Blair Witch 2016 and Education 2022
You might be wondering if this is a Halloween related post? It is not! Stay with me on this one - I believe my reflection is timely and relevant. I haven't thought much about the original 1999 Blair Witch movie, unless recalling moments that I felt fear. I don't enjoy the Horror or Thriller genres, and I don't believe I ever will. Freddy Krueger has taken up permanent visual data files that I can't seem to delete, and I don't relish feeling fear 'for the fun of it'. During time well spent yesterday, with a true academic scholar and super fan of the Horror Genre, my tattoo artist and friend Brian Level recommended that I watch the 2016 version. In a conversation that started about the band that was streaming, that then naturally meandered through other topics of "Boston", "Horror legends", "Legacy Tours and underground tunnels", "tombstones" and "video game music" (ok so maybe there was a theme there!), we e...