| Review Date: Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez Writer: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez Producers: Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale Actors: Heather Donahue Michael C. Williams Joshua Leonard |
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If there was ever a film to which you could stick the motto “Don’t believe the hype”, it would be this one. And I’m not saying that the film is garbage either. It’s like I said, I thought the style and premise were interesting, the actors believable and solid in their roles, with funny moments here and there, but overall, the film just didn’t do much for me. It got a little spooky near the end, and certainly tied itself nicely to a story told at the beginning of the film by a town person, but don’t go into this film thinking that you are going to get your pants scared off of you, cause that’s not its primary intention. In fact, if you have a problem watching a camera jittering about for an hour and a half, you may just get nauseous watching the film stock shot here.
Did Mrs. JoBlo like it? Nope. I even caught her staring at the ceiling of the theatre every now and then. All in all, you obviously needn’t take my word for it, since there are many huge fans of the film surfing the Web as we speak, but in my humble little opinion, the movie did not make any special impression upon me, and certainly did not entertain my sorry ass for its duration. And I think that is ultimately the main criteria of any film– was it entertaining? In this case…no. See it on video, if interested.