Go to this film knowing as little as possible

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 1999)

I was disappointed with how little "The Blair Witch Project" scared me. I felt like they concentrated too much on the being lost parts rather than the being stalked parts (which were truly creepy). It woulda been cool if during the day, they could hear something following them but couldn't see anything. When they stop, it stops, if they reverse, it reverses. Something like that. It was a really good movie, though. Original to say the least. I'd put it on the scare-o-meter level with "Jaws" and "Psycho", but much lower than "The Shining", "Halloween" and "Alien". Hopefully the inevitable copycats to follow will be really good and old-school scary. I will say this; though, I think "The Blair Witch Project" has the scariest ending I've ever seen. On the other hand, the scariest beginning I've ever seen was "The Hitcher" which, after the first scene, was not a scary (or good) movie at all. The moral: A scary scene does not necessarily make a scary movie. One last word of advice: The less you know about this movie, the scarier it will be when you watch it. If I were you, I wouldn't read anymore user comments or reviews.