SFT

Just kidding... I remember when I saw it that the ending freaked me out, especially when you saw him standing in the corner. It was then that I remember them talking about that at the beginning of the movie. Boy, that one scene played over and over in my head the next day until I almost went nuts. And I usually don't get scared.

N.P. Stargate <*****/*****> (Not many get that rating, but this certainly does.)

SFT

I don't know why, but I knew all along it was fake, while other people I knew thought that it was real. Come on. It'd be a snuff film.

To put it simply. It sucked. It was lane.

BUT, there always has to be one, BUT,

I liked the idea of making a horror movie like that, it just was done very badley. I did like the B/W stiff, more realism came from that, then the color stiff.

--Crono/Kyp
Writer/Director/Producer

Thank goodness you finally weighed in. Now I don't have to worry about being the only one that didn't think it was all that.

And you're right. There's always a butt...er, but.

--Crono/Kyp
Writer/Director/Producer

NP: To Far Away Times: From "Chrono Trigger" Disk 3 (****1/2/*****)

Dan (UK)

Just imagine...you in the same position as these guys. Hearing the same sounds, seeing the same things, knowing what they know...Wouldn't YOU be scared? I'm man enough to admit it, it'll be a while till I go camping again (next year )

In general (and Iīm not jumping on anyone here) I find, that people who do not see this movie as scary, just donīt understand it.

Sorry...

Secondly, I'm in a tent, late at night with all kinds of freaky things going on outside my tent. Now, the problem is outside my tent. Why would I leave it and risk getting hurt/killed by whatever is out there? And if I did decide to leave my tent, the absolute last thing on my mind would be to turn on the stupid video camera, add a couple of pounds of weight to my already freaked-out running, and shoot the whole thing. That just made no sense.

And what the heck was there to understand? Three people lost in woods. Killed by someone/something. Game over.

I'll concede that it was a good idea, but for me didn't translate well. The true genius of the film is in it's marketing.

First of all, I agree that they were stupid in not following the river. However, I know plenty of people who does not know this. In fact, here in Denmark, nobody knows this; unless they are scouts or something along those lines. Could it not be that theses three kids just didīnt know?
Besides, you never know what kind of stupid things people do when they are lost in the woods. Itīs allways easier to judge someone AFTERWARDS.

Second, the only time they leave the tent is because some one/something is shaking it! Not to mention that they hear childrens voices all over the place. I would run!
However I do agree with you that it is pretty lame shooting the intire thing. I would be more concerned with saving my own ass. (Although, again, you never know how people might react in a situation like that).
If I was the director, I would have done that scene in an intirely different manner. But that doesīnt mean that the idea itself is stupid.

Personally, I have never seen a movie I thought was scarier than The Blair With Project. I donīt know why but I just do. I mean, when I saw it the first time I thought: "Hmmm...they get lost in the woods...find this old house...and then sometihng or someone kills them, and we donīt even see who it is...so what?!"

I can understand why some people have that opinion.
BUT, the case with this movie is the same as with PSYCHO: The REAL horror doesīnt come during the viewing of the film (like Scream and Halloween) but afterwards, when thinking about it.

You may agree, or disagree, but that is how I feel.

S Smith,
good points. Yet I wonder ( I won't cover what SFT so alequently has already covered),would Stephen Spielberg just run and save his behind or would he film everything?
After all, they were on a mission to discover the secret of The Blair Witch Legend. People do dumb things, look at us, we gave Clinton a second term. Now THAT'S scary

I'm no psych major, but I really think that regardless of a person's obsession with their project, the "I gotta save myself - screw the project" part of their brain would kick in. If there was something like an earthquake during a recording session, do you really think all of the players/conductor are just going to sit there and keep on playing like nothing is happening?

The tent thing is no less difficult. You've mentioned yourself a tent ain't gonna do much as far as protection is concerned. So would I take the change, not knowing what is out there, and try to run away from whatever? Can't hide or run away in a tent.

I don't know...best thing is stay together and try to avoid giving in to the fear. After all, in the final analysis, it was their fear that really killed them.

Just my humble thoughts...

Actually, what really killed them is that they were lead by a woman who didn't know what she was doing. Oops. Did I say that?

Here's an idea. Take some friends. Go camping. Tell scary stories. You probably won't hear children laughing and have an unknown ancient evil scratching at your tent, but it'll be scarier, and more fun, than watching a bunch of actors doing about the same thing.