Perhaps for someone who never saw The Blair Witch Project, this might represent an adequate scary movie.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
16 Sep 2016
rotten:
Belated "official" sequel to 1999 hit updates technology but repeats the original's shocks - only much louder and lamer
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep 2016
fresh:
Emerges as satisfying in its own right and pretty damn scary.
– Michael Gingold,
Time Out,
16 Sep 2016
rotten:
Barrett and Wingard slavishly reprise the beats of the original movie and suffer gravely by comparison.
– Jeffrey Bloomer,
Slate,
17 Sep 2016
rotten:
Blair Witch follows the original's beats so precisely that at times it seems the film is more eager to elicit memories of its predecessor than to stand on its own at all.