My answer: after her encounter with the Blair Witch on the top floor, the Blair Witch influenced Heather very strongly and then she started forcing Heather to walk downstairs to the basement. Heather is screaming hysterically because she's not able to counter the Blair Witch's influence, and she knows every step she takes makes her closer to
Light discussion. Okay so clearly everyone has different opinions over the light at the end of the movie and here's mine: it was Heather trying to help her brother survive. Up until that point, James seemed to have had no belief in the witch and was basically running headfirst into her. He chased after every sound and every hint of life outI believe Mary Brown saw Josh's apparition, toothless, drenched with water and terribly suffering, because that is what happens to the witch's victims. They become trapped in the Black Hills as ghosts that the witch continues to feed off of for energy. It was possibly also intended at the time as a lure for Mary Brown. Being lost in the woods is creepy, for a while at least, but it can start to grate the fifth time you pass the same spot. To keep that horror-movie atmosphere, Blair Witch is very low on UI, which