Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s
The Blair Witch Project
Two parallel scores from 1,952 z-qualifying reviewers and 2,060 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.267 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 5.66 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 5.74 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.304 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 1,952 / 2,060 |
Summary
Three student filmmakers hike into the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland to shoot a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. After losing their map and their way, they find themselves stalked by an unseen presence, and the film is presented as the footage recovered after their disappearance.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
1,952 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.267. DB2 raw mean = 5.74.
90% CI-floor = -0.304. Thin samples penalized.
Global 28.7 / cohort 26.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
