet Place (2018)

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 35:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Amsterdam (2022)

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 58:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

As Good as It Gets (1997)

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 43:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 45:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Den of Thieves (2018)

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 55:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Fatal Attraction (1987)

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 3:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (2)

Chris Corner

1 mentions · · Known for The Saint, Open Your Eyes▶ 43:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Iyi Tubi

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Ex Machina, World War Z▶ 29:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (17)

Heather Donahue

15 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for The Blair Witch Project▶ 12:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Leonard Nimoy

2 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek▶ 27:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael C. Williams

2 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Blair Witch Project▶ 9:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Analía Laos

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts▶ 23:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Christopher Reeve

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Superman, Superman II▶ 3:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Courtney Love

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Man on the Moon▶ 47:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Elando Baltimore

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 12:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Gene Hackman

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven▶ 3:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Janelle Cambridge

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Step Up 2 the Streets, American Gangster, Step Up 3D▶ 7:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Japanese Breakfast

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 38:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Joshua Leonard

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Blair Witch Project, If I Stay, Unsane▶ 33:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Kurt Cobain

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Black Widow, The Batman, Moulin Rouge!▶ 47:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (2)

Daniel Myrick

3 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Blair Witch Project▶ 19:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 34:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗