Elisa Porquien
I watched this when I was a kid (~10 yrs old) and I remember being so SCARED! For one I remember thinking it was a legit DOCUMENTARY! Now 12 years later! Its not scary or horrifying in anyway. There are moments where you believe your about to be scared out your seat but it just falls a bit flat each time.Looking at it again after so many years, I'm able to distinguish the acting as real or fake. The acting in this film wasn't the worst I've ever seen but it was very obvious that when it came to being scared or acting like being scared -- it came across as trying to hard or just too exaggerated.
trnjamesbond
As I watched this film, it's very believable, except for the chick that looks like Minni Driver, Madison Charap, her acting is so crappy, I can't stand her stupid big fat jaw, rambling on about the fiery white light,this chick has got to go. The character that is in control of the whole experiment is totally believable, he reminds me of the Paul character in Friday the 13th part 2, a very strong leader, and the camera man in the movie is also strong along with the girl with being afraid of her own shadow, (Ryan Larson). I love this film for what it is, and consider it better,and more productive than Blair Witch by far.Blair Witch is lame compared to this movie, at least you get to see some kind of paranormal activity, instead of hearing some stupid scratching at the side's of a camping tent with no visuals at all. Don't get me wrong I like Blair Witch as it is a new documentary style ghost movie, but this movie seems to engross me a little more. Also I do love the wisecrack, when Paul is going up the stairs with the crew and he turns around and says "Did you see Blair Witch?" I look at that statement as a tribute to the original documentary style ghost film, except this is a more evolved version of that film.The chair flying across the attic was awesome. This was a well put together movie,except for the fact that Madison Charap's character is the most annoying and stupid part of this film, the character she plays is so see through, and cliché. This, like I said is the only part of the film that is wrong.I love the cold eerie feeling that you get from the end of the film of the torture chamber in the basement. You can almost feel the cold draft from the basement. Then the final shot of the ghost like fog in that torture room. This totally completes the film. In the end, I love the atmosphere, and also the technique, like I said, Madison and the cheesy white light talk had to go. But I enjoy it more than Blair Witch, to bad it didn't get a worldwide theatre release.Bravo, to all the directors and production companies of this film, you took something that was popular and made it better, I love that. In the end I must say, you always have films that stun your senses, that's what it's all about, there's always people out there saying "Oh they stole from that other popular film!" Well I say that's just called evolution. You wouldn't have "The Silence of the Lambs" without "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", which all evolved from the murders of Serial Killer Ed Gein, which also spawned the film Psycho.This makes you think, doesn't it?
Cujo108
A "Blair Witch" ripoff involving four people who go ghost hunting in a supposedly haunted Louisiana mansion. Unlike the gem it's ripping off, there is nothing frightening here unless you consider bad acting to be scary. This is truly a film where nothing happens. The only refuge from pure boredom is the occasional unintentional hilarity that pops up. For instance, we get some priceless dialogue like this choice exchange:"There's a dead bird." "How badly dead is it?"This thing is also notable for having what is probably the stupidest cat jump scare I've ever seen. I can't forget the bit towards the end where the group splits up, and the guy going into the attic keeps complaining about how scary it looks in there. The others then spend what feels like at least ten minutes trying to convince him to go in. How exciting!
chris_dirtbiker
I watched this film for the first time last night. While the acting was terrible in some parts, and only mediocre the rest of the time, the style of shooting and the idea was great. OK, so its a rip off of the Blair Witch Project, but I felt that this film had a more in depth back story (which I have since looked at briefly on the internet) which made the whole thing much more believable. I think this has to be the first movie I have ever watched that has then given me problems sleeping afterward! I am not ashamed to admit that this is by far the scariest film I have seen for a very long time! Watch it in the dark, preferably in an old house, to get the full effect!
