Absolutely Scary

Rating: Null/10 (2 May 2004)

This movie was the only movie in a scary movie genre that actually set out to do what it wanted to do: scare the crap out of the audience. I seriously did not want to be alone by myself after this movie and watch tv. I liked the idea of combining electronics/technology we're familiar with to heighten the sense of fear. That little girl was creepy. I saw her at the People's Choice Awards or something like that and she did the "You're all gonna die part" and it freaked me out again, even with her in normal clothes. Now that mess is freaky. The movie was a little slow at first. I tried to rationalize to the characters that they should just keep watching the tape over and over to extend their time to die. You know, like write it in the schedule: "Must watch tape so as not to die this week" kinda thing. Then I began to wonder about the plot of the movie. It didn't make sense that a girl from the early 20th century is making videotapes. How is that possible? Could we see that process? It didn't make any sense to me. However, she finally killed someone and then it became scary and I loved it. It's still my fave movie as a scary film and I think it should be a classic. I didn't get the dead horses part and I don't understand how her adopted father looks as old as Harrison Ford when he must have been born like in the late 1890's. Definitely not quite right in terms of plot holes, but still scary, so I forgive them that.