discuss The Blair Witch Project

I just got back from this movie, and if I don't talk about it, it's gonna drive me crazy.
This movie totally screwed with my mind. I knew that it wasn't real, but the illusion is so, SO convincing. I highly recommend this movie, but I warn you, after you're done the thought of camping will give you chills.
I thought horror as a genre was dead. I was wrong. Finally, someone realized that you have to scare the MIND, not the eyes, to really scare someone. If I have a nightmare tonight, I wouldn't be surprised.
Go see it, but prepare to be very disturbed and unsettled.

We've been talking about this some on the "General Questions" board. I intend to see it the day it opens here (August 6th). My boyfriend, who lives in LA, saw it Friday night so I'm waiting to hear what he thought of it.

I saw the "documentary" on the Sci Fi channel. The marketing on this is brilliant.

I'd love to discuss it but the lines for it here in Minneapolis stretch clear around one city block--every single screening for the past 6 days has been sold out.


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"My hovercraft is full of eels."

I'm waiting for the even-scarier sequel, "The Tootie Witch Project."

How about "The Witchie-Poo Project"?



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Tim
"My hovercraft is full of eels."

Just about five minutes ago I saw for the very first time, a commerical for this movie. And earlier today I saw a very small blurb about it in the newspaper. Until today, I never heard anything about this movie except what was said about it on this message board and on the SD newsgroup. I guess Tampa is really slow to catch up on these sorts of things! The newspaper blurb mentioned that the movie would be showing at the "alternative" theater downtown, but not if it would be anywhere else. Was it widely released everywhere else?

The Tampa Theatre should be a great place to see this mucho-hyped movie.
Two of my friends went to see a preview a few weeks ago - the first said it was the scariest ever, bar none. The other was adamant that it was a "suckie piece of garbage", not at all scary, so bad it would have been funny, except for the fact that it wasn't funny.
In the past, more often than not I have tended to agree with the second. We shall see (or maybe I'll just wait for the video).

I thought it was a bit of a let-down, personally, but maybe I just read too much about it, and was over-excited. It's good but it ain't that good.

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The newspaper blurb mentioned that the movie would be showing at the "alternative" theater downtown, but not if it would be anywhere else. Was it widely released everywhere else?

It was released in really large cities like NYC and LA last Friday. It will be released widely on July 30th. Many places, such as Louisville (where I live), won't have it until a week or two after. It's going to open at the indie theater here on the 6th and only be there for a week. The big theaters get it the week after.

My boyfriend said that he liked it but it didn't really scare him. To find out if that meant anything, I asked him if any movie has ever scared him. No.

They decided to open it here today.

Hands down, the creepiest movie I think I've ever seen. The stuff with Josh, the camera guy, is what really got me. I'll leave it at that.

If you want gore or to see some big nasty witch physically torturing some kids, you'll be disappointed. It's all left to the imagination.

Imagination is all I will have as far as this movie is concerned. Unless they decide to re-shoot it like a "normal" movie, I will never be able to watch it. (See my post in Mundane Stuff-Part the Fourth for a full explanation.)

Michelle,
I know a couple of people who said that the film absolutely sucked and not to waste your time. Feel free to believe them as their opinion is just as valid as mine

Trouble is coming in the form that some people get a bit woozy from the jolting camera (sorta the same people that cannot play gfirst person vid games)

All in all though, it was the creepiest film I ever been too.The big thing going for it is your ability to suspend your belief that this is not happening. Like they said above some people say it sucks but their trouble is that a) they expected too much of the film B) they learned too much about the film or C) they want big special effects and not some hand me down documentry type.
Myself, it was all that I dreamed about. The last 15 minutes had me so into it I came out with my hands shaking. Never in my life has a film scared me so. I knew about all the work they put into it to make it seem real and my god, it was pure genius. It warms my heart to see that something like this can be madefor shoestring andmanage to scare the absolute shit out of the general public without having to show one monster. My only hope is that maybe studios will start noticing that some of us out there like good writing rather than a 2 and a half hour "hey look what I can do with a new computer" effects show- ala the Haunting...That pisses me off that they took creepy book and made it some sort of fun house fest.

I saw BWP last night, and am so creeped out I can barely see straight. The only other movie I can think of which compares the this (absolutely terrifying, but with zero gore) is Vampyr, Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic. I unfortunately saw a very poor print, but I understand it's since been restored. It's based very loosely on Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu. See it, if you ever have a chance.

Coincidentally, since someone mentioned The Haunting, the book that scared me the most of anything I've ever read, is The Haunting of Hill House.

The new Haunting is a remake, and the first one, which boasted Claire Bloom and Julie Harris was good, but didn't live up to the book (and I think Shirley Jackson was still alive in 1963, when it came out), so I have pretty low expectations for the new film, but I'll probably see it anyway.


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Are they going to show the Sci-fi channel thing again?

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Are they going to show the Sci-fi channel thing again?

Ooo, I don't know. They have a website at http://www.scifi.com. Maybe you can find out there. You can buy a copy of the video at http://www.artisanent.com.

Half of the movie is a very shaky camera pointed at the ground. I feel like I know every dead leaf in Maryland now. What a let down. Especially the ending. Oh well, at least they got rich.

The Blair Witch Project is the only movie that has scared me since I watched American Werewolf in London when I was 5yrs old. I was finally scared. I went and watched that pathetic Movie the Haunting the week before. I laughed all the way through it. I am sooo happy to have finally found a horror movie that scares me.
From what I understand all my friends who are normally scared by special effects found this movie bad and those who don't do.

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I have to say, Heather, Josh, and whatsisname were perfectly believable as clueless film students. I shudder to think how easily something like this (the basic getting-lost part) could have happened to so many of my film-school classmates. It was so commonplace to set out on a location shoot with only a vague notion of what they were going to film, and how.
I found Heather's soliloquy to be very moving, but I couldn't look at the screen, because I didn't enjoy looking straight up her nostrils. Guys (I forget the directors' names), next time, try blocking the scenes before you shoot. I know all about cinema verite, but when it makes your key scene unwatchable, you're going to have to sacrifice a small chunk of your art, and rehearse.

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[AuraSeer]

The following is mostly the same as my post in the "Stuff you don't get" thread. As you might surmise, the hype surrounding Blair Witch thing is one thing I don't get.

People say that the movie's creators are geniuses. Actually, they just had one good idea: to let the actors improvise the whole film. The creators just had to write a few key lines of dialog, which is much easier than a whole script. After that, about all they had to do was follow the actors around and make spooky noises.

I also hear a lot of people say that the actors' performances were "so realistic and believable." I'll mostly agree with this statement, but it should really be no surprise to anyone. If you want your actors to believably seem like they've been out in the woods for three days with little food or sleep, what could be better than to send them out into the woods for three days, then grab their food and make scary noises all night?


Also. Anyone who still believes that Blair Witch is a true story, and insists in this belief despite all evidence to the contrary, should receive a sharp kick in the teeth.

[topolino]

People say that the movie's creators are geniuses. Actually, they just had one good
idea: to let the actors improvise the whole film.

I don't know of too many other people who have tried this and had it work as well (of course, if you think the movie did NOT work, this point doesn't hold up)? I'd say it was the flash of brilliance of all the people involved that led to the success, both artistically and financially, of the film.

(Now, if you think the actors were so stupid... ie "why didn't they just follow the creek out of the woods?", I give my opinion on this in the thread in "General Questions")

I've heard talk of a sequel and TV program in the works. As much as I love the film, my initial reaction to a sequel and TV program is pretty skeptical...in fact, my reaction is downright negative.

[Tony]

I posted a reply dealing with this movie under another topic but unfortunately, the thread appears to be done with and no new replies are coming. I hope I'm not too late here.

I have a question about the "thing(s)" they were attacked by, and then chased through the woods with the camera, the last night they were there together. Something shakes the tent violently and then there are strange sounds, like a girl sobbing. Is that Heather or whatever it is outside? Then when the tent is unzipped, immediately a character begins to run off, dressed all in white with what appears to be a pointy hat. It also seems to be the size of a child. Of course, in the darkness and with the shaking of the camera, this may not be an accurate viewing. Since I have not seen any mention here of this incident, perhaps I am only imagining this character as being an outside force. Maybe it is Heather. Is it? Or did other people also see this as someone or thing else?

My cousin mentioned he felt that the force outside sounded like children. Then what seems like a child runs off. Interesting. Could that be the spirits of the murdered children who a)came to warn them, b)came to taunt them ("Haha, you're going to meet the same doom as us.") or c)were sent by the witch on an errand to help her on her continuing mission to finish them off, etc.

Or am I just getting carried away?

[bernard]

About scene where they run out of their tent.

The person you are seeing is likely Mike. Mike earlier had a hooded yellow raincoat, which in the light could appear to be white. The hood would definitely give a pointed effect. It is unlikely to be Heather since that shot appears to be from the hand which Heather usually uses, and unlikely to be Josh since he uses the larger camera usually. I don't think it was supposed to be a shot of the witch or a ghost that they were chasing. After all since they were scared out of their minds, if you suddenly noticed that you were running in the the *same* direction as the ghost/witch you would probably run in a different direction.

[topolino]

The person you are seeing is likely Mike. Mike earlier had a hooded yellow raincoat, which in the light could appear to be white.

Yes, it's either Mike or Josh (and given what Bernard says, I believe it's Mike). Heather has the camera and is running right behind him. You get a brief glimpse to the side. Apparently what she's screaming about is to the side but, due to the quality of the film and the fact that she's taping while running, I couldn't make it out.

The shaking of the tent...I think they were running from whatever was shaking their tent.
(the witch?)

Again, I have to reiterate, they were up against a witch. It didn't matter that they had a compass and a creek to work with. There could have been a gigantic flashing neon sign pointing to the exit of the woods. They still wouldn't have gotten out. It did not matter what they did. They were just being tormenting them before they were finished off.

[topolino]

blech...I mean, they were just being tormented before being finished off

That's what happens when I change the structure of a sentence without just erasing the whole thing first.

topolino@burkittsville.org

[Pickman's Model]

The only other movie I can think of which compares the this (absolutely terrifying, but with zero gore) is Vampyr, Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic. I unfortunately saw a very poor print, but I understand it's since been restored. It's based very loosely on Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu. See it, if you ever have a chance.....Coincidentally, since someone mentioned The Haunting, the book that scared me the most of anything I've ever read, is The Haunting of Hill House.

Rowan, you are the only other person I have ever come across who has actually seen Vampyr. What an awesome movie! You have to see it about six times before it starts to make sense, but it is so superbly atmospheric. (Incidentally, the "misty" look in the movie came from an accident---a piece of gauze fell over a camera lens during shooting, and Dreyer liked the look it produced so much, he incorporated the trick into the movie.) I'm wondering, have you ever read "Carmilla"? That's a masterpiece too.

The Haunting of Hill House is one of the two books which ever scared the hell out of me. (The other was 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Ever read that one?)
The '63 movie can't hold a candle to the book, and from what I've seen of the new movie, it's even worse. By the way, have you ever seen Nosferatu, Freidrich Wilhelm Murnau's classic flick loosely based on Dracula? It's the best vampire movie ever made, right next to Vampyr.

In a completely different genre but no less terrifying, try Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda flick. Knowing what we do about what the Nazi movement would produce, watching this thing is chilling, particularly if you understand German.

Forgive me for babbling, but I thought I was the last human being in America who actually still reads Victorian Gothics and watches German Impressionist movies from the 1920s!

[topolino]

The Haunting of Hill House is one of the two books which ever scared the hell out of me.

Psst! Who wrote this?

Thanks!

[Pickman's Model]

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The Haunting of Hill House is one of the two books which ever scared the hell out of me.
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Psst! Who wrote this?

Thanks!

Shirley Jackson. She also wrote We Have Always Lived In the Castle and "The Lottery", both of which are good and strange, but neither compare to Haunting. If you've never read it before, you're in for a treat. You can get it through Penguin Books---it retails for around $5.00.

[voguevixen]

I was watching it being really bored until the very last scene when I realised my heart was pounding. I guess I was scared without even realising it. Or it may have been because some dingbat in the theater let out a bloodcurdling shreik!!! I do have to say I didn't believe that they would be lost for so long with both a creek, a compass AND the SUN to work with for crying out loud. And I didn't think the acting was convincing because they all seemed too shrill and obnoxious, and I really doubted they would've kept running film all that time. Monotonous overuse of the word "Fuck" too. That really gets on my nerves. Like when it's used in the absence of acutal dialogue. (Not when used prudently, such as in "South Park" hahaha.)

[Diane]

Someone kindly tell me which part was scary. I must have missed it, and I never left my seat, not even to use the restroom.

Did I miss something?

We meet the players and learn that Heather knows how to say the word "fuck".

Fair amount of fake interviews with the town "locals" so we can learn the story of the witch/serial killer.

Gratuitous booze scene.

Drive to the woods.

Stumble and trip up hills and across logs.

Get rained on.

Pitch tent and go to bed.

Hear spooky noises. My neighbor’s dog sounds much scarier at night.

Wake up, wander around the woods some more, find spooky things made out of sticks (was THIS the supposed scary part?) and a couple of piles of rocks (or was THIS suppose to be scary?).

Start to wonder if they are lost.

Pitch tent and go to bed.

Hear more scary noises (yawn).

Wake up and find rock piles (yawn again - wake ME up please).

Wander around, lose map, admit that they are lost, Mike (or is that Josh? I just don’t care enough about the characters to remember who is who) admits to tossing map, rough Mike/Josh up a bit. Hear Heather say "fuck" a few more dozen times.

Lost

Lost

Lost (wake me up when the scary part starts).

East? West? North? South? So confusing. . . .

Sit down and cry (them because they are lost, me because I am bored to tears.)

Pitch tent, hear more scary noises, run into the woods.

Find their things messed up and oozing slime (Gawd, please don't tell me THAT was the scary part).

Still lost.

Still lost.

Josh or is that Mike, disappear (why couldn't it have been that annoying Heather?)

Find bundle of sticks with teeth and tongue (maybe?). Obvious attempt to try to be scary (snore).

Pitch tent, talk about food, Heather won’t go hiking on weekends anymore, expected scene where Heather tapes her "goodbye" to mom (predictable and complete with snot/tears visuals).

Hear Josh/Mike yelling (maybe my timeline is getting screwed up due to complete boredom).

Find spooky house.

Hear more scary noises and see handprints on walls (Scary? Doesn’t hold a candle to my walls when my kids were little).

See Mike/Josh in corner.

Thump - down goes Heather (boo-freakin-hoo).

Credits roll - DAMN, anyone else notice how many other people were lost in the woods with these kids?

I can honestly say that I was more frightened watching The Haunting and we all know what a loser piece of crap that was.


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[Drain Bead]

Easy. Some people like special effects and having everything spelled out for them, and some people find NOT knowing what's going on much more frightening. You just have to leave things up to your imagination, and some people don't like that at all.

[Diane]

I was being sarcastic about the Haunting (and all it's special effect) comment, it pretty much sucked.

I agree that it is much scarier not to have everything spelled out for you in technicolor special effects and the imagination can be much more frightening, however, the Blair Witch Project was S-T-U-P-I-D and the attempts at frights - laughable.

I was serious when I asked the questions - What did I miss? What parts are supposed to be scary?

It was nothing more than three bad actors wandering around lost in the woods for 90 minutes with a few "Shhhhhhh - did you hear that?" and about 3 minutes of running through an old house chasing their friend's voice. Admittedly, the guy standing in the corner looked a little spooky, but you can credit that on the black and white, out of focus film.

Interestingly, in spite of those who keep saying how this movie is so frightening, all I heard while walking out of the theater was complaints at what a waste of money and time it was.

If you want to see a quality spooker, see The Sixth Sense. A most excellent movie that includes a great storyline, good acting (surprisingly, even Bruce Willis did a fine job), enough spookiness to keep you on the edge of your seat, and an ending that will blow you away (don't let anyone tell you how it ends.)

Oh, and JFTR, I am taking my tent and going camping next weekend.


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[bernard]

I thought the movie was enjoyable to watch but I agree that it isn't very scary.

As I mentioned on GQ I think the primary reason is that the beginning gives away the ending, and hence any element of tension. We know from the start that all three disappear (and that means dead right?) so throughout the whole movie there is no question as to the outcome. We don't sit on the edge of our seats wondering if they will make it (this assumes that you care for the characters which is another debate completely).

[BurnMeUp]

I liked Blair Witch, but i liked it much better when it was called Cannibal Holocaust and made by Ruggero.

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[voguevixen]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one irked by Heather's excessive cussing. I feel like a prude sometimes, but I like to use my swear words selectively so they have impact rather than just being redundant.

[Drain Bead]

Of all the people insulted by cussing, I wonder how long it's been since they've been that age and in that situation? I'm about as far along in college as they were supposed to be, and I can guarantee you that I hear much worse from 75% of the people I come in contact with in casual situations.

[topolino]

but I like to use my swear words selectively so they have impact rather than
just being redundant.

Being lost in the woods for days without a map and the fact that you have a compass doesn't matter because you end up back where you started no matter what you do. You hear people stalking you in the woods and to quote Heather, you're "hungry, cold, and hunted." You're thinking you might die out in the wilderness. This doesn't strike you as a good time to use those swear words you saved up to make an impact?

I think every other word I'd say, in that situation, would be a variation on the word "fuck."

[OpalCat]

The cussing was one of the most realistic parts of the movie. Consider the age these people were. Yes, you are definitely being a prude. For god's sake don't see South Park.

Was TBWP scary? Kinda. It was chilling, which was interesting. I definitely got more creeped out by it than by any "horror" movie I've ever seen. I didn't have bad dreams or get scared of the woods or anything, but I think the people who are getting REALLY down on it are perhaps being a bit snobby/overcritical because they want to rebel against the hype. If there wasn't the hype, most of the same people would be saying it was a cool movie (not neccessarily a really scary movie, but cool/interesting).

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[Contestant #3]

I liked it. It was different enough to keep my attention.

It didn't frighten me, but it was kinda creepy in parts. (3 of them running from tent) (coming back to same log) (house scene)

I see where some of you have slammed the acting, but I thought the acting was rather realistic. If Heather was supposed to be an annoying bitch then she absolutely NAILED her part. I wanted to slap her. I thought the dialogue was realistic.

I didn't get caught up in any of the hype, so I wasn't disapointed by heightened expectations.

I watched it at a fairly deserted drive-in at 1:00 a.m., which added to the creepiness.

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I thought it sucked; possibly it's because I've been hearing/reading about it on the internet for months and the movie has become a victim of its own hype.

To me, it just seemed like 90 minutes of three 20-something ignoramuses getting themselves lost in the woods and then spending the next 3-4 days getting more lost and screaming & cursing at each other for being lost in the woods. By the time Mike admitted to having thrown away the map (someone hand me an axe!), they all seemed like the characters in movies like "Halloween" who are there primarily to be stupid and get themselves killed for really dumb reasons (DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!!!).

I've heard figures from $25000 to $60000 for what went into the film, and all I can wonder is, where did the money go? They wore their street clothes,& used Josh's car; and aside from a couple of video cams, a 16 mm film camera, and a few hundred bucks in camping equipment, where was it?

And, what's with the reluctance to light a fire? They're lost in the woods, it's freezing cold, at least two of them are smokers, and they don't light a freaking fire? HINT: if you're ever lost overnight in the woods, light a fire. The chances are excellent a forest ranger will see it from his/her watchtower and send a party to investigate. You also don't go camping without letting someone know when to expect to hear from you again. And you damn sure don't go camping without some sort of firearm for defense; feral dog packs are one of the 'dirty little secrets' of a lot of woodlands.

When the lights came up in the theater, the entire audience walked out in complete silence. Nuff said.

[Diane]

When the lights came up in the theater, the entire audience walked out in complete silence. Nuff said

It wasn't silent when we walked out of the theater. It was a collective piss and moan session about how stupid the movie was and how we all got ripped off. One guy hollared to the usher as the group walked past "Where is the line for refunds!"

Aside from some people on this board and ONE friend of my daughter, everyone I know who has seen this movie agrees with me that it was a total waste of 90 minutes and the price of a ticket.

As far as anti-hype, naw. I am the first to admit I loved Star Wars Episode One, including the hype and commercialization. Hype or no hype (actually, I hadn't heard a lot about BWP before I saw it) it just basically sucked.

Speaking of rip offs, anyone read the story about the movie "The Last Documentary"? Seems TBWP wasn't as unique as they made us believe. They ripped off the concept and storyline from the makers of the indie film "The Last Documentary".


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[Ukulele Ike]

OpalCat:
You nailed it. I admit to being a horrible movie snob, didn't see the Star Wars thing and have no desire to, am actively repelled by Hollywood blockbusterdom.

I went to BLAIR WITH in mid-July, on the second day of limited release here in NYC without realizing how much hype there'd been...bought a ticket over the phone with no problem, showed up at the Angelika and ran into hundreds of cranky people who couldn't get tickets.

I just wanted to see it because I heard it was an independent horror film that actually went for subtlety, for heavens sake.

Very creepy. Loved it. Got motion sickness, though.

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[Ukulele Ike]

DIF:
It had rained. The kindling was wet, the deadwood was wet, and they probably didn't bring any matches except the paper ones that the newsstand guy handed over with their smokes. No, these three were not mighty outdoorsmen.

That covers the first night. The next nights they DID build fires, then they decided not to because the spooky sounds came round only when they had had fires.

[topolino]

Some people just aren't going to get it. What can ya do?

The talk in the lobby afterward seemed positive but I won't presume to know what the entire theater thought from the opinions of a few loudmouths. We did walk out of the theater in silence. My friends and I were too stunned to speak for a few minutes.

It helps to know the basics of the story before you go in from visiting the websites. This isn't just an isolated movie. The more you brush up on the story before you go in, the more you understand. I respect that.

[voguevixen]

You guys never get me. I wasn't offended by the language itself. I just found it repetitive and irritating. I mean when you see some movie where the dialogue is "What the fuck? Hey fuck you, you fuck!" that's just obnoxious. Nobody really talks that way except maybe Quentin Tarentino. I loved South Park, BTW, because it makes fun of people who talk that way for the shock value or because they're too dumb to know any better. If I was lost in the woods I wouldn't be wasting my time showing off my cussing skills, I'd be trying to figure out how to get myself un-lost. For the record, what does someone's age have to do with it? And how old are these people supposed to be? You keep referring to them as kids, but they look like adults to me. I seriously don't think I'm much older than they are and don't remember ever talking like Heather did. It just made me think she was stupid and wish she would've gotten killed first.

[topolino]

Most people don't GET the movies I like, but as far as the BWP - GET WHAT? What is there to get? This isn't a deep, thought
provoking, weird-twist, hidden meanings, subplot, movie.

You didn't think it was scary. I did (well, more creepy than scary). Apparently, I got it. Besides, I didn't say you apparently don't understand any movie ever made. You don't understand this one. You said it yourself. I'm sure there are plenty of movies that you like that I think are pure trash because I don't understand them.

And how old are these people supposed to be?

IIRC, Heather is 24. Josh is 25. Mike is 26.

I stand by my statement. When you think you're going to die in the woods, it would be a fine time to pull out those curse words. I'm no psychologist but I think a group of people in their situation would go through a phase of fighting and blaming each other. They eventually got over it and tried to, with somewhat defeated attitudes, work together.

[bernard]

I rarely swear. I find it silly.

But I do recall a couple of years back when I was putting up some $&*^% blinds that seemed to defy my every &%^*&$@ effort to get them *&*%^$ installed! It was very %@!#$* frustrating and I swore like &%$@$% crazy. A friend of mine that came in about 45 *%$%#% minutes into the %@#-*&^@#*&$ operation actually fell to the floor and was laughing I was so $#@&@#$ mad and he had never seen me like that before.

So ... if I were in the woods and lost, hungry, cold and with a supernatural entity possibly chasing me (at best some local rednecks chasing me) with two people who were either giving me grief OR insisted on continuing to film their %$^&#$% documentary OR threw out the &$#%%&@ map I am sure I would find time to string together a few choice words for them.

I have to say though, I actually found a lot of the movie to be very funny. Actually the scene where Mike admits to kicking the map into the creek was hilarious and most of the people in the theatre were laughing including myself.

[voguevixen]

I thought that was hilarious too, Mike was my favorite. The rest of the theater was gasping in horror, though, leaving me to feel like the "bad guy" for finding humor in their fake predicament. Maybe if they all were cursing it wouldn't have been so annoying, but it just seemed like Heather was being way over the top about it. Or maybe she just wasn't good at it or something. I think I just didn't like her and that's the easiest thing to criticize.