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Rating:  -
THIS HAD TO BE THE WORST EXCUSE FOR A HORROR MOVIE EVER. I HATE THE SHAKY CAMERA AND THE WAY EVERYONE RAN AROUND WITHOUT REALLY DOING ANYTHING. IT SEEMD THEY WHERE SCARED BECAUSE PSYCHOLOGICALLY THEY WHERE DOING TO EACH OTHER. I HATE TO RIP ON THIS FILM BECAUSE I AM SURE OTHERS HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. RUNNING RAMPID IN THE WOODS IN THE DARK SURE WOULD SCARE ME IF ESPECIALLY IF THE PEOPLE WITH ME WHERE TRYING TO BE HORRIFIED BY THE UNKOWN. I DO NOT NEED BLOOD AND GORE BUT GOOD ACTING AND DIRECTING WOULD BE NICE. I HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED BY STUPID MOVIES LIKE "PUMPKINHEAD" AND "KILLER CLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE." I AM EMBARASSED BUT I AM AFRAID OF CLOWNS AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SCARE FACTOR IN "PUMPKINHEAD" WAS GOOD BECAUSE OF THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE SURPRISE AND THE DIRECTING. I REMEMBER A REVEWER SAYING IT "SCARED THE MESS OUT OF HIM." I GUESS HE MEANT IT WAS A MESS.
Rating:  -
The reviewers who give the movie a poor rating because it never showed the monster or because they claim that it is boring are missing the point. It is an ingenious idea, with fantastic human elements, and it should give any young film student hope for their projects to be widely received in the future.
The reason the movie works, it because of what we CAN'T see. The twig men, creaking woods, and loud rock hits during the night are as effective as the gruesome SFX in The Exorcist. Two very scary movies, for completely different reasons.
And about the cussing:GET OVER IT!! What would YOU say if you were hopelessly lost and pursued by an omniscient and omnipresent witch? Probably not "Jimeny jillikers!" The cursing adds realism, even if it's a tad overblown.
And the viral campaign was awesome when the film was released. Fake websites, documentaries on TV, and missing persons posters? That's almost better than having the incident be real, because you can appreciate just how clever the whole charade is!
Bottom line. The acting is impressive, especially for an unknown film, it is entertaining, and it is downright scary. And everyone complains that they weren't scared once they found out it wasn't real. C'mon, now didn't you all suspect it was a fabrication to begin with? Any horror fan needs to see it, and to be honest, probably already has.
Rating: -
The ending was kind of messed up and too short, but the movie as it progressed was intense, sad and very well-filmed.
I know that it's just a movie and it turned out to be just that, a movie but it was good for what it was.
4 stars.
end note: 10/26/08: and this was my second time watching the movie. the first time was when it first debuted.
Rating: -
Remember that guy or girl in your school who refused to listen to the Top 40 radio stations not because he/she didn't like the music, but because too many other people liked the songs and that alone made them "corporate trash"? This is the film made for him/her, and only that type of person. If this describes you, then buy a copy tout de suite so you can watch it in the company of others. After watching, if they are people who actually watch films in order to be entertained, they will ask, "Why do so many people like this film? Nothing happened. It's a bunch of annoying, worthless college punks running around in the woods swearing at each other". You then can put your "snob" on and denounce them as "populace filth" who cannot grasp the sheer genius of a film where nothing happens on the screen and everything is supposed to be one's imagination. When they leave, you can then throw your copy aside because you will never watch it anyway unless you have the opportunity to belittle those who cannot "get it".
Another reviewer called this the "reality show version of a horror film", and to me, nothing describes this film better or demonstrates exactly what was wrong with the entertainment world in the 1990's as well as that comment. People became burnt-out on the flash and glamour of the 80's and, as with every other concept in human history, decided to go the other extreme and make music that was dull and boring, sung by ugly people (which would had been fine if they had been guitar wizards or something, but their musical skills were by and large pretty horrible too), the models looked like junkies,clothes were so hideous that bums wouldn't wear them now, and the reality show was born.
God I hate reality shows. They destroyed decent writing and camera work for at least a generation and gave every freak willing to swallow rat's brains a spotlight usually reserved for people with real talent. Hence, this film was born. The "actors" are extremely annoying (as other reviewers have written, the viewer begins to wish for their slow, painful deaths a few minutes into the film), the story was beyond weak and nothing annoyed me more than the lie that the producers put forth that this was some kind of documentary (once again, as someone else has said, how could a camera survive on its own in the elements for a year?), and the jerky, haphazard motion of the camera might very well make you ill. I know that we're supposed to be the MTV generation and all have ADD so badly that we can't concentrate on a single image for more than half a second, but let's vote to stop that now! It's insulting to everyone under 40 that Hollywood assumes that we just don't want or can even tell if a film has quality production.
To close, if you love films shot up people's noses, with no dialogue besides the "F" word, and that are so jerky the viewer feels worse than after riding in a plane during severe turbulence, this is the film for you. But if you're a pretentious schmuck who enjoys torturing others with films that not even the actors' parents would watch twice, you'll enjoy it too.
Rating:  -
You either love or hate it. I'm more in the love ... well, like alot camp. I like ghost stories and ghost movies that don't have blood and guts splashed all over, and I think that's why this movie appeals to me so much. It's the unknown, the dread, you can hear the creepiness but can't see it. Very much liked the characters (okay, at times Heather really got on my nerves) and the concept ... go into the woods to film a witch story, and the witch doesn't like it. Also enjoyed the filmmaking technique. Thankfully wobbly camera shots don't bother me! Really liked the B&W and color footage interplayed.
This will not go down in history as a classic movie in any category. But personally, I enjoy watching it every now and then. (And hey, for less than $5, go ahead and add it to your library!)
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