It's a B****

Rating: 1/10 (28 August 2002)

Absolutely, positively one of the worst films I have ever seen in my life. The greatest example of hype over substance ever.
I saw this film quite late in its initial cinema release, and was a bit surprised to discover that I was the ONLY person in the theatre. At first I was a bit alarmed at being by myself in a dark theatre with a supposedly scary movie. I know realise the place was empty because word of mouth had already got around about what a dog this film is.
Far from being scared, I was BORED, BORED, BORED. Three extremely annoying people walking around and around in circles getting nowhere for what seemed like an ETERNITY. At one stage I even shouted at the screen "For God's sake, get on with it." (It's amazing how brave being the only patron makes you.)
And what about those three. They were so APPALLING I couldn't wait for whatever it was out there to start knocking them off. Especially that whiney woman.
The final sequence redeemed things SLIGHTLY be being genuinely creepy, and it earns the 1 point I have awarded it.
The makers traded so much on their independence and originality, but being independent is not a virtue in itself. You still have to present the audience with something to engage their minds, emotions, fears, whatever. I know it was meant to be a "faux" documentary, but that doesn't mean you don't need characters. And a plot.