Stylish, original scares delivered by the sleeper of the summer...

Rating: 9/10 (20 August 1999)

I went to see BWP after hearing the hype, seeing the hype, web-surfing the hype... being assaulted by it on every front. My only regret is that I had been tipped off that the docu-drama was actually a movie, and not real. If I had sat down to watch this movie, buying into the concept that these kids were real, and so was their terror, I would have been much more terrified.
Make no mistake, I loved this movie... it is the most original scary movie to come out in years. It brings back memories of the type of psychological scares that Hitchcock's films would bring to your mind. Sometimes the *scariest* things are the things you don't see... this movie brilliantly illustrates that concept. The scenes of the kids running through the woods, being chased by enemy or enemies unknown are genuinely scary. (I don't think I'll ever feel the same way about camping again.)
Heather's screams haunted me for days after watching the movie, as did both kid's cries for their friend when they don't know where he is. I have to say I was going into this movie expecting a completely different sort of movie, growing up in an age of slash/scream/gore/Freddie/Chuckie/Jason-type horror flicks. I was very surprised and haunted after watching this movie. Highly recommended, 9 stars out of 10.