The ending still gives me chills.

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2006)

When a movie goes mainstream, it usually gets criticized heavily; you just can't please everyone. If the haters could just get pass all the hype and whatnot - while having a sense of imagination - this movie is not bad as what they make it out to be. It IS scary.
The documentary style was really clever, and it was definitely a key advantage in making this movie scarier than other horror movies. I thought the acting was pretty natural and made it believable.
This movie isn't one of those horror movies where it flashes a bunch of graphic images or sound effects at you, but it does it calmly and effectively. The ending REALLY left me with chills. People without a wide imagination will probably not find this movie scary; that's too bad. Really, to also get the full effect, it's best to watch it in the dark with no distraction. They did such a good job that some people might confuse this movie to be real.
I would skip Blair Witch 2, though; it was not clever or entertaining as the original. This movie will definitely put fear in people camping at night, or even worse - someone standing in the corner with their back turned (in a dark room); it was that effective.