The Bare Wench Project

Full disclosure I found 'The Blair Witch Project' boring & not scary. I applaud they took a cheapo film and with some creative marketing raked in the dollars, but that's my extent of appreciation. So I had no high hopes on what this parody 'Bare Wench Project' would provide other than female nudity and while it did deliver that element in doses it still managed to underwhelm.

Four women (Julie K. Smith, Nikki Fritz, Lorissa McComas, Antonia Dorian) and lone guy Lunk (Lenny Juliano) are seen in video footage found after they go missing on their journey to find the fabled Bare Wench (Julie Strain). Showing them before they head out, talking to locals and during their hike with disagreements. Plus sexy moments as the girls stop to get topless or feeling some supernatural sexy vibes get naked in a tent or get down with the Wench.

It's a Jim Wynorski pic so it's quick & cheap keeping with his latter day routine. Hottie Julie K Smith is here which is always a plus in my book, but between the bouts of nudity is a lot of talking and much is annoying or boring. 'Bare Wench Project' is only slightly better than the material it's spoofing but was profitable enough to spawn a bunch of sequels I won't bother checking out.

I was quite disappointed in this movie. Although as far as B-movies go, it is not a bad movie in terms of the level of acting, plot, etc. But as far as B-movies go, no SEX?! I mean really, what's going on?! You got a handful of scenes where the 4 women are topless and a very brief lesbian scene, but I was very disappointed. I mean when you see a movie with 4 attractive women (I am a big fan of Julie K. Smith & Nikki Fritz) and then you got the one horny guy, which to me was a beautiful set-up for at least some 3some and lesbian action, you get nothing! As far as spoofs go, it was pretty "spoofish." Overall the acting was pretty good for a SKINEMAX movie. The emotion between the 5 characters seemed pretty real so that is the only positive.

The makers of this film decided that somethings are not important in a film featuring four attractive women willing to be naked. Things such as charecter development, drama, or even that troublsome plot and dialogue. But that's OK this isn't some artsy fartsy like movie like those Farrelly Brothers always put out. No, this is soft core porn. An it's unapologetic about it's standing in celluoid history. There are no attempts to make a plot here. The Blair Witch Project was used as a plot vehicle to make this understood without having to explain what's going on. So the plot was replaced by a setting. Dialogue was replaced by moaning, acting was replaced by mammary glands, and atmosphere was never even considered. How can I bash this movie and still like it? I'm one of the male gender of the species, we're allowed to contradict all logic when faced with a naked woman. even if it's only on TV

Like The Erotic Witch Project, this is a take on The Blair Witch Project, but with a cast of busty women who take their tops off at times. Here, there are four women who go into the woods with a guy named Lunk to make a documentary about the Bare Wench. I think Nikki Fritz's character was the director (i.e. the Heather of the group); she is the one who tells the story of the Bare Wench into the camera, anyway. Or possibly it was Chloe (Julie K. Smith), who is the one who does the tearful confession.

Like The Erotic Witch Project, this one doesn't seem to try to be very funny. It's not so much a spoof as just a loose framework to throw some nudity into along with some lesbian sex.

Nikkie Fritz returns in BWP 2-5. Julie K. Smith returns in BWP 3-5. Lorissa McComas and Antonia Doran return in BWP 4-5. Lenny Juliano returns in BWP 2 and 4. Andy Sidaris returns in BWP 2. Even if some of these are due to archive footage, this is a much better rate of return than the cast of the original Erotic Witch Project had in its sequels, for what that's worth.

I'm a fan of Jim Wynorski movies, don't get me wrong, but this flick left a whole lot to be desired. First off, we get a group of sorority sisters (four of them, no less) alone in the woods with only one guy "protecting" them.

Anyone else see the sexual possibilities there?

You could have lesbian scenes a plenty, or maybe the guy pairing off with each girl at different times, or even one big orgy, but we get none of that. Nope, none. Just a few seconds of Lorissa McComas and Nikki Fritz kissing, bare-breasted. Yep.

There was a moderate amount of nudity, but far less than what you would expect Cinemax has on in the middle of the night on a Friday. Julie Strain makes an appearance as the Bare Wench herself.

Oh, did I mention this is a parody of "The Blair Witch Project"? You get most of the scenes you see in the real movie....they lose the map, get lost, yell at each other, the only guy disappears, and when they go look for him.....they find weird stuff left behind. They've even got the "shaky camera" feel to it.

Look for Julie K. Smith doing Heather Donahue's "I'm sorry" speech with the flashlight from the actual movie. Looking straight up at her face from below, you see these two large mounds obscuring your view.....yep, now that's a sight to see.

All in all, it's painfully short and not too straining on the senses. Look for a cameo by Andy Sidaris (yes, Andy Sidaris, no kidding) as a local store owner named Dick Bigdickian. Don't laugh too hard at that name, please. It's real hard not to, because I know I did!

Sex: D- Women: B+ Story: C- Overall: C-