TERRIFYING!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (18 July 1999)

I went into the theater with high expectations, I read many reviews of this movie and I was really expecting to be blown away by it. The reaction that I had was not of being blown away but a sense of fear that I had really not felt ever in a movie theater. The film is being described as one of the scariest ever made, and I have to agree! I dont think that it belongs to the traditional horror movie genre, the fear that the filmakers achieve here is not cinematic, it is real, as if we are experiencing what the characters are. I felt like I was living their dilema. I felt nervous from the moment they arrived in the woods. This is the type of movie you experience not watch. Im sure that people are going to analyze this film for years, I honestly believe that there is nothing to analyse, this movie taps into our basic fears. there is one scene in the film that literally is heart-wrenching. People will disect this movie, they will talk about technique and theorise about the filmakers intentions. I believe that their single intention was to scare the audience silly! With me at least, they have succeeded! I have the film's images and sounds floating around in my head. This is truly a unique film! DON'T SEE IT ALONE!!!