SORORITY ROW
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Cast: Briana Evigan, Margo Harshman, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Leah Pipes. Rating: MA15+ for Strong Horror Violence Tagline: Sisters for Life... And Death Theatrical Release: September 10, 2009 DVD Release: March 3, 2010 BOX OFFICE: I predicted the film would have a gross of $500,000 debut weekend, but the film grossed a shocking $214,177 and averaged $1,799 at 119 sites. 2nd weekend, and the film only withdrew 35% in ticket sales, loosing 5 cinemas after the first week. Loosing 60% in ticket sales 3rd weekend, it's last in top 20, the film will be lucky to make it to $700,000. 64 cinemas dropped it 3rd weekend. The film went on to gross $686,888 here, which is pretty bad for a film with a wide release, but expected for a horror. Special Features: * Stories from the Set * Killer 101 * Kill Switch * Deleted Scenes * PIP Commentery (Blu-Ray) |
Plot Synopsis, Review
After finding out a guy cheated on their sister, sorority house Theta Pi play a simple prank on him, have him tricked into thinking he killed his girlfriend, then take them into the middle of nowhere to 'dismember" the body then revealing it was a prank. it all goes horribly wrong, and Megan does end up being killed, and then the girls and guy involved swear in secrecy to never speak of it again, and dump Megan's body down a well. A year later at graduation though, they all get a message with a picture of the well, and the weapon used in the murder, and then one-by-one, the girls of Theta-Pie start to get murdered.
Modern. The film was very modern in dialogue sense, and setting's etc., and I think that did somewhat help the mood in the nail-biting scenes. The film wasn't as good as I was expecting, and the death scenes were good, but I was expecting alot more from them, and felt sort-of ripped-off by them, which in the end, was both disatisfying and distasteful to the genre. The film was also alot of fun, and had some comical moments, that worked with the mood, and did help with the scene. A trailer can give so much away, and by previously seeing it before, I somewhat had an idea of what some scenes would pan-out like, which also killed the tension building. Before viewing the film, and watching the trailer, I had always suspected who the killer would be, and for anyone who did, they probably wouldn't have guessed it, and it did manipulate you to think certain people were the killer, but ultimately weren't.
The plot was loosely based on the 80's flick "The House On Sorority Row", and this was obviously a more modern take on it. The satisfying thing about the plot is, that you would never really know who the killer was right until the end. We always knew when someone was going to die, mainly because of the cliche set-ups, but that didn't kill the mood. The character building was a very strong point to the plot, and their interactions were realistic, but at some points unrealistic.
The acting was actually another strong point to the film. "Briana Evigan" had the role of "Cassidy", who always seemed to be the good-intentioned saviour, and was mostly believable, apart from several scenes where it was awkward to watch her. "Rumer Willis" played "Ellie", the nerdy virgin, who sooked at every thought of the dead girl. She played the role very well, and the cliche moment at the end whee she grew some balls was expected, but didn't kill the scene. "Leah Pipes" played "Jessica", the over-opinionated girl who was in it for herself, and no-one else. Her bitchy attitude, and rudeness in the dialogue was funny, and she even made me chuckle in her bad moment. "Jamei Chung" was also a highligh.
Overall "Sorority Row" is modern slasher with some definate high points, and is watchable, and fun. My rating is 3/5.
Modern. The film was very modern in dialogue sense, and setting's etc., and I think that did somewhat help the mood in the nail-biting scenes. The film wasn't as good as I was expecting, and the death scenes were good, but I was expecting alot more from them, and felt sort-of ripped-off by them, which in the end, was both disatisfying and distasteful to the genre. The film was also alot of fun, and had some comical moments, that worked with the mood, and did help with the scene. A trailer can give so much away, and by previously seeing it before, I somewhat had an idea of what some scenes would pan-out like, which also killed the tension building. Before viewing the film, and watching the trailer, I had always suspected who the killer would be, and for anyone who did, they probably wouldn't have guessed it, and it did manipulate you to think certain people were the killer, but ultimately weren't.
The plot was loosely based on the 80's flick "The House On Sorority Row", and this was obviously a more modern take on it. The satisfying thing about the plot is, that you would never really know who the killer was right until the end. We always knew when someone was going to die, mainly because of the cliche set-ups, but that didn't kill the mood. The character building was a very strong point to the plot, and their interactions were realistic, but at some points unrealistic.
The acting was actually another strong point to the film. "Briana Evigan" had the role of "Cassidy", who always seemed to be the good-intentioned saviour, and was mostly believable, apart from several scenes where it was awkward to watch her. "Rumer Willis" played "Ellie", the nerdy virgin, who sooked at every thought of the dead girl. She played the role very well, and the cliche moment at the end whee she grew some balls was expected, but didn't kill the scene. "Leah Pipes" played "Jessica", the over-opinionated girl who was in it for herself, and no-one else. Her bitchy attitude, and rudeness in the dialogue was funny, and she even made me chuckle in her bad moment. "Jamei Chung" was also a highligh.
Overall "Sorority Row" is modern slasher with some definate high points, and is watchable, and fun. My rating is 3/5.