Seven teenagers share their birthday with the the night a serial killer, "The Reaper", is supposedly killed. Sixteen years later, the murders resume and either the killer really didn't die or his soul was passed into one of the seven children. Or his soul is split into 7 parts, one each for the seven babies born that night. It's never quite clear which.
One-time "Master of Suspense" Wes Craven's attempt to combine the "Scream" whodunit formula with the concept of a supernatural killer results in a jumbled mess of a movie that I really, really wanted to like.
Confusing giant bird metaphors, high school bullying, and multiple red herrings become overbearing in this already sloppy execution of what could have been a modern Craven Classic.
Starring: Max Theriot, John Magaro, Denzel Whitaker, and Emily Meade
Directed by: Wes Craven
Budget / Gross: $25 mil / $14.6 mil
IMDB Score: 4.6/10
Tomatometer: 9% critics and 28% audiences liked it
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