Could have been much more

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2003)

I was genuinely looking forward to this one. The buzz had been circulating for months  ever since patrons had run out of screenings for it at the Sundance Festival that year.
By the time it was finally released in the UK I guess there was such a wave of hyper following it, that it was almost certain to be a disappointment and unfortunately it was  very much so.
I love psychological horror as much as anyone and whilst enjoying my fair share of gore and effects driven films, can certainly appreciate that often the most scariest of things happen in the mind, not in what you see on the screen.
The trouble with this film is that it didn't really show anything  it wasn't creepy or frightening, just monotonous. It had a few brief moments which created shivers, but not many. It's a great shame because the whole concept is excellent and the myth of the Blair Witch' is quite frightening. This film just never delivered. It needed something more than what it had.

A missed opportunity and certainly NOT the new Exorcist', despite such claims at the time of release.