A horror film without the horror?

Rating: 7/10 (15 October 1999)

Quite a few people have already expressed their opinions about this film that I don't want to repeat. Let's not fool ourselves, by thinking that this is the best horror film since the "Exorcist". The whole film is based on the premise that it is supposed to be real. By taking this first step in your imagination, then you can begin to appreciate it. Most of the horror comes from our own imagination, hardly anything is spoon fed (the slasher movies comes to mind which are so graphic in detail, it leaves little to the imagination). You'll have to put the old grey matter in to first gear to try and step into the character's shoes.
The film, if nothing else, is realistic. We see the three characters spiralling deeper and deeper into breakdown and insanity. Their ability to think logically is turned upside down as they get more and more lost in the woods. Strange sounds at night, wierd symbolic objects in the morning doesn't help their sanity much either.
The ending is abrupt, and an anti-climax for sure. But the horror of the film doesn't start until you go home and think about the film. The more you go over the film in your head, the more horrifying it is, as if it was a true story.
There will be people who won't like it, but the film is a docu-horror film which has succeeded where many before has failed.