Truly Dreadful Film

Admirable film.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Very entertaining, surprisingly good for a small budget and unknown actors. I kept thinking I'd seen Tom (quite good-lookin') somewhere. Sure enough, he's Jared Padalecki, Supernatural's Sam Winchester, just getting started on his more stellar career. Julian Morris, playing Owen Matthews, did an excellent job as the campus newcomer with a somewhat shady past. Kept me wondering. In fact, the whole film did, right through the last scene. I went back to replay that one (On Demand) just to watch Lindy Booth's marvelous blue eyes. Then I ran in to look up IMDb and encourage an audience. This film is perfect for anyone who likes a thriller/horror flick, one with some intelligence instead of all jump-scares and blood. Read the excellent reviews below for additional praise. Happy viewing, y'all!

Spoiler Alert!!! This film is literally the most untalked about slasher film I know of and honestly, it deserves more recognition. The idea about this film is a group of friends who make a story about a serial killer on campus and killing the friends one by one. The problem becomes big when the lead guy finds out that somebody really is killing the friends one by one in the exact way they do in the story. The whole story is confusing but very entertaining and enjoyable. I enjoyed the film for what it was and I didn't really like the big twist at the end because I think it fits well if the twist didn't really exist. It seemed like a big rip off of the slasher film April Fool's Day. I give this film a 6 out of 10 due to the dumb twist at the end.

Cry Wolf is the outcome of Jeff Wadlow's million dollar masterpiece. Being awarded the million at the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival for his short film Living the Lie, Wadlow used the amount to self-direct and round up some people to make his very own horror film. In terms of film, not much can be done with $1,000,000, but John puts it to the test and makes Cry Wolf actually something more than one would expect.Not splattering the viewer with gore, "Cry Wolf" is a game played by a group of friends who attend Westlake Preparatory Academy, an extremely prestigious school. Owen (Morris) is a newcomer and gets mixed in with a group of people who play this game. The object of the game is to mark someone the "wolf" leaving the other members to guess who the wolf is.One night, a student is murdered in the woods by being dragged by a wolf. The friends decide to make up a fake serial killer by sending a mass email out to every student. They describe the killer as wearing an orange ski mask, a camouflage jacket, and carrying a hunting knife as a weapon of choice. The "wolf" character becomes real and winds up killing all the students off one by one mimicking their lie.The film has an unexpected and slightly off the wall twist at the end I did appreciate, and also shows itself to be more engaging in the storyline than one would expect. Most horror movies now give scarce backstory to the characters leaving us asking so many questions.For example, recently, a film called Laid To Rest was released. It was a pretty well done film, the disappointing aspect was we never really found out why the killer was killing. With films like Friday the 13th we get explicit backstory and we actually care what happens to the characters. Cry Wolf does enough to keep you guessing and keep you intrigued.Like any horror film in the twenty-first century it is equipped with numerous, and mostly ineffective jump scares (sudden instances in the film that are shot with loud, synthy music that cause a moment of great intensity, GOTCHA!) that fail to do it any better. If horror films would realize that jump scares only work for a certain amount of time before they wear thin, maybe I'd be curious and more open to the idea of new horror films. Instead of looking at every horror film as a piece of modern crap, I'd maybe look at it as "a piece of modern curiosity." Lately, the horror market in 2011 has no attract factor. But little gems like this and Insidious shine. Cry Wolf is a worth a look. Especially to see Jon Bon Jovi.Starring: Julian Morris, Jon Bon Jovi, Lindy Booth, and Jared Padalecki. Directed by: Jeff Wadlow.

This film is absolutely amazing! I couldn't believe it was that good the first time I saw it! I thought it would just be another crap slasher movie about some teenagers getting killed by a serial killer. But it wasn't even about a killer, there was actually more to it than that. It has so much twists in it that after you watch it you just sit their and think about how confusing the movie you just watched was! It is really good and I recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries/thrillers. It is so thrilling you will be sitting on the edge of your seat. I'm only 13 but I've seen many horror films and I've never actually been scared of any of them and I wasn't scared of this one but surprisingly I was very creep-ed out by it! Its a great movie! 10/10