Not scary but funny all things considered.

Rating: 5/10 (19 July 1999)

My advice to anyone planning on being scared in this movie is not to read the details on how it was made or anything else other than just the "mythological" backstory to it.
Anyway, I went to this movie expected to be scared. Instead, I found that it was quite absurdly amusing in a number many ways: First, the characters just losing it and freaking out, Mike especially, was funny. It was understandable for them to be frustrated by the situation but they didn't do much to resolve it, instead they worsened it. Then secondly, we had Heather, despite being supposedly upset, frustrated, scared or losing it, had the ever present video recorder or 16mm camera by her side -- I mean, right up to the end!. How unrealistic and absurd is that? Too funny. Then thirdly, the plain stupidity of the characters -- hello?!? -- follow the path of the river or stream, that's should be in that "survival" camping book you showed us earlier. And how dumb can you be to have a map and a compass and not find your way home, but instead, throw away the map and get mad then tape it all! Ridiculous! Then the ending was a complete joke. What spoiled this movie was that I'd read a number of articles on this movie and how it was made.... I did enjoy the movie, not because I was scared s***less, but cuz I was laughing so much at the shear absurdity of it. --e!