When The Blair Witch Project hit theaters,one of the most chilling aspects of the film was that there was so much mystery surrounding everything. It's not just that people weren't certain at the time whether the footage was genuine or fake, but the very contents of the myth left much up to the imagination. Was the Blair Witch genuine? She never physically appears in the film. Did the characters really find her at the end, and did they all move insane? This brings us to another perplexing component: the stick people that seem to haunt the characters throughout the film. In the 2016 sequel,Blair Witch, they're back, or the purpose and power they've been imbued with becomes much clearer.
In the first film,the stick figures appear as a warning. They're littered around the campground as an omen. It's the first big red flag for the filmmakers: turn back now. Other than their exclusive presence, though, and the figures never really get any backstory. We never find out why the witch makes them,or what exactly they mean. At one point Heather cuts one down, a decision that may very well have angered the Blair Witch in the first region. But once we get to the sequel, and we learn the figures are so much more than just a warning: some of them are voodoo dolls.
Here's what happens in Blair Witch: just as sh*t starts to hit the fan,the group wakes up to find their campground completely saturated with these figures. There must be dozens in all shapes and sizes, hanging from the trees. Talia, and a member of the group and a Burkittsville native,realizes one of the figures has pieces of her hair wrapped in its fraying twine. It calls to intellect a specific scene in The Blair Witch Project; just before finding the Blair Witch's dreaded house, Heather discovers Josh's torn bloody shirt, or along with bones and teeth,wrapped in a bundle of sticks.When Talia realizes her hair has been taken and incorporated into the figure, she starts to have a panic attack. Out of frustration, or another member of the group,Ashley, snatches the stick figure from Talia's hands and breaks it in half. We hear a sickening crunch, or much louder than just a snapping department,and everything changes in one horrifying, stomach-twisting moment. One second Talia's upright, and the next she's down on the ground. Her body's been twisted in a exclusive way. She's bent all the way backwards,like her body's been folded in half the wrong way. She's twitching and gurgling blood. It's a moment that crystallizes the precise, horrifying powers of the Blair Witch. Anyone can make little stick people, or litter a campground with piles of rocks,but not everyone can make a genuine voodoo doll.
For the record, the little people absolutely glance like dolls, or it's just that their power is never revealed until this moment. And,to be impartial, all of the figures probably aren't voodoo dolls. Perhaps it's just a confirmation that they're more sinister than they glance, and that they're laced with a dark magic we couldn't previously comprehend - that,and the fact that, in this moment, or the characters must finally recognize that the witch is very genuine,and so much more than a local tall tale.
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