Sorority Row (2009)

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• Bethany M

  
  Poor! Scary but the acting just made it terrible!

• ♥˩ƳИИ &

  
  Cast: Jamie Chung, Rumer Willis, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher, Briana Evigan, Matt O'Leary, Matt Lanter, Margo Harshman, Julian Morris, Leah Pipes Director: Stewart Hendler Summary: When a prank results in the accidental death of a Theta Pi sister, the sorority's… More
  Cast: Jamie Chung, Rumer Willis, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher, Briana Evigan, Matt O'Leary, Matt Lanter, Margo Harshman, Julian Morris, Leah Pipes Director: Stewart Hendler Summary: When a prank results in the accidental death of a Theta Pi sister, the sorority's members keep the crime under wraps. But as graduation rolls around, a masked killer begins stalking and slaying the girls responsible for the death. Someone is out for revenge, but who could know about their dirty little secret? My Thoughts: "Typical in all aspects, but I really liked the style of some of the killings and the cattiness of the girls. The smart-ass remarks from Cassidy and Jessica was entertaining. But the film failed to scare me or to even make me jump. The killings happened quite fast, and there just wasn't enough blood and gore for it to be a slasher. Big disappointment for me."

• Lewis C

  
  "Well, to the bitches of Theta Pi, I'm saying farewell." When a couple of members of a sorority pull a mean-spirited prank, one of them ends up dead. The others cover up the incident in order to not ruin their own bright futures. But a few months later they find out… More
  "Well, to the bitches of Theta Pi, I'm saying farewell." When a couple of members of a sorority pull a mean-spirited prank, one of them ends up dead. The others cover up the incident in order to not ruin their own bright futures. But a few months later they find out that someone knows about what they did, and they're angry about it. Angry enough to kill. Sorority Row is nothing more than another slasher flick where lots of hot chicks get picked off one by one. And it's not a particularly good one, either. Some of the kills are a little cool/creative, but the movie is only entertaining sporadically, and the final reveal of the killer and their motive is outright ridiculous. As are many of the decisions made by the characters. The movie is also far too long, and spends too much time in the inconsequential lives of characters that are kill fodder. If this is on tv and you have a desire to see a bunch of sorority cliches of varying bitchiness get killed, and you really have nothing better to do, it's not a complete waste of time. Just keep your expectations suitably low when it comes to scares, T&A, cleverness, and anything else that the best movies in the genre do so well.

• Sanjaya &

  
  The murder scene was okay, the chasing of the victims by the suspects, then the cast was doing all right... But the mystery about who is the serial killer, it was distracting for me... I thought the killers didn't have a really big motive to kill them all... Overall movie was… More
  The murder scene was okay, the chasing of the victims by the suspects, then the cast was doing all right... But the mystery about who is the serial killer, it was distracting for me... I thought the killers didn't have a really big motive to kill them all... Overall movie was okay, but for me it could be better again... And I don't get it with what they want with the ending, I thought it was ridiculous...

• Cassie H

  
  Really stupid.

• jd c

  
  You know those movies that are strangely more enjoyable when you watch it for the first time on TV while channel surfing? Well this is one of those movies. It even feels like a made-for-tv movie, one with a higher budget and better performers. I believe the only way Sorority Row… More
  You know those movies that are strangely more enjoyable when you watch it for the first time on TV while channel surfing? Well this is one of those movies. It even feels like a made-for-tv movie, one with a higher budget and better performers. I believe the only way Sorority Row should be viewed is on a late night HBO TV program or something. Sorority Row reminds of a far superior version of the 1997 TV movie Killing Mr. Griffin, but on the other side feeling like a washed down version of I Know What You Did Last Summer. It's right in the middle of both total crap and good entertainment. To sum that up, Sorority Row is an average horror film (or so I said after watching the DVD), but if I was to catch this on TV late at night, while lying on the couch desperately looking for something to scare me as well as entertain, and stumbling across Sorority Row without any knowledge on it's reputation, I would tell my friends that I saw a "great" horror movie last night. But of course I've heard of Sorority Row before. I've seen the original so I already got the gist of things. I read reviews all over the internet, even by accident while trying to avoid spoilers I would accidentally glimpse at a comment made about the film. It's hard to avoid blockbuster movies over the internet these days. But I also find it to be unfair judging a movie like this and deducting a star just because it would have looked better on television as a movie premier. There are just those movies, very few in comparison to box office films, but there just those few that manage to sneak under your nose and catch you by surprise by the touch of a remote. Being that Sorority Row is just that, a movie with a TV feel, and having "TV" written all over, I'll be fair and say it's an above average slasher (because it's not a bad movie). It doesn't suck. I have to say it's very entertaining, very typical, but pure entertainment. It's not scary, nor suspenseful, and it's not really that violent. But it is a morbidly twisted "who-done-it?" mystery game that looks pretty and sounds good. The performances are tight, the script is cleverly tasteful, and the colors are appealing to the eye. It's well crafted. Some moments of shocking violence, but not much and too far in between. It really doesn't put a dent in things though, the movie's still fun to watch. I recommend this to fans of the genre, but don't expect something new on the plate. If you seen this, you've seen them all, but that's no reason to complain about a movie, especially when it still has the power to entertain such as this one. Isn't that why we call it the "entertainment business"? <a href="http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/JDHallowEEn/HorrorQf/?action=view&current=SororityRow.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/JDHallowEEn/HorrorQf/SororityRow.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Nicki M

  
  Pretty much a no-name cast with the exception of Rumer Willis, (and I am not sure that is a recommendation, although honestly she was not bad in this). The characters are all really well written, (if not to say actually likeable, really mostly a pile of nasty little bitches, but very… More
  Pretty much a no-name cast with the exception of Rumer Willis, (and I am not sure that is a recommendation, although honestly she was not bad in this). The characters are all really well written, (if not to say actually likeable, really mostly a pile of nasty little bitches, but very entertaining to watch). I especially liked Margo Harshman as "Chuggs" -now I was............SPOILER........................ sorry to see her killed off first. What a train wreck she was, and certainly one of the more original deaths I ever saw in a slasher film, It is funny in places and only slightly let down by the killer at the end. Well worth a look for anyone who likes this genre.

• Nani V

  
  I found myself being more into it than I thought I would be and kept guessing who the killer might be. Of course it's not the best, but it was somewhat entertaining for the time being.

• Aaron N

  
  Jessica: Okay, we cannot let Ellie see this text. [Ellie screams from upstairs] Jessica: Shit! Too late. Even with the R rating, this film still can't satisfy any aspect of a horror film beyond the standard cliches of things jumping out at young, scared girls. Because we… More
  Jessica: Okay, we cannot let Ellie see this text. [Ellie screams from upstairs] Jessica: Shit! Too late. Even with the R rating, this film still can't satisfy any aspect of a horror film beyond the standard cliches of things jumping out at young, scared girls. Because we needed a new version of the modern classic - "I Know What You Did Last Summer," this film revolves around a group of sorority sisters who have a prank completely blow up in their faces, resulting in the death of one of their best friends and fellow sisters. 8 months later, stricken with grief after covering up the murder, the girls begin to receive alarming text messages on their last night in college. Soon the body count starts. Beyond being a failure on a storytelling/acting level, which isn't really necessary for this kind of film, I was surprised how unbloody this film was. There were some creative ideas for deaths, I guess, but the film really didn't make the most of these. Add to that the over direction, which managed to make the film look shiny and nice, yet still fail at establishing tension or suspense. Finally, it never helps when the majority of your characters are annoying. Pretty lame, expected, but still lame nonetheless. Cassidy: [while returning to the party] Where is everybody? Claire: Probably dead. Jessica: Yeah, and the corpses drove their cars home, idiot!

• Dean M

  
  Sassy, bitchy, scary and good-looking. This should be a <i>House Bunny</i> meets <i>I Know What You Did Last Summer</i>, anyway this is other remake of 1980s slasher flick, <i>The House on Sorority Row</i>. Surprisingly, it proved to be lots of fun… More
  Sassy, bitchy, scary and good-looking. This should be a <i>House Bunny</i> meets <i>I Know What You Did Last Summer</i>, anyway this is other remake of 1980s slasher flick, <i>The House on Sorority Row</i>. Surprisingly, it proved to be lots of fun and the string of murders were amazing. You know what I was thankful to see Rumor Willis' character survived at the final because I supported her as my former favourite actress Demi Moore's daughter.

• Josh L

  
  Sorority Row doesn't even begin to approach quality horror, but it's a bloody good time. I was thoroughly entertained, even with no scares and a crappy script that thinks it is edgy. There's plenty of good production values and eye candy galore (if you are a male at… More
  Sorority Row doesn't even begin to approach quality horror, but it's a bloody good time. I was thoroughly entertained, even with no scares and a crappy script that thinks it is edgy. There's plenty of good production values and eye candy galore (if you are a male at least). It's a rehash of other horror movies(mainly I Know What You Did Last Summer), although it is questionable whether it is better or worse. It boggles the set-up, which seemed rushed and gets the movie off to a crappy start (I almost turned it off), but as soon as it started the horror trappings and cliches I couldn't help but enjoy it as pure entertainment. There's really no substance to this, but if you aren't looking to be scared and don't care to watch mindless entertainment, it gets the job done.

• Steve K

  
  Meh. Not enough gore or sex, which leaves you with the characters, who are all vapid and annoying. You won't care who the killer is, you'll just hope he finishes things quickly.

• A.D. V

  
  When it comes to slasher movies I am more forgiving of them than any other type and this film is no exception. Plenty of flesh, violence (but not of the gore variety), action and likeable characters (albiet one-dimensional) but there are two off-putting elements that bring it down a… More
  When it comes to slasher movies I am more forgiving of them than any other type and this film is no exception. Plenty of flesh, violence (but not of the gore variety), action and likeable characters (albiet one-dimensional) but there are two off-putting elements that bring it down a notch. Some of the humor works but alot of it is forced and doesn't fit into what the characters are going through at the time and the other I can't really elaborate on except to say I wasn't feeling the killer's motivation. So three stars for just being a good ole fashioned slasher that makes no pretenses otherwise. Oh and for the record this is NOT a remake of House on Sorority Row (thankfully) as it bares little resemblance to that mostly forgotten gem.

• Film C

  
  just another horror that doesnt leave much to the imagination! its entertaining enough but its a usual i pretty poor script that story just gets a bit predictable to be honest as well as the storyline isnt really original at all so you've seen it all before!

• Dean !

  
  A very good fun slasher that has a lot of humour in it. One of the best slasher films I have seen in a while, maybe since House of Wax? It seems the guys working on this know all the right ingredients to give the fans what they want. It doesn't take itself seriously and the… More
  A very good fun slasher that has a lot of humour in it. One of the best slasher films I have seen in a while, maybe since House of Wax? It seems the guys working on this know all the right ingredients to give the fans what they want. It doesn't take itself seriously and the characters still make jokes even when being chased by the killer....which was maybe going a bit far. Still it has a cool young cast, good effects, some good kills and a wild party theme throughout. Definitely one for slasher fans!!

• Luke B

  
  The kills are dull, as is the killer. The setup is interesting, but it soon settles in to a formulaic curve. Obviously the girls with morals are going to survive the longest. Why couldn't the bitchy, sexy ones have survived? It would have been a little bit fresh. The slasher… More
  The kills are dull, as is the killer. The setup is interesting, but it soon settles in to a formulaic curve. Obviously the girls with morals are going to survive the longest. Why couldn't the bitchy, sexy ones have survived? It would have been a little bit fresh. The slasher genre is in serious need of a kick up the arse. Hopefully Scream 4 will do just that. Until then we can settle for generic remakes of mediocre films.

• Conner R

  
  If you couldn't enjoy this movie for the obvious joke it was, that is sad. I love the reviewers who took it serious. The movie is trashy, cheesy and overly predictable, but that was the intent. Believe it or not, all horror movies are not meant to be taken seriously. This is… More
  If you couldn't enjoy this movie for the obvious joke it was, that is sad. I love the reviewers who took it serious. The movie is trashy, cheesy and overly predictable, but that was the intent. Believe it or not, all horror movies are not meant to be taken seriously. This is basically a social commentary on dumb frat/sorority college kids. They also get picked off the only way that's believable to them, a masked killer. The film makers made an amazing B-Movie. It's enjoyable and funny in all the right places. The characters are all those stereotypes that everyone is familiar with.

• E.J. B

  
  What Sorority Row should have done was continue to play on its campy premise, the B-movie characters and dialogue, and come up with a better ending. Then it would have been a lot of fun. Five sorority sisters decide to play a prank on a boy who cheated on one of them named Megan.… More
  What Sorority Row should have done was continue to play on its campy premise, the B-movie characters and dialogue, and come up with a better ending. Then it would have been a lot of fun. Five sorority sisters decide to play a prank on a boy who cheated on one of them named Megan. It's a nasty prank. They make them think Megan overdosed and died from a date rape pill he gave to her, take her out to the woods, and talk about secretly chopping her up and burying her. Unaware she's alive, the boy actually kills Megan in an attempt to chop her up. Everyone, with the exception of Cassidy, out heroine, agrees to bury and never speak of it again. Unfortunately, six months later, they all begin to die one by one by someone who knows what they did. Wow, what a bad premise, but a great one if this is supposed to be a black comedy. Every character is bland. They're all supposed to be stereotypical horror movie characters - the queen bitch, the Asian, the slut, the nerd, etc. But all the actors do is represent the cliche, as opposed to maybe having more fun with it. Even Carrie Fisher's shotgun wielding dorm maiden isn't as much fun as I was hoping it would be. The revelation of the killer and the reason is just stupid. It's like they weren't even trying. When i saw the trailer for the film in a packed theatre, the audience laughed at the premise, at the title, and the whole movie. And judging from the way the film was meant to play out, this should have been the campy, fun, hilariously gory B-movie experience the trailer was advertising. But the film is so predictable, bland (there's that word again), and unentertaining that there's really no point to even consider seeing it.

• Cassandra M

  
  When Garrett cheats on girlfriend Megan, her sorority sisters decide to pay him back by pretending that she is dead, to the extent that they take the "body" off to a remote site to dispose of it. When Megan accidentally moves, the spooked Garrett reacts by driving a tire… More
  When Garrett cheats on girlfriend Megan, her sorority sisters decide to pay him back by pretending that she is dead, to the extent that they take the "body" off to a remote site to dispose of it. When Megan accidentally moves, the spooked Garrett reacts by driving a tire iron into her chest, leaving the sisters with the problem of what to do with the body. Cassidy wants to report it to the authorities, but alpha uber-bitch Jessica browbeats the others into dumping Megan's body (and the tire iron) down a mineshaft. At the graduation party eight months later, the girls are texted a photo of a hand grasping a tire iron. As they begin to die one by one, the question is whether Megan has come back from the dead, or is there another explanation? Sorority Row is a perfectly serviceable slasher movie, fuelled by a) who gets it next (and how), and b) who is doing it. If this is the sort of movie you enjoy, then you'll enjoy this one. There was an aspect I particularly liked, and that was the look of the movie - it is beautifully photographed - points awarded for cinematography, because it is filmed with much greater care than is usually the case for this sort of movie. Two elements which pleased me less, though. One is the answer to who is doing it. This struck me as the least probable possibility, with a motive which is less than credible. The other - and please read no further if you don't like spoilers, because this is a biggie - is the last five minutes. The climax is proceeding very nicely, and all looks lost, when help comes from an unexpected quarter. This turns out to be Ellie, played by Rumer Willis. Now Ellie has spent pretty much the entire movie as a snivelling, whimpering, hysterical mess yet, in this final few minutes, she becomes a Rambo-lite lean, mean killing machine (because she'd do anything for her sisters, you understand), in one of the biggest and least believable character switches in the memory of this particular moviegoer.

• Rico Z

  
  Sorority Row is a movie that knows exactly whom they're appealing to and what kind of film it has to be in order to succeed in its quest to appeal. It's a mottled mess of slasher-film clichés and campy, catty dialogue with less-than-star-making performances by a disposable… More
  Sorority Row is a movie that knows exactly whom they're appealing to and what kind of film it has to be in order to succeed in its quest to appeal. It's a mottled mess of slasher-film clichés and campy, catty dialogue with less-than-star-making performances by a disposable cast. But it succeeds in hitting its mark so much more than most movies. There is plenty of flesh being flashed around as the young "sisters" go around partying like it's 1999. That's exactly the way this film's plot plays out, too; like a slasher revival from the late 90s that was kick-started by Wes Craven's Scream. This new collegiate blood-fest is essentially the retarded sister engendered by the formula (the whodunnit gore-fest) that Craven's film reintroduced to hormonal teenagers over 10 years ago. The revelation at the climax is a little bit of a let-down as you find out who's been doing all the hacking, but all the action leading up to it is well-worth the disappointment you may or may not feel by the end of the film. The methods employed to kill off over-sexed characters in this flick are definitely worthy of a creativity award. And that alone is reward enough for the patient movie watcher. Additionally, Carrie Fisher turns in a kick-ass performance as a no-nonsense bitch of a house mother. Don't mess with this bitch, or else. But go ahead and see this bitch of a movie! Maybe you'll even learn a thing or two to use as a retort the next time you encounter a slutty sorority sister with an attitude problem.

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