Exactly. They did everything they could to convince it was real..

"found footage" and that the crew in the movie was "missing."

Slick, slick marketing. Spend 20 or 30 k on a movie, fan the flames with ultra slick marketing, and make BANK, bro!

Brilliant. All the way to the bank.

In response to this post by vthokieq

Posted: 09/13/2016 at 12:01PM

Who here saw the original "Blair Witch Project" and, what did you think? -- Late 80s Hokie 09/13/2016 11:03AM

Made me a little motion-sick. There are VA license plates that -- TechMomof2 09/13/2016 9:43PM

Saw it at Sundance -- Virtual Hokie 09/13/2016 2:19PM

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OK, I can appreciate that view. If you thought it might be real -- Late 80s Hokie 09/13/2016 2:55PM

I thought it was brilliant in terms of marketing. There were lots of -- AbsolutVT03 09/13/2016 1:02PM

Have never seen it, so I think it's dumb. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 09/13/2016 12:50PM

This expresses my feelings towards the movie pretty well... -- Major Kong 09/13/2016 12:14PM

I was stuck on the fact that someone was always filming -- WestyHokie 09/13/2016 12:05PM

I thought it was terrifying when i first saw it. -- psychobilly 09/13/2016 11:49AM

Hated it. The only reason the movie worked is because... -- USN_Hokie 09/13/2016 11:40AM

Not quite: came out in '99. Plenty of 'net. It was one of original.... -- Strat Man 09/13/2016 11:57AM

Al Gore had already invented it- it was still double secret though ** -- bigbadbird 09/13/2016 11:53AM

Their marketing was genius. It wasn't before the Internet though. -- vthokieq 09/13/2016 11:52AM

Yes I agree - it was before internet social media. -- USN_Hokie 09/13/2016 12:45PM

Oh, for the day ... ** -- PhotoHokieNC 09/13/2016 12:53PM

Exactly. They did everything they could to convince it was real.. -- Strat Man 09/13/2016 12:01PM

Quite possibly the most annoying female character in movie history -- Strat Man 09/13/2016 11:32AM

I liked it at the time. But good for 1 viewing only, no re-watch value. ** -- HokieNoVA 09/13/2016 11:31AM

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60K? Somebody's walking around with $59K in their pocket -- hokeyhokie 09/13/2016 11:29AM

Meh. ** -- reestuart 09/13/2016 11:17AM

Was that the movie where the camera man just shook the camera while filming -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2016 11:10AM

I may be the only person who enjoyed it ** -- CPRVHokie 09/13/2016 11:13AM

Where did you finally decide to eat lunch yesterday? ** -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2016 11:23AM

And how was it? ** -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2016 11:26AM

It's tomorrow. Haven't decided. Place you linked looked promising ** -- CPRVHokie 09/13/2016 11:26AM

That one is easy to miss. Once you turn onto VB Blvd from Witchduck, its... -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2016 11:29AM

I think there was another "monster" movie that did it too... -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2016 11:21AM

Cloverfield. ** -- Strat Man 09/13/2016 11:30AM

That's the one. Thanks! ** -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2016 11:44AM

Exactly. They did everything they could to convince it was real..

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