The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Alternately boring and creepy, stream-of-consciousness home movie about five obnoxious teens hangin' out around town, checking out some supposedly haunted places on the outskirts of their tiny little town in Ohio. These little nitwits play pranks, puke, and generally act like obnoxious teens for about 80 minutes of the footage, but the other 15 minutes of it, was very creepy, and really got to me. Something about this movie stuck in my mind, more so than its obvious inspiration, The Blair Witch Project, a film which I have never been a fan of. This film has the similar look and tone, but largely different story and ideas, of the people of a small town exacting a horrific revenge on these little pricks. When the teens first think they see something in the dark in the woods, I watched the scene again to see if there really was something there. I didn't do that at any time, for any scene, in the BWP. The twins standing by the windows, blankly staring out at them, as simple as that may be, was supremely creepy, as was the little girl's voice on the radio. And the ending was brutal, very cold. But, for all its suspense in those scenes, I couldn't help get the feeling that these were just unbelievably boneheaded teenagers who, basically, get just what's coming to them. Also unusual and unique to this film is that such a major plot twist actually takes places *after* the closing credits.I'll definitely check this film out again, which is more than I can say about its obvious inspiration, The Blair Witch Project.

This is a very original movie with a twist at the end you have to sit through the credits for. The viewer bonds with the characters through the first hour of the film, as clues about Hell Town are dropped between pranks. This is a movie where you have to pay attention to see where the story is going. There are many scenes that freaked me out. After that it starts to pick up, culminating in a quick and hideous end. The shock is not just what happened to the Boston Mill Five, but who did it and why.If you google Hell Town Ohio, and follow the coordinates on the Wiki page to Google Maps; a satellite view of the area looks almost exactly like the area shown at the end of the movie. Definitely adds to the creep factor, for sure.

It's not that uncommon for me to start a movie and be so turned off by it that I *actually* turn it off. It is uncommon, however, for me to give a movie a second chance and then be totally blown away by it. I stopped watching "June 9" about 37 minutes in, weary with the juvenile antics of the largely unlikable cast, the derivativeness of many scenes (the opening is almost stolen frame by frame from the opening tracking shot of "Halloween," down to the look and lighting) and the slowness of the story. I went to my PC and brought up IMDb, and the reviews here persuaded me to stick with it. I'm glad I did."June 9" effectively chronicles the first week of Summer vacation in a sleepy suburb of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio, as cool kids Robert and Derek cart their introverted sidekick Birdie, Derek's sister, and his girlfriend around in Robert's beater van. The inevitable boredom of Summer break-down almost immediately settling in, the quintet soon tire of playing their grade-school league pranks and become curious about the legends and myths that have grown up around Boston Mills, a neighboring town. The wild pot plants on the outskirts of the local nature preserve are an added bonus.What writer/director T. Michael Conway lacks in framing ability --- the jacking off and practical jokes that embody much, much too much of the film's first half will get on your nerves --- he more than makes up for in some truly isolating and disturbing images: an abandoned shed is stocked with stone statues not out of place in a cemetery supply shop; shadowed figures stiffly stand, silently staring through windows; a white gowned, masked figure is briefly seen standing in a vacant field --- we see it, our protagonists don't. There's also a sequence where a character creeps into one of the townie's houses that is quite frankly one of the tensest five minutes I've experienced in a while.Yes, these characters are annoying but the kids playing them are frankly very natural and don't seem for a minute to be "on stage." Their naturalness makes the climax even more unsettling and I for one was pleasantly surprised by its unrepentant savagery. And perhaps the indifference and irritation we feel for them is intended, and this point really turned me around on my opinion of this film. Perhaps what is most disturbing about "June 9" is that it's not really a supernatural ghost hunt at all...it's about rural country people protecting what's theirs. I grew up in a small town in the middle of nowhere and that attitude is very much present in most communities. They'll leave you alone if you leave THEM alone...you screw with them, and they'll f*** you up...good.

I didn't expect to like this movie... and for the first fifteen minutes I really didn't... for the next half hour after that I was on the fence... but by the middle of the movie I was pretty much into it. The thing is, the characters are presented in a way unlike how a mainstream movie would do it. They aren't pretty and they aren't smart and they aren't 'cool'... they're just ordinary bored punks wasting their summer together. You have to stick with this movie and let it move at its own pace.At first you expect the movie is, like most Hollywood movies, in love with the protagonists... selling the characters to be admirable somehow... but it really isn't. It just lets you watch them and slowly get to know them. It's so rare that a movie would take the time like this one does in letting you get to know the protagonists. Not that you ever grow to love them, the movie doesn't want you to anyway... but the kids and their abrasive behavior begin to be nuanced with their other shortcomings... and you recognize them as being like people you've known. Their initial swagger is all for show and they're really deeply vulnerable. Great acting on the parts of the main performers carried this off like no smug Hollywood 'stars' ever could have. The weakest parts of the movie were some of the townsfolk and the scattered 'FX' jump-cuts. I also think it was a BIG mistake to put the giveaway shot of the TV at the beginning of the movie... this movie needs some subtler method of foreshadowing than that. It's obviously influenced by Blair Witch, which I loved... but its got a lot of unique elements of its own that most folks are gonna miss or ignore. Some have said the violence looks 'fake' and I think that's a reaction based on having only seen violence in other movies where it's done in a more cinematic way than it is here. This isn't a particularly cinematic film... there is nothing spectacular about the violence. It's done in a very matter-of-fact sort of way. This isn't really the sort of movie that scares you much while you're watching it... but it will creep back into your mind later and haunt you... if you're patient enough to give it a chance.*SPOILER* The bits at the end with the Lisa character were most disturbing for me because, while she comes off as one of the more innocent characters her final scenes are some of the most brutal. Also, for people who are so SHOCKED!!! that there are small children present during the violent scenes... just stick to Disney movies why dontcha?