(15%) So people stand by trash like the Scream movies and look down their noses at this? And while I can admit that this is a poor addition to Wes Craven's filmography, it's is still beyond all doubt a better watch than the lousy stinker that is Scream 4, but then again not many films are worse than that dung heap. What marks this down is its messy, badly told, yet hugely routine plot, while its complete lack of scares, poor writing and so-so performances stop this getting even close to a recommendation. But it's by far not the worst horror out there with at least a little tension at times with some small touches of quality placed here and there. It isn't worth a look, although between this and any of the scream movies, I'd go for this every single time.

It's inevitable with some veteran filmmakers that they'll have their share of hits and misses. Chalk this one up as a miss for horror master Wes Craven; while it's not without some good moments and assets, there's a decided lack of suspense, a poor script (surprising, coming from Craven), mostly inane characters, failed attempts at humour, and a lame killer.Too bad, because the set-up had some potential: a psychopath (Raul Esparza) with multiple personalities is caught by the cops, but in a ridiculous series of events, ends up vanishing, never to be seen again. On this same night, seven babies are born in the local hospital. Cut to 16 years later, and these now teen aged kids begin to be stalked and slaughtered by some unknown entity. Could it be the killer from long ago?Dialogue and situations are often too silly to be believed, including a scene with two students staging a dramatic presentation on condors for their biology class. The movie is much too chaotic to start with, with things happening much too quickly; there's no sense of a build. While it can't be said that there's no atmosphere at all (those shots of the bridge are pretty damn spooky), Craven fails to make this derivative material scary in any way. Much too much about the film is utterly generic.The young cast does what it can with their roles. Max Thieriot is our oddly named, sensitive hero "Bug", a dude who takes a hell of a lot of punishment before the film is over. John Magaro is his good buddy Alex. Nick Lashaway plays the obligatory bullying jock Brandon. Zena Grey has a more interesting part than the rest of them as the serious minded, religious Penelope. Emily Meade plays a bitchy character absurdly dubbed "Fang". Veterans in the cast include Jessica Hecht as May, Harris Yulin as Dr. Blake, and Dennis Boutsikaris as the principal.One definitely expects more from a filmmaker of Cravens' caliber. Hell, even "The Hills Have Eyes Part II" was more amusing than this. It doesn't come recommended, but completists may still want to see it for curiosity's sake.Three out of 10.

There was absolutely nothing I enjoyed about this film. Nothing. I wanted to see this so badly, believe it o not. The trailers looked promising enough, or so I thought. I didn't like much so here you go kicking off the Fall Film Season of 2013 for films I watched we get this trash.1. The Script- The Script was completely trash. All the movements and dialogue were just ridiculously stupid. The script was so unoriginal and was as if I were watching a hundred different people saying the same lines but in different horror films. Wow 2. The Direction - Man, Wes Craven you didn't give your all on this one. The direction was terrible. None of the actors looked as if they knew what to do, and just stumbled to there deaths awkwardly.3. The Characters/Development - Man, the character development in this film sucked. All we see are 7 random characters who we learn so little about before we watch them killed seconds in-between another one. Like for example "Jay Chan" all I know about him is that he's a Chinese dud who spits in the river every night because he has to go cross the bridge to get home. I mean WTF. I know so little about him and then he's chopped off.4. Camera Work - Man, this film was shot so clumsy. I mean the camera is all over the place and just doesn't stay steady.5. Editing - This film was edited horribly. I mean it cuts back and forth terribly and it just doesn't make sense it's so sloppy.6. Villain - I don't even know.7. Music - The music doesn't shout scary, it shoats thriller or whatever. Not good choice.8. Mostly everything else - This film just doesn't work at all. I fails on everything, from its opening scene, to the death scenes. It's confusing, stupid and a great waste of an intriguing idea. This movie sucks. F-

The title was certainly catchy, and I was willing to give the film a chance despite the critics only giving it a rating of two of five stars, especially being directed by Wes Craven (The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream). Basically the opens with multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia suffering Abel Plenkov (Raúl Esparza), whose alter ego is The Riverton Ripper, murders his pregnant wife and counsellor Dr. Blake (Bean's Harris Yulin), and later in the night when he dies his seven personalities leave his body and are transferred into the bodies of seven children born on that night. Sixteen years pass, all celebrating their sixteenth birthdays are Adam 'Bug' Hellerman (Max Thieriot), Alex Dunkelman (John Magaro), Jerome King (Denzel Whittaker), Penelope Bryte (Zena Grey), Brandon O'Neil (Nick Lashaway), Brittany Cunningham (Paulina Olszynski) and Jay Chan (Jeremy Chu), and they are having a get together in the area the killer was last seen. One by one during the night the teenagers are being brutally killed by The Riverton Ripper who has returned, five out of seven of the children are slaughtered, and also Bug's adoptive mother May (Jessica Hecht). Police officer Detective Frank Patterson (Frank Grillo) had been investigating the murders sixteen years previously, but he is killed as well, Bug's older sister Leah 'Fang' (Emily Meade) is wounded but survives, and Bug himself is shocked to find out that he is the son of Alan Plenkov, the killer. People have been killed within the Hellerman household by the Ripper, then his best friend Alex crawls through the window, Bug realises the Ripper's soul was transferred into his friend's body, Alex reveals he murdered his abusive stepfather. After a struggle Bug stabs Alex and the soul of the Ripper is sent back to Hell, Bug is sure that he will be arrested being suspected as the killer, but being the last alive he is seen as a hero, all he can do is act up to this. Also starring Dennis Boutsikaris as Principal Pratt, Shareeka Epps as Chandelle and Trevor St. John as Lake. The film started relatively interesting, with the man possessed with a demonic soul, that of a psychopathic murderer, it did sort of interest me the main plot with teenagers killed on the day the killer died, but the plot is too muddled up and filled with complicated bits, apart from some of the deaths and maybe one okay twist it was boring, a disappointing horror thriller. Adequate!