Only scary if you think it's real.

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2007)

I watched it when it first made buzz in 1999. At that time, there wasn't much info about the movie, so I didn't know that it was staged. I seriously thought the movie was a real documentary. The night I watched it, I was at a friend's house a few blocks away, and after watching it, I was too scared to go home.
So, the movie only works if you don't know it's staged. If you're reading this, that means you know it's not real, so most probably you'll find the movie utterly boring. The reason this movie became a classic was because a lot of people didn't know it's not real when they watched it. It's a classic, but not a timeless classic. But for me, this movie will forever remain one the scariest movies I've ever seen.