I have seen a lot of horror films in my time. And to be honest? This film doesn't stray far most others in this particular genre. It has very generic characters, There is the jock, the beautiful girl and the loser. It also keeps up the slasher tradition of a bunch of teenagers getting picked off one by one. Was this film any different from other slashers? Not really.
The acting was okay, Max Thieriot as Bug was quite good. The other seven were adequate. However, Emily Meade as Fang put in a rather poor performance. She showed next to no emotion in scenes that were meant to be quite deep.
A big issue for me was the murderer himself, The "Riverton Ripper". We never properly see his mask up close, so we never get a true sense of terror that comes purely from what the killer looked like ( Ghostface in Wes Cravens scream series was a great example of a murderer that delivers scares purely based on appearance ).
The one thing that saves this film from being a mere 3/4 out of 10 is the idea behind the plot. Okay, sure it could have been edited a little better but the idea of the souls of a serial killers victims travelling into the children born on the night he died was good. Then there was the murders, if you enjoy gore then you probably won't find much of it here. Out of all the murders, the second murder of Penelope was the only gory one as we can see the blood pouring out of her throat.
You may as well go rent this movie, it's definitely not going to be the best film you've ever seen but I guarantee that it won't be a film to throw away after 10 minutes of watching .
Overall rating : 6/10
The acting was okay, Max Thieriot as Bug was quite good. The other seven were adequate. However, Emily Meade as Fang put in a rather poor performance. She showed next to no emotion in scenes that were meant to be quite deep.
A big issue for me was the murderer himself, The "Riverton Ripper". We never properly see his mask up close, so we never get a true sense of terror that comes purely from what the killer looked like ( Ghostface in Wes Cravens scream series was a great example of a murderer that delivers scares purely based on appearance ).
The one thing that saves this film from being a mere 3/4 out of 10 is the idea behind the plot. Okay, sure it could have been edited a little better but the idea of the souls of a serial killers victims travelling into the children born on the night he died was good. Then there was the murders, if you enjoy gore then you probably won't find much of it here. Out of all the murders, the second murder of Penelope was the only gory one as we can see the blood pouring out of her throat.
You may as well go rent this movie, it's definitely not going to be the best film you've ever seen but I guarantee that it won't be a film to throw away after 10 minutes of watching .
Overall rating : 6/10