This movie is certainly a companion piece to the "Blair Witch Project", but it is a much better film for two reasons: (1) everyone can relate to it due to the fact we all have to sleep at night and what might go on around us while we're sleeping puts us at our most vulnerable; and, (2) the climactic scene is a much better payoff than the ending to "Blair Witch".
The film also puts most of the more recent Hollywood horror films to shame because its plot is simple. It's not trying to remake "The Sixth Sense" by providing you with an unexpected twist ending or convoluted plot that ends up making no sense at all. You know at the start what's going to happen at the end and much of the movie's suspense comes from that sense of dread as well as from small, mundane occurrences filmed in a very sinister way.
There is a little too much comic relief from the banter and squabbling of the two main characters which becomes annoying after awhile, but this is a minor complaint.
Definitely a horror movie worth seeing, which stays with you after it's over, which makes it the best kind.
The film also puts most of the more recent Hollywood horror films to shame because its plot is simple. It's not trying to remake "The Sixth Sense" by providing you with an unexpected twist ending or convoluted plot that ends up making no sense at all. You know at the start what's going to happen at the end and much of the movie's suspense comes from that sense of dread as well as from small, mundane occurrences filmed in a very sinister way.
There is a little too much comic relief from the banter and squabbling of the two main characters which becomes annoying after awhile, but this is a minor complaint.
Definitely a horror movie worth seeing, which stays with you after it's over, which makes it the best kind.