it was scary if you saw it when it was real, what i mean is the 1st month before the film came out they did a biography with fake interviews with the parents saying why they are releasing there childrens documentary. they even had fake newspaper articles online for people to see. so when you went into that theatre the 1st week or 2 it was scary because it was real... i remember walking out never wanting to go out into the woods, but sure enough 1 by 1 the actor's and actress starting showing up on leno... ahh disgust and i saw it again and i liked it but no longer was i scared.