A tedious throwaway horror film without a logical marble in its head.

| Original Score: C | Dec 30, 2005

Rumors of the slasher genre's death have not been greatly exaggerated, if this Chrysler Million Dollar Film Contest winner is any indication.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 1, 2005

Is there anything scarier than a threatening text message? Sure: Werewolves, vampires, killer diseases, and comedies written by and starring Jenny McCarthy come immediately to mind.

Full Review | Oct 1, 2005

After so many years of memorable horror villains, what's particularly terrifying about some dude with a neon-orange ski mask and a ratty camouflage jacket?

Full Review | Sep 22, 2005

Contains no actual wolves, but it does have some howlers.

| Original Score: C | Sep 21, 2005

A cut above the rest.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2005

Not only is it kind-of-sort-of-almost good, but it's also arguably the best horror movie in theaters right now -- thanks to a decent script with a couple of great twists.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2005

The movie consistently keeps us guessing, right up to its twisty, satisfying finish.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 19, 2005

A clever teen thriller with intricate plotting, deft characterizations, sharp ensemble performances and a darkly ironic twist at the end.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2005

In this adolescent horror flick, the first-time screenwriters Jeff Wadlow and Beau Bauman prove more adept at staging mind games than creating chills for the audience.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 19, 2005

Give it points for trying something different -- and then take them back for botching the job.

| Sep 19, 2005

Genre eventually overwhelms ingenuity.

Full Review | Sep 19, 2005

The film seems less interested in suspense than in providing a primer for parents as to what devices their teens are fiddling around with all day.

Full Review | Sep 19, 2005

The inevitable detour into tedious and-then-there-were-none territory is all the more dispiriting in light of some of the intriguingly undeveloped ideas.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 16, 2005