Now that the hype's gone...it's Brilliant!

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2000)

I was expecting crap! I heard so many bad reviews about this film that I didn't expect much from it at all. I was pleasantly suprised.
This film is brilliant and vividly scary! I can't believe so many people bagged BWP! It was made with a low-budget, broke all the traditional rules of the horror film genre and bought us something new and different.
People were actually complaining about the fact it wasn't 'real', yeah well so what! The point is, if you watch BWP and you attempt to believe it's 'real', eventually the line between fiction and reality become blurred in this cleverly constructed film. I knew it wasn't real from the start, but it was so convincingly made, that it became very scary indeed.
I liked the clever use of the two cameras, and I even liked the filmmaker's excuse for the overuse of the cameras incorporated into the narrative (through the character, Heather)! Although there is some flaws (i.e. constant use of cameras especially when you need both hands free), this film is a totally inspirational film to any would-be student of film-making. ****1/2 out of *****!