Original, scary, perfect!

Rating: Null/10 (19 November 1999)

This is no film for people who like bloody movies with lots of gore. I don't know if I dare to say this is a movie for people who liked 'The Shining'.
One thing's for sure: Hollywood finally produced characters in a horror movie. Real characters. They were gone for a long time, but here they are, and the actors do a perfect job. The whole movie is shot from a hand-held camera view in either color or black & white, and yep, that's shaky. But it makes this movie so much more believable!
The story: 3 student film makers go out into the woods to find ancient burial grounds. But there is a legend in town. A terrifying legend. The further they go, the more they get lost. The three start to get nervous and scared, because strange things happen at night and at day. Then, one of them disappears.
You don't see any gore, thank god. The movie gets inside your head, makes you think about what's happening out there, what could possibly caused all those strange things. And this, combined with perfect acting, a great setting, the beautiful camerawork and a great story, makes for a true horror movie. I was scared, not by sudden YOUCH-thrills or gore, but by pure terror. And that is what real horror is all about.
You owe it to yourself to see this movie if you like absolute horror.