Brilliant movie, but not as scary as I thought it was going to be

Rating: Null/10 (1 September 1999)

*Contains Spoilers*
I went to go see Blair Witch project this past week. I've heard mixed reviews about it. Some people say it was "Scary as hell." I've heard other people say "This movie is horrible." I decided to go see it and make my own decision.
A friend and I went to a Matinee, there was about 4 or 5 other people in the theater. Throughout the 90's we've been exposed to some of the most god awful horror movies of our time, but this was a definent change of pace. This movie is a lot better than any horror I've seen in a long time. It doesn't take special fx to scare people, and this movie proves that. I really liked Blair Witch Project, but it didn't scare me much. The last 10mins or so was the only scary part of the movie. The final images in this movie will be in your head for days. Other than the last bit, I wasn't terribly frightened as some people have been. It was more of a thriller.
No one is going to enjoy this film if they didn't pay attention at the beginning when they were interviewing the towns people. If you didn't listen to the conversations you wouldn't understand what was going on in the woods (the piles of rocks, etc). The stupidist people in the world were sitting in front of me during this movie. Halfway through the movie when they come back to the same log they were at eariler, a person in front of us asked, "Why is she crying? Is that the same log."
This is a good movie and if your a fan of the horror genre go out and see this, but don't expect to be too terrified.