Great American Horror Film

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2006)

And my personal choice for scariest film of the past 20 years. I can see how some could be unafraid, but the subtltey and creativity of BWC cannot be denied. Marketing didn't make the film scary, the premise alone was enough. I was on that website for months before the film opened, and it scared me in my bright Austin office.
We saw it at midnight on opening day at the Dobie theater, and I could hear people wonder aloud why they hadn't heard of this case before...
Anyway, the film worked the audience over and later that night, unable to sleep, my girlfriend out of town, I had to relive the nightmare again...
Watching over six years later, the film still chills and I feel a tinge of sadness that the amazing performances of the leads weren't rewarded with the actors getting more work. Heather Donahue in particular nails a rarely-seen character: the female film geek.
There was something wonderful in the Austin Texas air during the summer of 1999...
Josh!