I am not easily scared.

Rating: Null/10 (26 November 2002)

First, I'd like to make a comment about the critique that many people are pointing out in this movie and in every other movie ever made - if you can see the boom mike, it is NOT the cameraman or editor's fault, it's the movie projectionist's. Therefore, if you see the mike in a movie (unless, I mean, it comes halfway down the screen or something), it's the fault of the person up in that little box behind you, OK? Glad I got that out; that really p****d me off...
OK, now as for the review. Like I said in the one line summary, I am not easily scared. Exorcist didn't scare me. Silence of the Lambs only scared me in that one scene in the car, which you could probably compare this whole movie to. I went to this movie expecting to jump a little bit and have fun with my friends. Oh, was I ever wrong. My friend, Amy, and I walked in and noticed, "Hey, cool, there are only four other people in here!" Trouble is, they left right after the movie started. During the movie, my eyes were glued to the screen. Amy and I kept telling each other, "I'm watching, you have to watch, don't cover your eyes!" The whole thing was so amazingly mind-boggling. This comes from someone whose favorite movies are Quills, Memento, and Magnolia, so believe me when I tell you. If you complained about the, "plot holes," you didn't watch it right. The fear of the unknown is what it's all about. Also, people that complained about the acting didn't watch the same movie I did. These actors were so incredibly real that I felt like I was watching something taped from real life. Yes, the movie did go for a few easy scares, but it also made /fun/ of them too.
You know in ever horror movie, when people creep up behind someone sitting in a chair, and they spin it around to show somebody with their eyes gouged out or something? This was a running inside joke throughout the whole movie. There are tons of those. Anyway, when the movie ended, we planned to sit through the credits like we always do. This movie, however, was so freaking scary that we just wanted to leave. The problem was, our shoes were on the floor and we were afraid to reach down and get them. So we sat. In the dark. Until this horrible, loud agonizing music came on and we started /squealing/! It was awful! You know how when you want to watch the credits to a movie, they always turn the lights on and ruin it? Our person wouldn't turn the lights on, and Amy and I were frozen in our chairs. Finally, we RAN out of the theater and Amy slammed the door and we sat hyperventilating in the bathroom. The guy that saw us run out didn't even look surprised: I suppose a lot of people reacted that way. Suddenly, I realized: I'd left my purse in the theater. Amy wouldn't even come back in with me, so I had to ask this total stranger to come in. And I reiterate /very strongly/, I don't get scared easily at all. I recommend this movie if you're in a good mood and you have a really good friend to clutch onto, or a boyfriend. And please DON'T talk, OK? That just p****s people off...my other friend saw it and didn't get scared at all because there were people giggling through the whole thing and making out. *sighs* Anyway, go see it. You /won't/ believe your eyes.
~*~ FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAW IT - SPOILERS! ~*~
I don't know about you guys, but wasn't the girl's room in the barn totally creepy? That was one of the things that creeped me out the most. Also, some running themes I noticed throughout the movie:
*seeing people sitting from behind, like I already mentioned, *fire! *rings...seriously, look, they're everywhere, and they keep flashing them in between frames! Very scary... *horses...OK, I know, duh, but it's surprising how /many/ you see.