Horror doesn't get much better than this.

Rating: 7/10 (6 September 2003)

What can I say? I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out in '99 and I was blown away. Watching it again the other night, I realized how much of an innovative movie this is. I've heard many people complain about it being "not scary" and a lack of any real "cinematic art." When it comes to a horror movie, cinematic art comes last. If I want to be scared, I want to be scared. I don't wanna' watch some paper thin teen horror story where every scare is cheap. Making someone jump is not scary. Anything can do that. Someone drops a book on a table in a quiet library, and there'd be a good chance that you might jump. Is that book scary? No. Is the library scary? No. Is the librarian scary? Maybe, but that's not the point. My point is that it's hard to make a genuinely frightening film, and this is one of the few. If you're going to watch a horror movie, don't watch one that relies on cheap scares. Please.