Wonderfully innovative, unique, creepy film

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2003)

You know, people really have to look at BWP in perspective. Obviously, this film becomes less creepy and more silly if you watch it over and over again. But you have to give it credit where it's due.
Everything about this movie when it first came out was brilliantly executed. The way they cast unknown actors, how they tied it in to a documentary on the Discovery Channel (without ever saying it was just a movie), the way they tied it in to urban legends and websites before the movie was even released, made it seem so "real". People really wondered for a while what was real and what wasn't.
Yes, this movie doesn't have a monster like Leatherface or Freddy, it's mostly about three losers freaking out while lost in the forest. But it was an astoundingly unique bit of movie-making, almost entirely improvized, the actors were given their own cameras and sent away to film themselves. There was no set, and already any crew! Do we really need chainsaws sawing off pretty girls' heads to make a movie creepy?
The film is best from Josh's disapperance to the end, and especially the last 5 minutes are spooky enough to make up for the more boring bits in the middle. I mean who has watched it and not truly wondered what happened in that last 1 minute?
Shame on those who gave this film a "0", not to recognize what a unique, creepy, innovative film this was. A $30,000 indie where the actors filmed themselves earns $240 million worldwide and you guys can't recognize it's achievements?
Doesn't have be your favorite film, but give credit where it's due.