I called it "industrial strength stupid." Insipid writing, cliched characters, ridiculous plot, do I need to continue? If Jeff was making such a serious documentary, why was he getting drunk and stoned at VERY SITE he was supposed to be researching?!?!? Did he need to bring all those papers? Let's see, what else... Smoking goth girl with attitude... Flighty witch chick... weird local... Huge tree that appears and re-appears? Did they make that one up when they got to the location?
OK, maybe not the worst ever made. Photgraphy was pretty good, Erica Leerhsen and Kim Director are decent eye candy, but I actually felt brain cells dying while watching this. Maybe if it didn't seem like it was written by a 15-year-old.
What made the original so good was that it DIDN'T show you everything. In fact, it showed nothing! The noise in the closet is scary because you don't know what it is. When the monster comes out, you know what it is, and can deal with it. But until you know...
And that's the thing. You never knew whether it was just moonshine-befuddled hill folk, locals playing tricks, or something supernatural. Yeah, I agree the camera could have been steadier and it could have been at least partially scripted. Lesson learned. It was the first movie of its kind to do what it did. People STILL debate whether it was true or not, and that's saying something.
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nymetsnl2009
15 years ago
Sorry but I grew up with woods all around me and never once did I get scared by them. Also 2 sticks smacking against one another which the noises were in the first was not scary. Sure like I said, part 2 had it's flaws but your going to tell me Coyote Ugly, Showgirls and Gigli were better movie's or how about every movie Paris Hilton has ever been in. You can also include Lindsey Lohan in the worst category to. If you think they were all better then please give me some of what your smoking please because that's some good stuff.
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