Scariest Movie I've Seen In Years.

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2009)

Few movies come out that truly affect me. Blair Witch Project, Noroi: The Curse, REC, and Paranormal Activity can be added to the list.
My first experience with a truly scary horror movie was The Blair Witch Project. I was 12 at the time of seeing this so you can expect my natural response. Not being able to see what was actually happening was terrifying and this was my first taste of a true horror movie. For a while I believed it was real. I read the documentaries, the books, the whole lot. But lo and behold, MTV Music Video Awards that year, the three teenagers showed up. My heart sank. But in actuality, the legends of the story were supposedly true, the background, Rustin Parr and all that. I had to sleep with my light on that very night. Make fun of me all you want, but I was young, and to this day I still love that movie.
Movie goers and horror fans beware. If you aren't into the slightly campy buildup into a horrifying experience, look elsewhere. Rob Zombie fanatics (I like his movies but they don't scare me), beware. Slasher aficionados be very aware. It is not your typical horror movie. It pulls you in, making you think its real. Pay no attention to the trailer, as the boyfriend flying into the camera scene never made it to the final cut, which I'm glad. It would've been too over the top. There aren't any real jump scares, its the whole realism aspect that affected me. I do in fact believe in ghosts, regardless of my views on organized religion, which I will not go into...
I won't give any spoilers away, but I will say, this is the first movie I watched twice in the same night (well it was actually morning, but it was still dark out.) I had to go back, find the little details, and I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. But like I said, not everyone will like it. If it wasn't so over hyped, more people would've enjoyed it. Considering it started out as an Independent film in 2007. But don't let that deter you. I can honestly say Paranormal Activity blows Blair Witch out of the water, which is not easy to say. The subject matter makes you truly think. See this on big screen, or a very large television set once it hits DVD. It is worth a movie ticket without a doubt.
I give it a 10 out of 10