Unexpected Expectations

Rating: 3/10 (26 May 2014)

First off I'd like to say that I understood the film 100% and I don't need people claiming the opposite, because overall, there wasn't much to understand.
All I saw was a bunch of teenagers running around the woods throwing f-bombs at each other a mile a minute. The acting was excellent (not going to lie); though the storyline was mediocre. I was bored half to death during the entire course of the movie. To be honest, the only part which creeped me out was the discovery of all the voodoo figures. What made three helpless teens think it would be a dandy idea to venture off into the middle of the woods to search for a supernatural entity which could have been the cause of many disappearances over the past century is well beyond me. Another annoying aspect of the film was Heather's constant babbling and filming of every little nook and cranny of the woods to capture this so called witch instead of fleeing to safety. First, she gets the group lost - twice - with a map (although Mike ends up idiotically discarding the map later on). Second, the day after Josh mysteriously disappeared from camp, Heather wanders off as usual and finds his bloody remains tied up in his plaid shirt, which is then stuffed into a bundle of sticks and keeps the information to herself. Lastly, she is either really out of shape or she is really stupid. I'm going with the latter. The last scene of the films ends with Mike and Heather entering the house searching for Josh. As the two teens pace across the broken floorboards of the creepy house, we can clearly see little bloody hand prints scattered all over the walls. At this point I would figure out that Josh is dead and leave, but this is a movie so we must venture on! Mike suddenly hears screaming from the basement and sprints down the stairs to rescue his not so alive friend. Instead of chasing after him, Heather decided it'd be in her best interest to instead trot behind him at 2mph and continue to shout at the top of her lungs. The last clip the audience views is Mike seen facing the wall followed by Heather dropping her camera - although we don't see her because it cuts straight to the credits. Boom! The end.
What? That's it? I honestly don't understand why this particular film was hyped up so much. I was excited to watch this because of all the commotion surrounding the movie, however it did not live up to my expectations.
If I rate below a five, it means I personally think the movie/TV series was dreadful, which is the reason 3 stars out of 10 were chosen.
Thank you for reading.