BLAIR WITCH (2016) Ending Explained 

Another theory is that the new group is the noise heather josh and mike hear in the original due to the time bending

So a blind person can never be killed by the witch.

Blair Witch 2: A team of a Russian special agent, an American seal, a British engineer, and a FBI Agent are sent with a bomb to blow the entire woods up.

“She” absolutely had control over time in the original. The backpack with the found footage was found under the foundation of a house that they died in but which had been burned down 50 years prior.

You just gotta throw the whole Forrest away

When I first saw the witch creature, I immediately thought of hagravens from skyrim.

I heard this one story of a guy, who lived in the area where they shot the Blair Witch Project, and he was on the older side so he wasnt that fond of all the tourists and stuff showing up bothering everyone. So he'd go into the forest, set up rocks and stuff in weird patterns, and then leave, which managed to scare off some of the annoying tourists. Idk if its true but the thought it pretty funny imo

When the final girl dies you actually see that monsters hand smack the camera away in like 2 frames

ok so if the witch can control the time in the woods could the screams Heather heard in the original that lead her to the cabin be her brothers?

2 things I'll ALWAYS remember about this movie above all else... "JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!" *SHAKY CAM* !!!

Guy: "Don't look at her, or you'll die." Girl: "Ok." Guy: "Wait, is that my sister behind me?" Girl: "I don't hear anything, I think the witch is trying to trick you." Guy: "Oh shit really?" Girl: "Yea!" Guy: *turns around*

Elly Kedward might have been banished for witchcraft, but in the Blair Witch-lore, it's actually an ancient force, known to the local Native Americans in Frederick County, as "Hecaitomix", which dwells in the Black Hills forest and surrounding area. This was added upon in the Blair Witch-games released in 2000 (Volume I-III), and was the main antagonist in the games. An ancient force or demon from another plane. I recall one of the mockumentaries that was released on the old Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) to promote the original movie, they said that even the Natives stayed away from much of the Black Hills, as it was cursed, probably long before Elly Kedward settled in Blair Township. Coffin Rock for instance was an ancient site of sacrifice, and the Natives couldn't drink the water from Tappy East Creek. The stickmen supposedly is to ward off evil, or to work as a "dreamcatcher". In the original movie, there was several alternate endings, one having Michael Williams crusified on a large stickman down in the basement of the Rustin Parr house. This was dropped however. Blair Township was founded in 1634 to protect the western approach to Baltimore from attack from Indians. These attacks never happened, as most Natives stayed away from the area. After the abandonment of Blair, the town fell into legend. People spoke of a boarded up town in the woods which had fallen under the curse of a witch, forcing the residents to leave abruptly. There were also rumors of a cemetery filled with the gravestones of children. Blair was later rediscovered and settled as Burkittsville in 1824.

Also! What i noticed was that since its some sort of time loop that when Heather talks to the guy in the corner, its actually her brother which is why he hears her voice and turns around but she dies when he dies and because he was in that time and not with his friend thats why when she spoke to him he didnt hear her because they were next to each other but somehow in different times.

Someone also theorized that maybe the slender creature was what actually became of Heather.

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What I am really fascinated by is the original how they had no idea they went back in time once they got lost. and the fact non of the law enforcement couldn’t understand how their footage was underneath the foundation.

SlenderWitch looks like a wendigo from until dawn.

Tommy Wiseau as the Blair Witch: "Oh, hi Heather!"

"disconnected, independent of time" just like me baby

Thanos vs Blair Witch

Seeing how the budget for this film was 5 mil. and it made over 40 mil. I really hope we get another movie that wraps the whole thing up and gives us some answers.

Heather became a Wendigo.

The 'monster' was clearly Elly Kedward (hence the stretched arms) who was 'accused' of being the witch but was probably another controlled person like Rustin Parr. I really hoped the folklore would be expanded after this film but unfortunately not :(. Could have been interesting if Heather was labelled as Elly Kedward if the time loop went as far as trapping them in the past but couldn't see how they could make that happen coherently.

The Blair Witch controlling time and space in the forest isn't a new addition at all. It's just elucidated in the 2016 film. The house at the end of BWP is Rustin Parr's old place, which had been burned to the ground by the townspeople in the 40s. The house wasn't standing when the tapes were found. As for space, if you recall, in the BWP, Heather, Mike, and Josh walk south for an entire day but still somehow end up back at the same log.

I think the slender creature IS in fact the witch. Remember when Lane told the group that the "witch" wasn't just left to die in the forest, the townspeople had tied ropes and heavy rocks to the witches limbs and essentially created a makeshift rack which stretched the witch's limbs.

What I hated about Blair Witch is that in the original + the faux-documentary is that the witch never ever manipulates people to come into the woods- if they enter, then it's fair play (and large groups are safe, as we see in the documentary when the police search & find the original tapes), but it seems ridiculous that she would want to time loop bs to get Heather's brother, who did not enter her land.

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There's a scene in the original Blair Witch Project in which Heather finds a bundle of sticks with strands of Joshua's hair and shirt tied around it! When she opens it, you can vaguely make out eyes, teeth and fingers, obviously belonging to Josh!! Plus the figure that James sees in the room is Heather played by an uncredited Heather Donohue herself!!!

Fantastic breakdown, man! Thanks for the shout-out. Glad I could provide you some info!

I was thinking she looked more like The Rake than Slender Man but that's just me

Awesome channel, and reviews man. i been binge watching the reviews. So many of them. Keep up the great job.

Did he even notice the tree that was struck by lightning? It was the location of the found film and can be seen outside the house near the end

I think the "slender witch" was Rustin parr, as the monster couldn't kill you unless you looked at it. Lisa comments that the creature couldn't stand it's own image that's why she backs out of the attic and the creature has to imitate James to get her to turn around and look at it to kill her. That's why James told Lisa to face the corner because in the first movie one of the interviewees told heather Rustin parr killed the children in twos and made one face the corner while he killed the other because he couldn't take the eyes on him. Josh facing in the corner in the first movie, Peter facing the corner in the second movie and then Lisa and James not getting killed until the faces the creature. It's gotta be Rustin Parr

The slender witch kinda looks like a Wendigo from until dawn

Whoa that's creepy that footage was them in the future?😶😶😶😶

Who’s here from the Blair Witch Game?

What if the witch is actually the woods itself that is an sentient carnivorus plant?

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Who would win? A Forest Witch that can manipulatie the forest and bend time and space. Or One small stick with potassium chlorate at the end?

man i love you, really your videos are just AMAZING

Also: the lightning struck tree where Lane was said to have found the tape at the beginning of the movie is shown to be next to the house at the end of the movie.

The drone shots made this a Casey Neistat horror movie

i love listening to him talking in the background and playing some chill video games after a long day of work:)

I love ur vids. Although I'm glad u did this one, i wish u would've waited so u could've had more clips of the film for visuals and better understanding. Keep it up tho.

So, really all the authorities need to do is do what Alfred did to find that bandit in Burma: "burn the forest down".

I honestly don't buy it. I think the creature was meant to be the Witch. I think Simon is too scared to admit that they showed the Witch.

I preferred the original where they left you thinking whether it was actually real or not. They made you believe that the whole documentary could be a fake movie done by the kids, it was a plan for the boys to kill Heather, it was actually a cult hiding in the woods that hunt and kill those who enter and play it off like it's a witch or there was indeed a witch. I preferred the mystery aspect and the fact that they invoked fear into the audience without the need for cheap jumpscares. It was genuinely a good movie.

I kept getting distracted by your funk pops lol Love your collection!

how do you not have 1 million subscribers? You definitely deserve it.

If you've seen the Grave Encounter movies, you pretty much understand what the Blair Witch does. I'm sure there's clues in the movie, maybe secret frames, but no one will really be able to dig in till the DVD comes out. I mean the original movie had a mockumentary, site, books, and even Book of Shadows had a scavenger hunt. There's always something more to the Blair Witch movies than the movie itself. Very curious what a sequel would be like though it might not happen. I'd guess it would have to be someone or a group venturing out trying to stop the witch, make it out of the Blair dimension, going deep into the mythology and answering a lot of questions. I just wanna know, is there a way to make it out of those woods alive or once you see the stick people you're fucked.

the witch is an alien! aha "i hope not" had me dying

Thank you for the insight

I don't get how he's still not possessed by the spirits he reviewed movies on

I think you nailed it! Especially the light that shines in briefly at the end. In the making of documentary on the bluray, the filmmakers specifically say that this is one day passing rapidly, showing the witch's power. I also like the idea of the slender monster being Heather. It's a great way to tie the two films together, and satisfies why the characters went there in the first place. When Jason said he thought she might be alive, I thought that was a stupid idea - I mean, it's been 20 years! But if she's become a deformed monster, then tragically, her poor brother was right all along. Nicely done explanation!

Keep up the good work man

Love your channel

This guy gives great commentary. I would love to see his take on Event Horizon.

"Ending explained " explains the whole damned movie

Do Final Destination, a lot of people would love to see a ending explained of any of the 5 movies and I would definitely love to see one.

your channel is awesome for me. I find things about the movie without getting scared.

The tree that got hit with lighting in the beginning Is the same before the house at the end, meaning they are at the beginning of the forest but the witch will not let them out crazy, no one figured this out.

Even though The Blair Witch is the ground breaking first found-footage classic, the concept of the manipulation of time and space has been already done in Grave Encounters (another found-footage classic).

Thats some next level stand Control time Control a area physically Transform into a skinny pillar man Mimic menacing voices Edit:he said it wasnt the witch so it has to be her stand

I think the biggest plot hole here is how did Lane even find the footage to begin with and how to make it out alive with the aforementioned footage? Seems unlikely...

I saw MatPat's film theory before seeing Blaire Witch, and now I can only think that the two guide guys are faking it or something

Slender witch might just be the Blair witch because she was stretched out while she was hanging on the tree.

Good breakdown and easy to understand host

Okay so technically if you haven’t seen the Netflix new movie, “the tall grass” is like basically same thing, the villain was basically under control of the grass and the people who are stuck (are like those people who are lost in the woods) are the survivors and they are running away from him, like those two movies are like same connection. In the movie “the tall grass” you could see those grass figure people and I think those are the people who were humans once and yeah you get point also “bird cage” other movie, watch it and think about that. (It’s so cold in here 😖)

Damm...the witch gengutsu is by far superior than itachi genjutsu,🤔🤔🤔

another excellent video, keep up the good work! You raised some good points, the thing that keeps coming back to me is Lane telling the story about how the witch wants revenge on the town people and that some of them moved away before the witch got them. What if the whole thing is the witches way of luring James family to her because they have roots in the old Blair town? Probably wrong but it's just an idea I have.

Another aspect of the forest being under her control: in the original, the group walks by the same fallen tree (& creek?) from hours earlier. That was the only part that gave me the heebies.

I think it would be pretty cool if they made a prequel and told the story of rustin parr

lol looks like the writers played the blair witch pc game. all these concepts were in the game.

where's sam and dean when you need them

"...and Lane's back one more time, to get a knife in the neck from Lisa..." Very visual and clear narrative :)

Looking at your dvd collection, I was considering subscribing, then u said this (2:07) and I giggled, and so I subscribed

Can you please re-upload this once you can get the clips it would be nice to see what you are talking about when you are talking about it

I hated the ending. I mean seriously, after she just witnessed her friend being attacked and probably killed for turning around, wouldn't the first thought in her head be "Maybe I shouldn't turn around."?!!!!

The witch manipulating the woods and time feels very similar and maybe even ripped off from the way the asylum worked in the movie Grave Encounters which came out a few years before.

Great video. Neat viewpoints on heather.

I think about this a lot concerning scary movies of this nature, but, what if you just send an entire army into the woods or like at least attempt deforest the entire forest itself, or maybe even nuke it blow it up whatever.

Dude...I love the way you explain these things without criticizing it unrelentlessly to a point it becomes a drawn out rant, trying to put it down every way possible. Thank you for the open, thorough explanation you gave this, as I look forward to seeing this again when it comes out on blu-ray at midnight. =D Rock on. \m/\m/ Subscriber earned.

I can’t believe I thought Blair Witch was real 😂Thank you FoundFlix man.😘

Great commentary. Would you consider doing the Cloverfield movies?

I really found some of your explanations matching what was going on in my mind! The time loop, tape from the future stuff, witch's show of power through light, etc. Though I find the Heather Slender witch theory awesome! Thanks for the quality stuff! I've done my part to help by subscribing your channel! Cheers!

the last 20 minutes of this movie are so good. If I was ever scared in a movie, this was one of those times. Just wish they didn't follow so many terrible cliches. Would have been an amazing movie.

I thought the part at the end where the guy said "it's so cooooold.. ." Was interesting

Imagine allowing your child or someone you know go to an area synonymous for the disappearance of their sister, knowing full well something terrible will probably happen to them too

3:26 Ah, it wasn't made CLEAR in Blair Witch 1 that the Witch has control over the passage of time... but it was HEAVILY IMPLIED. You just had to read the back story on the actual Blair Witch Project website, here: www.blairwitch.com/project/mythology.html The story according to the official website is that the duffel bag that contained the footage for Blair Witch 1 was discovered by anthropology students under the foundation of a house that was over a hundred years old. Now, if you know anything about building, you know that a foundation is at the very bottom of a structure and is completely solid - meaning that there's no way the footage could have been placed there unless it was done BEFORE the house was built. Thus, the implication is that Mike, Heather and Josh were somehow transported back in time during the events of Blair Witch 1 and didn't even realize it.

Man I loved this movie. Honestly one of the best horror sequels ever. I hate that it didn't get a good reception or do well at the box office.

A couple other people said it but I decided to compile it, the flashlight at the end of the first movie is that of the game character’s, the twigs snapping in the woods during the first was that of this groups, and the screams heard in the game are that of the first movie’s. If all true that’s amazing planning

When I was younger I used to think that there never was a witch, the legend lead people there and then they'd get lost in the night, their mind would play tricks on them and lead them to think everyone was the witch, leading them to go after each person to try and kill the witch, the time thing is the only thing I couldn't figure out tho

I've actually heard a similar theory! Its from 2008, I think! Dude really predicted the future film lol

I really liked filmtheory's take on the original but it doesn't really match up with this sequel. The only way for it to kind of work would be if Heather becomes the blair witch. Taking on aspects of the original legend because it was related to her own death.

When you watch this even though it’s 1 am

Have you guys ever heard of the Blair Witch trilogy of games for PC? I'm still amazed that this movie actually seems to reference the mythology of that quite heavily. If only the characters in this film knew how to use twanas!

Who has Dean and Sam Winchester's number😂

That shit that happened the Lanes girlfriend was so unexpected!! I just sat there in shock O.O

Thanks for explained

Love horror movies and this channel with the reviews that go in depth I come back everyday to see if more has been uploaded