Chain Letter (2010)

By Jody. Score: 1/10

A serial killer uses chains in creative ways to kill off those who do not forward his chain letter. Not a bad concept, honestly. This movie is not associated with Christopher Pike's novel of the same name, which is more of an "I Know What You Did Last Summer" story.

The nugget of a promising concept is consumed by shoddy filmmaking and a terrible script. The choppy editing looks like it was done by a first-year film student. The kills are interesting and gory enough, but here again is another preachy movie. This film is a running commentary on how there is too much technology, and we are losing all of our privacy to the Internet, Twitter, Facebook, etc. That may be true, but I don't need a slasher movie to cram this point down my throat.

That isn't the biggest problem, however. This movie has no third act or climax. Seriuosly. A major character uncovers some major expostion, which would typically lead to a showdown with the killer. Nope. All of that is skipped and cuts right to that characters death scene, with no explanaition of what happened in between. Basically, it is an unfinished move and a waste of the viewers time. No wonder it was pulled from theaters after just one week.

Starring: Nikki Reed, Keith David, Brad Dourif, and Charles Fleischer
Directed by: Deon Taylor
Budget / Gross: $5 mil / $138K
IMDB Score: 3.9/10
Tomatometer: 25% critics and 19% audiences liked it