Quinneapolis
I've never seen Blair Witch Project but it's a fascinating movie
Quinneapolis
it could basically only ever exist in 1999
Quinneapolis
technology has progressed to the point that dumb kids could have camcorders and produce this found footage
Quinneapolis
but not to the point that people could just call for help or GPS their way out of the woods
Quinneapolis
the internet is advanced enough to spread weird rumors about whether or not the movie is real
Quinneapolis
but not advanced enough to make it easy to spread debunk information
Quinneapolis
fun fact: during the time that the movie was being hyped, IMDB did exist,
Quinneapolis
and all the actors from the movie were listed as missing, presumed dead
Quinneapolis
everything went hard in on the idea that the tapes were real
Gabiluzbad
Apparently someone in the area started putting all those weird bundles of sticks and shit around their house because it kept tourists away
Quinneapolis
nice
Quinneapolis
Dead Meat podcast now talking about how post-9/11 there was a sharp shift in horror movies away from monsters and the supernatural and towards human-on-human violence
Quinneapolis
the era you get things like Saw and Hostel
Dragons Dragons
More thrillers, fewer horrors, yeah.
Quinneapolis
because human cruelty was suddenly front and center in the collective unconscious
A Grinning DM
I never saw it either but I remember being in middle school and getting into an argument about whether the Blair Witch was “real” or not
A Grinning DM
The hype started a little too far ahead of the movie because by the time it finally came out I’d lost interest
Quinneapolis
alas
Quinneapolis
I should do it next Spookwatch
A Grinning DM
Also this is the same era when rumors like “you can get Mew from the truck in Pokemon Red/Blue” we’re spread like gospel and we’re again hard to debunk
Quinneapolis
the post-internet but pre-social media era
A Grinning DM
spellcheck please do not insert ‘ willy nilly
Quinneapolis
where you can find weird rumors but there's no centralized place to discuss it
A Grinning DM
Yup
A Grinning DM
Search engines weren’t anywhere near as good
A Grinning DM
Looking shit up on Alta Vista and Ask Jeeves
A Grinning DM
Ending up on a bunch of webpages made with AOL-Press
Love Snake Kaja
I saw the movie. It was okay at best
Love Snake Kaja
The phenomenon around it was really interesting though
Love Snake Kaja
The ending did spook me at the time but I'm easily spooked
Lightning Bolt
Okay I didn't know about the IMDB thing, that's interesting