Chain Letter (2010)

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• ♥˩ƳИИ &

  
  Cast: Nikki Reed, Keith David, Betsy Russell, Brad Dourif, Ling Bai, Brian Tee, Noah Segan, Clifton Powell, Matt Cohen, Cherilyn Wilson Director: Deon Taylor Summary: When a group of tech-savvy high school pals receives an electronic chain letter that demands they each forward… More
  Cast: Nikki Reed, Keith David, Betsy Russell, Brad Dourif, Ling Bai, Brian Tee, Noah Segan, Clifton Powell, Matt Cohen, Cherilyn Wilson Director: Deon Taylor Summary: When a group of tech-savvy high school pals receives an electronic chain letter that demands they each forward the message or face consequences, they laugh it off as an online prank and delete the posts. But when the deranged sender of the message starts hunting them down one by one, they find themselves in a fight for their lives. My Thoughts: "The one star is me being generous. I am a huge fan of horror flicks and this was just a huge disappointment, and what's really sad is it could have been much better. Instead, what you get is a film that was poorly done with bad everything. Script, acting, direction, that was the most horrifying thing this film had to offer. Its truly amateur hour here. Not even the killer was interesting. The one star is for the gore. At least it had that."

• Summer W

  
  Boo. I rented this because Netflix showed a three star rating, which is actually pretty decent for a horror flick. Therefore, I'm honestly confused by A) how that mess of a plot actually attracted some bigger names and B) why the hell people gave it such a good rating.… More
  Boo. I rented this because Netflix showed a three star rating, which is actually pretty decent for a horror flick. Therefore, I'm honestly confused by A) how that mess of a plot actually attracted some bigger names and B) why the hell people gave it such a good rating. It's funny, and it's not supposed to be. It's a mess, and I don't just mean the lame over-the-top gore.

• A.D. V

  
  Much like an actual chain letter...you should ignore this. I only picked it up because 3 things on the DVD case caught my eye: 'Brad Dourif', 'Betsy Russell' and 'gore'. Needless to say none of them are worth sitting through this half-baked mess.

• moon r

  
  uhhh ... add this one to the list of yer films you later apologise for watching, as in: "i was w/a friend and they made me watch it" or how about "i thought it was another movie when i walked into it" or "i saw it for free so it was no sweat offa my… More
  uhhh ... add this one to the list of yer films you later apologise for watching, as in: "i was w/a friend and they made me watch it" or how about "i thought it was another movie when i walked into it" or "i saw it for free so it was no sweat offa my back", like that. then keep livin' yer life. in short, another stab at "the mysterious unkillable psycho who's mad at whoever has sex in this film" genre, or "we gotta work here in L.A. just like everybody else so leave us alone willya!"

• Aaron N

  
  Jesse: "Break the chain, lose a life." That's a little intense. Oh man, this was a movie alright. I need to hurry up and type this one out quickly, because I might literally forget what happened in it in the next few minutes. This was a horror film made as if plenty… More
  Jesse: "Break the chain, lose a life." That's a little intense. Oh man, this was a movie alright. I need to hurry up and type this one out quickly, because I might literally forget what happened in it in the next few minutes. This was a horror film made as if plenty of others hadn't done anything like this ever before, and it proceeds without any sense of irony or satire. There is no joke to be in on here, instead you have a film trying way too hard and characters shouting things like "he's watching us!" and "I don't wanna die!" And then you of course have the required amount of gore. I'm still recalling things about this movie, so brace yourself for more... The film's ingenious premise involves a group of teenagers who receive a chain letter via e-mails and text messages. Of course, these aren't just the average chain letters, no sir; these chain letters require the receiver to pass it along to five others or else they will be killed. The skeptical (and of course attractive) teens involved do not take this very seriously, with most of them just deleting the message; however, that will soon turn into their biggest mistake. One by one, these teens are hunted down by a hulking and techno savvy killer, who literally uses chains to kill his prey. I'll give this movie credit for one thing; the opening of the film actually features a deadly situation that escalates well enough, builds a certain amount of tension and somewhat delivers. As an isolated sequence, it is effective. Of course, there is also another hour and twenty minutes that follow this, and it's really pretty bad. The story is amazingly unoriginal, as one could argue for many types slasher films these days, but this one dares to play the entire thing straight. Basically rehashing plot elements from films like The Ring, Saw, and Friday the 13th (this list could go on), the sketchiest of ideas are assembled to create some kind of story. The movie also dares to play with social commentary, as it tries to show off an agenda about the use of technology in the world of today. The cast involved in this film does what they can. Somehow poor Keith David was roped into playing a detective hot on the trail as these murders stack up. Betsy Russell pops in as another detective, but I literally can't think of anything she did in this film. You also have Brad "Don't call me Wormtounge" Dourif staring as a creepy teacher. The lead role is filled by Nikki Reed, who is apparently in the Twilight movies, so at least she has that to fall back on. The direction of this film is pretty much what one would expect - overly flashy, seeming more like a bunch of assembled audition footage for a better gig down the road. There was certainly a budget used for having death scenes, but besides the opening scene that I've mentioned, nothing stands out here. How did I wind up at this film? I literally saw the title in a list of movie showtimes, and decided this would be the perfect follow up to walk into after what would be a much better film. I did as little as I could to find anything out about this movie, knowing only the title, reading a basic premise, and looking at the poster. As a result, I had a fabulous time sitting with just my friend in an empty theater, watching a terrible film and laughing at its absurdity. Now I'm sure plenty of fine work was done by all those involved and I wish no ill will towards any of them. Again, I had a blast watching this terrible movie, for whatever that's worth. Still, it does in fact suck. No way around that, this is not a good movie, and you can send that fact around in a letter. Jesse: We've gotta pass it on!

• Jacob P

  
  Quite possibly the greatest horror film i've seen in a while. The blood and gore are just outrageous! The story was pretty creepy, as well. It did have descent acting, but it was still a pretty awesome movie. An instant classic!

• George K

  
  Modern Technology meets psycho killer. Gruesome scenes involving chains and hooks. Film was released just in time for Halloween.

• Ed Fucking H

  
  The begining started off promising enough with a grisly death, followed by a decent opening credit sequence bigging up various anti-technology groups, figures and events notably Ted Kaczynski, but it's all down from there. This is no different than any other post Scream / I Know… More
  The begining started off promising enough with a grisly death, followed by a decent opening credit sequence bigging up various anti-technology groups, figures and events notably Ted Kaczynski, but it's all down from there. This is no different than any other post Scream / I Know What You Did Last Summer slashers and has all of those cliches in full abundance. But where those movies had very unimaginitive and fairly tame death scenes, this one took a que from other horrible recent horrors like Saw or Hostel and stretched the death scenes out and made them more brutal. Whatever. Everything about this movie stinks. First of all the concept isn't all that different from the equally terrible film Strangeland written by and starring Twisted Sisters Dee Snider. Second of all whatever point it was trying to make about technology and whether it is trying to praise or critique it's influence in our lives, is lost by it's pervasive stupidity. Oh yeah. And the movie never really ended. The credits just start rolling in the middle of a scene. God I hope they aren't planning a sequel of this embarrasing and forgettable mess. Features Brad Dourif who is pretty much the best thing in the film. Everything else is garbage. Avoid.

• d j

  
  it's not bad but not that great either.....be prepared there will be sequels

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