Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Keeley Coleman
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
sundance7490
I found "Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch" a lot better than "Curse of the Blair Witch" which was also a documentary made to advertise the movie, and both of them are extremely well done. One of the main reasons I bought it (which was originally only available at blockbuster) was because I really wanted to see one of the deleted scenes of the movie which was going to be passed off as newly discovered footage, and as a huge fan of the movie, I think they should've left this scene in, in which Mike and Heather have broken down and a re desperately trying to keep it together (Josh is already gone). It also brings together separate beliefs which is very interesting. And because of those two crying, who you feel for the most in the movie, is really disorienting. I myself almost started crying because it was a really emotional scene. I would recommend this to anyone who had a good time watching Curse of the Blair Witch and The Blair Witch Project.
acearms
This one was so exciting that I fell asleep about half way through, and it only runs for 30 minutes. Viewed the remainder later. What a crock of s.... The film danced around so much as to be unable to see anything. Like its trying to say, I want to show you this but you can't look at it. The melodrama of the talking heads is pathetic at best. I rated it awful just because there was nothing lower. Be glad you missed it. Its not a documentary, but a contrived piece to make you believe it is. A movie you definitely will want to miss.
Jack the Ripper1888
At only a half hour of running time, STICKS AND STONES is something that you can afford to watch. It was originally released as a Blockbuster Exclusive to promote rentals of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. There are some notable scenes in here, considering that the whole "documentary" was faked in the first place.Most of the footage contained here is lifted from the Discovery Channel documentary CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH, which is probably a better watch. But, this film is better in the sense that it is shorter and has some footage not contained in CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH (some of the new footage is even pretty interesting). All in all, this film is worth the watch. And even if you don't think it is, you'll only be wasting a half hour. I really do feel that this film is a good addition to the mythology of the Blair Witch...but, remember...it's just a movie.STICKS AND STONES gets 4/5.
mermatt
This short film was originally offered by Blockbuster Video to promote the rental and sales of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT video when it was first released. There is an amusing comment at the beginning of STICKS & STONES indicating that Blockbuster didn't go looking for the added footage because "You'd have to be crazy to go into those woods."Much of the film is scenes from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH. But two new pieces of film are tacked on at the end, one of which provides a provocative added clue or misclue to the mystery. This clue adds support to one of the many theories of what happened in THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, namely that there was some sort of time warp involved which prevented the search party from seeing the three missing college students even though the searchers covered the same territory where the students disappeared.STICKS & STONES isn't particularly important except for the two new pieces of film. If the viewer has no interest in the Blair Witch myth, then this film will be of no interest either. But for fans, it's another piece in the puzzle.
