Still the Best

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2010)

When this movie came out, I noticed that it was a litmus test for moviegoers. Some people I know were bored out of their minds and sickened by the camera work. Others, like me, lost sleep. For weeks. And, while I dislike branding an entire species, I still honestly feel that those who despise this film have no idea what imagination really is or are far too weaned on slasher garbage. Because this is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen, and because it accomplishes this by revealing absolutely nothing. You all know it backwards, of course. Let me just add that even the disagreeable elements, like Heather's annoying as hell character, came through as utterly real. Too bad that nothing good followed this because the BWP was as devastating a masterwork as you're ever gonna get for about 30K. Or a lot more. PS What was fun was asking cynical friends who trashed it, Well, what would YOU have done? One guy told me he would've simply started running. Nobody else had any suggestions at all. I've often wondered about fire - it was damp but was there no way to kindle as big a blaze as they could?