Booo...

Rating: 5/10 (27 March 2000)

...did I scare you?
If I didn't then I don't rate BWP chances of doing so either. In fact the only thing scary about this whole movie was that I paid to see it. OK, may be I'm being harsh. It was a really good idea. But the execution of the concept was poor. From what I can gather, the premise of the whole film is that it was meant to feel 'real', thus getting away from typical horror. Wonderful idea. The problem with the film is than no one acts the way any normal human would act in a similar situation. When totally lost in a big forest, don't just go marching in a general direction, follow the river, it's bound to lead somewhere. I'm a city boy, but even I know to do that. When face with a big scary house with lots of weird stuff happening, don't go into the house for a quick viewing, run in the opposite direction at high speed. Perhaps this is somewhat of a British view. Generally when you wanderer any forest in the UK it will have some associated legend of ghosts, murderers or the like. You just can't get scared about it.

However, if the film-makers want to make people believe a story then make it 'real'. Using camcorders and a documentary style, don't make it 'real', the characters make it 'real'.