Don't expect terror.

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2000)

What can one say - everyone I spoke told me that I was going to find this film scary, no matter what I had seen before. The way I would rate this film starts with the letter 's' but i think rather than scary - either the word sad or stupid would be far more appropriate.
The characters are quickly outlined, one annoying, one fairly normal and one maybe a little slow. And so it goes on. From here we go for a wander in the woods, interview some people to give the film at least the semblance of a mock documentary. And so it goes on. Strange noises at night, river crossings, the slow slide into insanity (only a couple of nights). And so it goes on.
I can scarcely find the words to explain how boring i found this film. Characters - slow and irritating. Plot - unlikely (no matter how much you suspend disbelief). Script - OK, considering the whole thing was meant to be ad libbed.
On the whole, i would say the one thing that saves this film is that it is nothing if not an interesting premise for a story. I would say the appropriate level of fear for the viewer would be achievable - as long as you watched it at night, in a tent, in the middle of a forest, probably by yourself.
Interesting but slow - 4 out of 10.