I enjoyed it. The mother was a bit too much but overall not a bad flick fer a rainy Sunday lazy day

Nifty little combination ghost story / teen slasher film. The storyline isn't unique, but it has enough twists, turns and odd angles to keep you watching.The main characters are better fleshed out than in most films of this type while the supporting characters are functional and believable. Lou Diamond Phillips in a larger than cameo role lends some acting credence to an otherwise no name cast. Despite the lack of well known actors, the acting is a cut above the norm for the genre as is the overall writing.The film has its highs and lows, but for the most part it delivers what fans of ghost stories are looking for, though it might not have quite enough gore for the hard core slasher fan, but it has a little too much for a pure ghost story.Well worth the watch if you like the teen thriller, ghost story, bloody mystery genre. This film is an interesting mix that you don't often find.

"Fingerprints" is one of the best ghost/slashers around and is immensely enjoyable.**SPOILERS**Returning home from rehab, Melanie, (Leah Pipes) finds her sister Crystal, (Kristin Cavallari) is the only one on her side, as their parents are upset over her situation. When she takes her to a party with friends Penn, (Josh Henderson) and Mitch, (Andrew Lawrence) they tell her about a local legend in town involving a bus of children at a railroad crossing years ago, and immediately begins thinking that the stories are true. When a series of accidents in town has he convinced even more about the stories, she soon learns the horrifying truth about the incident that was covered up years ago, and sets out to prove it correct to the doubting family and unsuspecting towns-members.The Good News: This had a whole lot of stuff worthwhile to like about it. One of the best features is that there's an incredibly strong story to it, one that feels unique and creative while also being able to deliver the framework for a great horror story. The back-story involving the haunted crossing is great, just the sort of thing you would find in a small town like that, and the way it's ingrained into the film is perfectly handled, from the growth of the myth to the different scenes where it's put into practice, are just a lot of fun and really well-done. When it's done to be a part of the film, such as the first two hauntings, it's just absolutely brilliant and creates an incredibly eerie atmosphere. The first one, where the friends stop to test it while an oncoming train approaches with them all frantically yelling to move and the ghosts appear to move it at the last second, is frankly one of the single best scenes in the film. The second one, where the technique is tried by a skeptic and transformed into a believer, is great due to the appearance of the ghostly hands appearing on the windshield due to the dew from the environment is a great tactic that makes it creepy and chilling than it would've otherwise. Later ghostly visions, including the spectacular freak-out in her bedroom when the ghost first appears in the mirror and then beckons for help, then showcasing a series of gruesome images to her, from the hardly distinguishable to scenes of a mouth being sewn shut and decomposing body parts crawling with bugs and maggots, as well as other frightening images that are done in just a few seconds time, allowing for a genuine freak-out that propels the story along even more, making for an absolute blast of a scene. That there's another one done somewhat later, still within the realms of plausibility in the film but done so as to urge along for more investigation following a string of dead-ends through the exact same tactics as before, with the sewn-shut mouth and maggot-covered body parts are just as effective as now, they're shown as to be allowed a clearer vision and just makes them all the freakier. Aside from the creepiness, there's also a somewhat fun and enjoyable action-packed finale that has a lot going for it. With the appearance of a spectacular-looking killer, an incredibly decrepit and worn-down looking basement that makes for a great setting for the action, and plenty of back-and-forth stalking on both ends are all wrapped up into a fantastic set-piece that is just really awesome. Mixed well with the brutality in the wounds and the dirty, disgusting look of the place, there is really nothing wrong with this sequence. The last plus here is the incredibly high blood-and-gore quotient, which is nice to have. There's a multitude of impalings with a metal pole, a razor blade slicing up an ankle, one is visibly shown to have their mouth sewn shut, one has impaled horizontally through the neck and another is run over by a train, among others in here, making this one quite messy at times when it wanted to. These here are the good parts to it.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot to this one that didn't work at all. In fact, the main problem to be had with this one was the frankly unbelievable family life that's portrayed here. From the very start, it's hard to believe that a family life would be in this light. Instead of being welcoming and trying to help their daughter get past it, having them constantly bellow at her for slight transgressions isn't that believable in a family, and nothing at all is given as to why they act like that. It gives off the feel of just being included to add more drama to the film, but it doesn't work that way at all and instead becomes irritating at times. Some of the early scenes don't make any sense either, such as the trip to the party despite being out of rehab less than a week, and the scenes showing them at school don't really serve much purpose, but still, the family life is the big one here that holds it down.The Final Verdict: With a lot to love about this one and a minor flaw to hold it down, this is one of the best entries out there in the genre. Really give this one a shot if you're into the killer ghost films or more modern-day slashers, or just the plain interested, while those who aren't fans of the style should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, some Language, an unsuccessful rape attempt and underage drinking

This is one of those American films modeled after the Asian ghost girl genre where a young woman, with a troubled past, is guided by a spirit towards a startling truth buried under a myth for sometime.FINGERPRINTS concerns Melanie(Leah Pipes), a teenager returning to her parents after a stint of rehab on a mountain retreat and nearly dying of a drug overdose(..she also watched as her boyfriend lay dead on a gurney inside an ambulance). Melanie's mother, hard-hearted and fed-up, doesn't trust her and father obeys his wife's command. Pretty blond Crystal(Kristin Cavallari), Melanie's sister, stands beside her despite how the parents always question whether or not drug use has returned. When Melanie begins seeing a little girl, Julie, around rail-road tracks near a train station to be torn down, her life becomes progressively worse. Confiding in her counselor(Lou Diamond Philips), Melanie feels betrayed when he informs her mom of an incident where she saw writing in blood scaling up a rope in gym class. Other incidents concerning Julie cause Melanie to pursue the truth behind what actually happened to a school bus of children who went missing never to be seen again. Mary(Sally Kirkland), Julie's sister, and town drunk, Keeler(Geoffrey Lewis), once the mayor before the incident with the missing children ruined his reputation and life, both have secrets regarding the past Melanie will seek answers from. It concerns Julie and Mary's train conductor father and the demolition plans for the depot that went awry. Melanie's father is part of an operation to, once and for all, wipe away the station so that the memories of those lost children can finally fade..but, someone, donning a train conductor uniform, will take matters into his/her own hands, killing teenagers, taking their bodies from the crime scene.The title refers to a legend of the town of Emerald that if you park your car near the train tracks, ghost children will push it across, their fingerprints proof. As often as these films do, FINGERPRINTS follows a familiar formula where Melanie, determined despite the resistance against her cause, will find a way to get to the bottom of the mystery, led along the way by a dead girl wanting justice. This, in turn, has everyone wondering about Melanie's well being..she must be doing drugs again due to such erratic behavior. Of course, Melanie will be successful in her mission and the maniac, who uses a taser to electrocute victims when a razor blade or other stabbing tools won't suffice, will reveal his/her identity(..and, as usual, the preposterous scenario involving the psycho's "rise from the dead", despite a "shock to the system" that would kill most folks, will rise in an attempt to get even). Josh Henderson is Melanie's love interest, Penn. Andrew Lawrence is the sleazy jerk, Mitch, who attempts to rape Melanie. Another familiar development has Melanie on a rescue mission to save her sister as well. Leah Pipes is quite good in the lead as the heroine nobody trusts due to mistakes in the past, and the film does get pretty violent at times(..the attacks are really vicious and sadistic, the killer quite unhinged). Cavallari services the film as some nice eye candy.