couldve been so much more

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 1999)

Over 1000 comments on IMDB all ready? Then theres not much else I can add except what some others have said. This couldve been a lot more if they had cut some of the blah blah blahing and threw in a few more scares. I know you have to have some talking in movies but how many times are you willing to watch the same people say the same stuff day after day. Each morning starts with "lets go this way" and by afternoon its "you blankety blank you got us lost!" Then by nightfall we wait for a witch that never comes. It wasnt till the third night I think, that the kids tent gets attacked by "something" in only one of two really effectively scary scenes. Theyre sent screaming into the woods and its pretty creepy stuff. Not much happens till the final 5 minutes when the filmmakers think theyve found their lost buddy in an abandoned house. Though the film disappointingly ends so abruptly, it does give you a lot to talk about "what Mike was doing in the corner." Id say yes it was an extremely unique idea for a terror film but no to the uniqueness of the setting. I mean, havent woods been spooky in movies for years? It couldnt help but add the films eerie atmosphere. And be forewarned about the dizzying camera movements at times, where the actual filmmakers wanted to add realism to the documentary style idea by having the shots not be perfect at times. Though not a great movie, still very interesting.