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How was this film made? Genuinely. This is easily one of the most atrociously written/acted/directed/edited films I've ever seen in my life. My first year film school films were Oscar worthy in comparison. We're all usually forgiving with horrors, but this is honestly so awful I was crying with laughter in my screening. Anyone who worked on this film should be really embarassed. But hey, least it's reassuring to know we can all write films if garbage like this can pass all the checks.

This movie is so predictable that I stopped to check and see if I had seen it before because it was oh so familiar!

Awful acting from the young girl and her fellow actors and dialogue that is, well, at best amateur and embarrassing.

Plot holes are everywhere and what would be life stopping injuries and wounds seem to be nothing more than a mere inconvenience to the receiver.

The musical score is unsuitable I'd say and there seems to be very little cohesion between the actors.

Maybe two stars is being a bit generous?

Anyway, you'd be better off looking elsewhere for your scares and frights because they are limited in this high school production.

I don't understand, I really don't understand, why an actress like Radha Mitchell allows herself to be cast in a completely insignificant and desperately stupid supporting role, where she is not given any space for even minimal acting performance. Unfortunately, this is not the only film in which Radha incomprehensibly does not even partially use her potential. To say something about the film itself, originality is not really its strong point. You'll discover the main villain long before the end, and you'll be able to focus more on the annoyingly illogical direction, script and editing. I'm not saying that the creators didn't try to do a professional job, but the effort is not enough when you can't decide whether you're shooting a comedy, crime or slasher.

Well here we go. You have a young girl traumatized by her dad's death. After a move from the city with her mom the daughter suspects her moms new boyfriend is responsible for her classmates disappearances and murders. So acting like a detective she sets out to prove who's behind the murders. When finished with this movie I was debating about what score to give it and it was between 5-6. Well needless to say I didn't hate the movie but it wasn't great either. Some of the music choices were definitely questionable. The chemistry between the mom and daughter was good. Overall this was a nice attempt for a slasher flick. As far as a recommendation I'd say yeah give a go. The kills were good.

Timothy Treakle.

In a word - bad. I won't dedicate much time to reviewing a project this bad. Radha Mitchell has made some great films, but she is only a supporting role here. The lead actress is good, but you can only do so much with a terrible script. The villain is a terrible actor, but not as terrible as whoever was in charge of the post-production. The sometimes inappropriate and always overbearing mood music will drive most viewers crazy. Altogether, this isn't just bad - it's multi-dimensionally bad. I removed it from my collection.

RealReview Posting Scoring Criteria:

Acting: 0.5/1;

Casting: 1/1;

Directing: 0.5/1;

Story: 1/1;

Writing/Screenplay: 0.5/1;

Total Base Score = 3.5

Modifiers (+ or -):

Originality: -0.5 (This has been done... and, has been done better.);

Music Score/Soundtrack: -1 (I swear, music runs underneath EVERY scene! And, there are moments when it's WAY too loud and overwhelms the dialog - in places where there doesn't need to be music. Amateurish.);

Total RealReview Rating: 2.