The One Question from Blair Witch (2016) That I Want an Answer Too

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Blair Witch (2016 (Really You Couldn't Give it an Actual Subtle (even the 2016 Ghostbusters film had a subtle (Answer the Call))))) isn't a great film. It's a generic Hollywood paint by numbers Horror movie with an over use of Jump Scares (despite the fact that this film is suppose to be a Found Footage Film), the people in it are obviously actors (who are giving solid performances but nothing really note worthy) and it lacks what made the Original Blair Witch scary which is, of course, that it felt like it was real.

However, for all the film's issues there's one scene that stood out to me. Towards the end of the film Heather's never before mentioned brother, James, is in what I think was the attic and during one of the film's jump scares we see, briefly, Heather. It's a blink and you miss it moment and she's drenched in mud but she is there and it's suppose to be here.

Out of all the questions this film raises that I don't care to know the answer to this is one I actually do want to know what is going on. Is Heather alive and she's moving through time, is this her ghost and if so is she trapped in the house? She doesn't seem to have become a lackey of the Witch like some of the other people in the woods as she never even tries to harm James? If she somehow survived did she retain her humanity and has some how learned to control the abnormal time that is part of the woods?

Did the Witch lure James to the woods in order to try and lure Heather out? In both the first film and the 2019 game the Witch doesn't try to draw anyone to her she just goes after people who enter her woods so why go out of her way to draw people in and why Heather's brother?

This single moment is honestly one that stuck with me long after I forget about the rest of the film as it's the one thing the film doesn't really give any sort of explanation for. We get an idea as to what is going on with the rest of the film like the time magic, the stick figures doubling as voodoo dolls and even the whole seeing the witch will result in her killing you. But this point is never explained and it's really frustrating as it's a question I'm actually interested in.