The only film in the last five years to give me nightmares.

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2001)

Films, no matter how scary, have never bothered me so much. I was really looking forward to TBWP as I kept tabs on it's progress in the US. When I saw it I was disappointed. Not because it wasn't enjoyable or different, but because people were audibly saying things like 'this is s**t' and ' what a load of bol***ks'. Several people left too. The film for me was really interesting and I liked the fact it was made on a shoestring budget and did not conform to expectations. It didn't frighten me either. Then within two weeks of seeing it and continually talking about it with friends/family, I started having nightmares about it. Really vivid, creepy ones too. Enough to make me wake up in a sweat and enough to make me glance over my shoulder when i walked upstairs to bed at night. They wore off after about 3-4 weeks, but any film that has that sort of effect deserves recognition. I thought it was great.