The Myst

I missed that one in the cinema although it came very highly recommended, both by critics & friends. I finally have taken the time to watch it.
And I have to say the "hype" was well deserved.

This is possibly the best horror movie I saw since John Carpenter's The Thing.
It shares with it the fact that it's more interested in its atmosphere and actual scares. Which is fine by me, as I'm not too fond of jumps and it doesn't dim down the experience. Instead, fear is always there, creeping (I did have to make an awful lot of pauses, even though I watched it during the afternoon. Yes I'm a big wuss).
Also, there's some parallels with Spielberg's War Of The Worlds, as it shows a world collapsing.
And the horror comes as much from "what's out there" as from the characters depicted. What people are capable of doing when what they took for granted falls to pieces...

It's not for the faint of the heart, not specially for the gore (there is some but it's not the emphasis here), but for the situations. The ending is especially upsetting.

What would I do? I hope I'll never know, but it's entirely possible that this movie shows what would happen... A lot of the questions and the images will certainly stay with you after the credits roll...
Essential viewing.