The perils of hype

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 1999)

I have to say that there are certain disadvantages to seeing a movie after you have heard the rumours surrounding it. I had heard that this was the scariest movie of all time, with girls and guys having to leave the theatre early because they were so terrified. I am not going to give anything away in this review but I just don't want people to have any misconceptions going into it. I am one of the most easily scared people I know ("Jurassic Park" made me cry and hide my head in my lap) but all through this movie I kept thinking, "this isn't very scary at all." It almost ruined the movie for me because I kept wanting it to be scarier than it was. I think that people should not go in to it expecting a typical thrills/chills type horror movie because they will probably be disappointed. I would still recommend this movie, though, because it is an interesting movie to see and I appreciate this type of novelty in film making and believe that it should be encouraged. And even though it wasn't really scary, it did affect me. I find myself still thinking about it days afterwards and I don't think that I will go camping any time soon. Without saying too much, at one point it did terrify me and that moment was so chilling that I can't get the image out of my mind.