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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the work of Adam Wingard into the ol’ VCR. 

I’ve been a big fan of Adam Wingard, Joe Swanberg, Simon Barrett, Ti West, and that whole group for a long time now. 

Adam Wingard first hit my radar when I watched V/H/S and V/H/S 2. Then, an old manager told me I had to watch The Guest, which, surprise, is also directed by Adam Wingard. 

Shortly after falling in love with The Guest, I watched You’re Next and proceeded to make my way through Ti West and Joe Swanberg’s films as well. 

This is controversial, but I was stoked for Wingard’s Blair Witch, and I’ll defend it. Nothing will ever beat The Blair Witch Project, but I wasn’t mad at his contribution to the series by any means. 

Could we cut down on the droid footage? Yes. 

But, I love all of the time loop stuff, and I think it was smart to give this Blair Witch a familial connection to its predecessor. 

I would let Dan Stevens carve my pumpkin any day of the week 

One thing I love about Adam Wingard is that a lot of his movies, especially his earlier stuff, has a really specific feel to it. His movies are all high quality, but there’s this almost punk rock, DIY aesthetic to it. 

It doesn’t have the raw grit that Robert Rodriguez’s films often do, but that’s the closest comparison I can think of. 

I think it also has to do with Wingard casting a lot of the same people in his early movies. 

It’s like watching movies you made with your high school friends, but if those movies were cult classics at worst. 

If I ever ask you if there’s something on my face, just know this is how I feel

I know I’m probably a little biased because Adam Wingard has directed so many of my favorite horror movies (if you know me, you know I will NEVER shut up about The Guest and will recommend it to everyone), but I do think he’s an excellent director. 

I haven’t seen Death Note, and I know a lot of people hated it, but I think it’s hopefully just a blip. HOPEFULLY. 

I also do hope that Adam Wingard’s Event Horizon series does eventually come to fruition because I think he could do a really good job with it. There haven’t been any recent updates, at least that I’ve seen, but a girl can dream. 

We’ll leave it here for now, but thank you, Adam Wingard, for giving me some of my favorite horror movies of all time.