Hauntingly beautiful..

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2012)

I had barely heard anything about this movie, seeing as I was 10 when it was released. Then one day about 6 months ago, I saw that it would playing on IFC, so I set it to record. After I watched it, I just felt entirely numb. It's hard to describe exactly what I was thinking afterward, because it made me think about so much, but at the same time, I could think of absolutely nothing because of the horror that I had just seen. The next day, I went to buy it on BluRay because I honestly just had to own this movie.
I never watched it since then. I just didn't think that I could handle watching it again, but I just watched it for 2nd time after owning it for months. As impossible as it sounds, this movie is even more tragically haunting the second time you see it. Throughout the entire movie, I couldn't look away, even though I knew everything that would happen to those 4. If anything, it seemed to make the movie so much darker. I was literally cringing in my seat for the last 15 minutes.
This movie is about as close to perfect as I have seen. Obviously, the content isn't the reason for it.. as it is terrifying, but that's what makes it so beautiful. It was directed, acted, edited perfectly. I have major respect for those involved in the making of this film.
A lot of people may say this film is over-hyped, but I honestly don't see it. One of the most amazing films, as a whole, that I have ever seen.