SteynOnline looks pack at THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT phenomenon

Steyn Online looks back at the BLAIR WITCH PROJECT phenomenon

I guess that represented the first time that something so utterly without merit became successful based entirely on internet hype. Heaven only knows what Ed Wood could have done if he had been born later and could have mastered viral marketing.

Looking back on it, none of the principals involved in Blair Witch ever did anything worthwhile in their careers. But that's really not surprising, is it? What is kind of surprising is how many critics looked at the naked emperor and insisted that he was fully dressed.

Of course, we have gotten wiser since then

But not much.