Never lived up to the hype

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 1999)

I saw the movie tonight and it left a sour taste in my mouth. Not only was i disappointed by all the hype I built up for myself, but that i paid $8 to see it. Granted, I did like the use of the 8mm and V-H-S format, and there were a couple of creepy scenes, but the end was predictable and I grew very tired of the bickering of the cast after just a short time. The tent scene, with the children outside, was a masterpiece, but the rest of the film was pale in comparison. The ending seemed abrupt (poinant, but abrupt) and I just couldn't get the same sense of paranoia from the rest of the film as I did in these two scenes.
On a scale from 1 to ten I'd give this film a 6.
-Martin