The Telling

The Telling (2009)

  • 44% want to see it
    (122 ratings)

Three girls hope to pledge an elite sorority. As a final task, each must tell the scariest story she knows. The first is Dollface. When Tommy brings home an antique doll, his girlfriend is convinced that the doll is out to kill her. In Crimson Echo, a once A list star is lured into a film for which… More

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Written By
Joe Lessard
Genres
Horror

Critic Reviews

  • Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

    Shot on video and not especially well-acted, what sets The Telling apart from other low-budget indies of this ilk is its exuberance.

  • Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central

    Not a single one of these vignettes are given sufficient enough time to develop and thus every minute of The Telling ends up feeling pointless.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jason S


    This really should be listed as a comedy as it's laughable that anyone would find this scary at all. The three stories told are all filled to the top with terrible acting and the special effects are worse than some of the things I've seen on film in a long while. Avoid this… More

  • Jacob P


    This movie is too cheesy...and they told stories where they said they were true...but they are actually really famous urban legends. Poor acting and the music didn't fit in at all.

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