Interesting for a film student, a failure for most other people.

Rating: Null/10 (24 September 1999)

If you're expecting this film to be the scariest movie you've ever seen, don't hand over the money because it ain't in the least bit scary. What's more interesting about the film is the intensely naturalistic acting and dialogue and the blatant attempts to manipulate the audiences' fear through them. We are presented with a supposedly true story (not once is the third person used in the narrative) and this is what's supposed to be so scary about the movie. The sense that these were real people is heightened by the fact that the only 16mm photography we see is on their 'documentary'. This is what the makers of this film wanted us to think. Unfortunately, it just doesn't come off.
As a scary movie and just that, it doesn't really work. If you want to see a movie using every cliche and convention of psychological horror in the book, accept no substitutes.