CHAIN LETTER

Pretty decent horror movie.

Being the lightweight conspiracy theorist I am, I liked the idea of this movie.  The story had the basis for a dope movie, but with the budget this movie had it ended up being just good enough, for me. 

I heard about it through reading a story on the director, Deon Taylor, in some magazine.  Deon didn't look Jewish and I don't think he is with that name.  He was of the darker skin complexion and I said I wanted to see what they did behind the camera.  I wasn't disappointed. 


It is a horror movie so of course there is some killing and crazy weirdo doing the killing.  There are some pretty decent looking white girls in this movie doing some fairly stupid shit.  You see a pair of breasts.  That wasn't the basis of what I judged this on though. 


Its underlying focus is on the dangers of technology.  One kid receives a chain letter via email.  He opens it and if he doesn't send the chain letter to some other HE WILL DIE.  Scary, huh?  Not really.  Okay, this letter is tracked by a psycho hacker weirdo.  How? Because its a virus.  He knows who has this letter.  He knows if they send it.  He knows if they send it to a phone via text. He knows if they delete it.  He knows if you laughed at the letter and called it stupid depending on what type of technology you have (e.g., computer with a camera).   Oh yeah, and he can track your ass because of the GPS in most cell phones these days.  So in case you were wondering how the fuck the killer conveniently knows when to show up and start slicing asses up, that is how.


Can this happen? Yes.  Am I scared? No.  

The killing isn't the dopest and bloodiest, i ain't really into that shit no way.  It's not dealing with the supernatural.  Just one psycho hacker who doesn't get out much.  He seems to work for an alliance of anti-technology assholes.

I liked it because it made sense to me.  I know a few hackers and for the most part this isn't too far fetched.  I don't think they kill, but the dick headedness is there with what they chose to do with there knowledge. This movie still has some stupid shit here and there but hey what would a horror movie be without a view dumbasses?  A movie with less killing. 

I don't think its better than the Saw series. But I don't think those are scary.  Just a bunch of fucked situations a fucking weirdo puts people in and gets amused seeing if they can get out.  If they get out the person is mangled up.  If they don't get out then they die.  That shit is stupid to me but I couldn't turn away like an accident.


3/5 for me.