To me, this movie is perfection.

Beautiful, moving film.

Absolutely Fantastic

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I'm 70 yrs young snd have always loved good horror and sci fi movies. It is RARE to find a decent movie in either of these genres that has been harshly reviewed for all the wrong reasons.My criteria for a good movie is simply this: Tell me a story I haven't heard/seen before or tell me an ordinary story in a different way. It should be fun (not the same as funny ... fun).This was an ordinary story done differently enough to be fun. The young cast was good. The directing was fine. The script got a tad convoluted but not fatally. I liked the music espy TBOS "Impossible" in the end credits. The Condor references in the fil and credits were

If you don't give this movie a good 35-40 minute chance, you miss out on an interesting story with some good old fashion horror. If you like the 80's and past Wes Craven films, (like I do)I bet you will enjoy this movie. It has definite nuances of both.Admittedly there are some corny parts and some inconsistencies but the movie was still enjoyable. I LOVED the unexpected humor in it! And the twists and surprises.With only a few exceptions the acting was very well done. The cinematography, editing, camera use, sound, score, and special effects were all professionally and adequately done. It was fun to see some familiar faces at the beginning of their career.The story and pace does go at a slower pace then probably most horror fans appreciate,(it takes a good 30-35 minutes to really get rolling....then an hour before it starts coming together) but for me, it was perfect. There is a bit more bloody parts then Wes Cravens usual stuff, but it isn't used for shock, and the amount appropriate to sell the scene. There are also cussing (for those that are offended by that)All in all this was a better horror film then I've seen in a long time. Maybe I'm getting to be old school, but much of the torture porn and shock gore and violence does not a horror movie make. I like jump scares, and creepy atmosphere and music and a slow burn.This wasn't a supper GREAT movie...but it was still VERY well made and I enjoyed it. It was worth watching.

Abel Plenkov (Raul Esparza) suffers from mental illness and he turns into the serial killer Riverton Ripper who kills with his blade engraved with vengeance. He attacks his family and causes the ambulance to crash. He's assumed to be dead. Exactly 16 years later, the local teens have gathered. Local legend dictates that the Ripper could rise on the anniversary and one of the seven kids born on that day have to drive Ripper back into the river. The seven are blind Jerome (Denzel Whitaker), smart-mouthed Alex Dunkelman (John Magaro), Jay (Jeremy Chu), timid Bug (Max Thieriot), religious Penelope (Zena Grey) who predicts the coming evil, Brittany (Paulina Olszynski) whom Bug has a crush on, and brute jock Brandon (Nick Lashaway). Some believe that the Ripper is still alive and then the killings start. Fang (Emily Meade) is mean girls queen bee and turns out to be something more for Bug.The story telling is too scattered especially in the first half. Bug is the lead and he needs to be in 90% of the movie. All the kids are annoying in some way. The horror story is lifeless. The villain isn't fearsome. The kills aren't gruesome enough. Nothing really stands out. The Fang reveal is pretty good but I never got invested in the characters. Their survival and even their deaths aren't compelling to me.

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