I took a girl to see it that didn't know it was a hoax. After credits started, she started crying and asking why we went sending in fbi or something lolThe Blair Witch marketing was genius - like Juvarisx mentions, it was so good that people legitimately thought it was real found footage and they were going to watch a movie about people getting ganked in the woods. Pretty much a right time, right place sort of movie that would be hard to replicate today.

I came to post basically this. It would have been a 7/10 movie with a different actress, but it is a 9/10 with her. Might be my favorite movie of the year, but I'm also terrible at remembering what I've watched.Watched this on Peacock yesterday. Inde Navarrette's facial expressions made this movie. I'd only ever seen her in that Superman and Louis CW show where the writing for her character was awful...this role made me a fan, though. The script/story was good enough, but it wouldn't have worked without her acting talent.

I haven't watched it yet, and it's on my list, but I might have to figure out how to see it sooner rather than later.I came to post basically this. It would have been a 7/10 movie with a different actress, but it is a 9/10 with her. Might be my favorite movie of the year, but I'm also terrible at remembering what I've watched.
I have to imagine she's going to get a lot more roles now. I watched a few random interviews with her and she's just fucking adorable in "real life." Yes, even those interviews aren't real, but you get my point. She seems cool, and as long as she keeps her mouth shut about politics I'll keep that illusion going.
I rarely pay close attention to acting or cinematography because if it is good enough I shouldn't even notice it, but her acting was phenomenal, and even in the scenes where she's almost completely in shadow and you just see the reflection in her eyes, she was creepy as fuck. Just blown away by her performance here.
For some reason I was kind of put off that the director clarified that Nikki wasn't possessed, but rather her behavior was brought on by the magic of the wishing willow adhering to what Bear wished for and the "real" Nikki periodically breaking the spell.
I liked the idea of it being some sort of demonic possession and the guy in the store being the "devil" or some shit just based on the way the actress played it. Also when Bear called the number for the wishing willow that was sinister as shit.
Either way this was a good watch. Her facial expressions creeped me the fuck out. No way I would stick my dick in that.