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Day 216: December 2nd, 2010
My Soul To Take
Hilariously terrible and awesome.
A serial killer known as The Riverton Ripper is thought to have died the night 7 premature babies are born. His body was never found though and 16 years later the 7 kids think he will come back and take their souls.
Wes Craven returns to horror with this mess of a film. The previews for My Soul To Take made it look horrendously bad, but to my surprise I was completely engrossed in the film from start to finish. Even with all the bad writing, acting, horror clichés and downright dumb parts of the film, I still had a good time watching it. So suffice to say, I'd give this film a rating right in the middle.
First of all, the basic premise of the film is pretty lackluster. I give Craven credit for trying to his best to write another feature that has some kind of legend behind the story. The problem is that it's tepid and boring. Secondly, the kids in the film are pretty terrible actors, with the exception of John Magaro as the friend Alex. He plays creepy very well and I wouldn't mind seeing him in more features. What I still don't get though is why the main character Bug, was acting crazy the whole film. It was a useless red herring that bogs down movies like this .
The script feels like a low rent bottom feeder's first draft. Maybe Craven has been out of the game for too long, but this is not the return to form I wanted from him. The film could have been so much worse, but Craven's talents behind the camera (not the pen) saved it from total garbage. There were a few things that surprised me about this film, which is why the rating is a tad higher than what this review would suggest.
First of all, the opening is one of the craziest fastest openings I've ever seen. So much went on so quickly I didn't have enough time to process it all. The deaths in the film happen quickly too. The deaths are pretty lame, stabs here and there, nothing inventive to note of. I was surprised to see how early they started with the deaths too. My Soul To Take feels like a film that wants to end as soon as it starts, so the pacing is off. I sadly, couldn't get into the whole school vibe that was offered here. The sister as the queen bee, the group of 7 being friends and hating each other. No character dynamics what so ever. It was a poor representation of school life for these characters in my opinion.
I saw the film in 2D and am scratching my head over the fact that it was released in theatres in 3D. There were no moments what so ever that would ever require a conversion to 3D. My Soul To Take is not a horror film I would recommend to people. Fans of horror and Craven in particular should stay away. I, for unknown reasons to me, got some fun out of it.
My Soul To Take
Hilariously terrible and awesome.
A serial killer known as The Riverton Ripper is thought to have died the night 7 premature babies are born. His body was never found though and 16 years later the 7 kids think he will come back and take their souls.
Wes Craven returns to horror with this mess of a film. The previews for My Soul To Take made it look horrendously bad, but to my surprise I was completely engrossed in the film from start to finish. Even with all the bad writing, acting, horror clichés and downright dumb parts of the film, I still had a good time watching it. So suffice to say, I'd give this film a rating right in the middle.
First of all, the basic premise of the film is pretty lackluster. I give Craven credit for trying to his best to write another feature that has some kind of legend behind the story. The problem is that it's tepid and boring. Secondly, the kids in the film are pretty terrible actors, with the exception of John Magaro as the friend Alex. He plays creepy very well and I wouldn't mind seeing him in more features. What I still don't get though is why the main character Bug, was acting crazy the whole film. It was a useless red herring that bogs down movies like this .
The script feels like a low rent bottom feeder's first draft. Maybe Craven has been out of the game for too long, but this is not the return to form I wanted from him. The film could have been so much worse, but Craven's talents behind the camera (not the pen) saved it from total garbage. There were a few things that surprised me about this film, which is why the rating is a tad higher than what this review would suggest.
First of all, the opening is one of the craziest fastest openings I've ever seen. So much went on so quickly I didn't have enough time to process it all. The deaths in the film happen quickly too. The deaths are pretty lame, stabs here and there, nothing inventive to note of. I was surprised to see how early they started with the deaths too. My Soul To Take feels like a film that wants to end as soon as it starts, so the pacing is off. I sadly, couldn't get into the whole school vibe that was offered here. The sister as the queen bee, the group of 7 being friends and hating each other. No character dynamics what so ever. It was a poor representation of school life for these characters in my opinion.
I saw the film in 2D and am scratching my head over the fact that it was released in theatres in 3D. There were no moments what so ever that would ever require a conversion to 3D. My Soul To Take is not a horror film I would recommend to people. Fans of horror and Craven in particular should stay away. I, for unknown reasons to me, got some fun out of it.