Reviews (27)

Not an objective review...clouded by nostalgia @ dvd extras
Second in a trio of "toothy comedies" which spawned the 80s vampire revival, Vamp was released a few months after Fright Night and preceded The Lost Boys by a year. Of the three, I actually liked Vamp the best. The unique look and feel, offbeat characterisations and solid acting of the film fleshes out and over shadows the admittedly silly premise.

Rather than using old horror (like Fright Night) or fairytales (Lost Boys) as its main influence, Wenk's influences were more the black comedy of Scorsese's After Hours and Landis' Into the Night -- this enabled him to populate the film with amusingly offbeat eccentrics. The leads studied coolness and wit also differed from the hysteria and paranoia of film characters that populated the "Teen Horror Comedy" subgenre of the 80s.

Then there is Grace Jones - 'nuff said.

Besides his eye for style, his choice of soundtrack was equally inspired, using old pop standards was another smart/ironic stylistic choice.

Besides the director and the cast, this is also the begining of SFX artist Greg Cannom's long association with movie vampires. He would move onto The Lost Boys and ultimately, Coppola's Dracula.

As for the Anchor Bay DVD,

Another job well done! The image transfer is impeccable, esp. for what is a low budget "throaway" fare. The sound is not state of the art but not distractingly so. But the best part of the dvd has to be one of the most entertaining commentary i have heard in a long time, not exactly the most imformative but Wenk and the cast was clearly having a ball, it was almost like watching Mystery Science Theatre 3000!

Everyone seems to put more into the film than it was expected of them and their enthusiasm made the film and dvd a fun and nostalgic experience.

Vamps and Tramps! Great DVD!
This is an example of a GREAT job by Anchor Bay in packaging a cult film, and loading it with extras as well as a very good transfer. The blooper reel offers some deleted scenes, the rehearsal footage is hilarious (Grace Jones attacking the director!), and the commentary on the DVD is funny and engaging.

The movie itself is an 80s horror-comedy modeled almost slavishly on AFTER HOURS. The premise is two college buddies end up trying to find a stripper for a frat party, but somehow end up in a weird alternate reality where vampires prey on the homeless and hapless. Grace Jones has no lines as the titular role and first-billed and maybe 8 minutes screen-time total! But what a great vampire, and she does make her scenes pop off the screen without saying a word. DeeDee Pfiefer (yes, sister of Michelle) plays Amaretto ("not my real name") with a wide eyed glee that counters perfectly the darkness around her. And Chris Makepeace and Robert Rusler play chums caught in the TWILIGHT ZONE that is the world of VAMP. Add in a comedic turn by Geddy Watanabe (of 16 CANDLES FAME - Long Duck Dong), and you've got a game cast to do a dark comedy!

A good movie gets royal DVD treatment. Snap it up before it's gone!

A Class seldom seen....
Can not think of one thing I do not like about this movie....Grace Jones overpowers you by sheer presence and by not saying one word!!! This movies starts up like a silly teeny scary movie; but the music; the atmosphere; the performers; and even the sorrority guys are utterly believable. This movie simmers along untill Katrina ( Grace Jones) is performing on stage; after that ...nothing is the same again. The one liners I still remember to this day...and they are countless.
A movie to buy...and watch over and over again. Amazing musical score...

What a movie!
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid and thought that it was really amazing and very different. I fell in love with Grace Jones because she was very unique and I was always attracted to people like that. A lot of people say this movie is 'cheesy', but I don't think it is. A few years a go it was very hard to get a hold off, until I came across a VHS copy in England. The DVD is brilliant and this horror movie is one of a kind. The actors are entertaining and Grace's performance (even though you wouldn't recognise her) is amazing! 10/10.

What Momma Warned Us About...
..don't hang out with frat hooligans and bikers, don't go into strip bars, never stay out past midnight, and that they call it Skid Road for a reason.

Precursor to the fabuloso rave sprinkle of blood scene in Blade and the Tavern at the edge of nowhere on the Mexican border in Dusk to Dawn.

And, in a bit of creative casting Grace Jones plays a vampress. You almost never see this on cable, definitely cult, definitely camp. ... Read more

Reviews (11)

Great Video
Personally, I thought that this movie was really funny... ...I am pleased for all the other fans of this movie who finally have access to it after so long. But it's really good and funny, the two very good parodies of Lorena Bobbit and Tanya Harding. Julie Brown once again gives a great comedic performance and MOST of the material is really good. The reason I took one star off was because some of it was really pathetic comedy which was designed not to be clever or to add anything to the plot, just to be stupid. The other stuff, while, I must admit, not too clever (anybody could have thought of it), did get laughs.

Tonya Harding Lives on!
The scandal and controversy that surrounded the Tonya Harding/Nancy Carrigan ordeal was begging for a parody and Julie Brown delivers it with all the overblown melodrama that it deserves. I think the funniest thing in the entire movie is when Tonya is reading her "death threat" to a group of reporters and uses VapoRub to start crying but instead ends up yelling that "it burns" and then punches her trashy bum of a boyfriend. Though the Lorena Bobbitt portion of the movie is a bit dragged out, it too is a funny parody of a ridiculous story from American culture in the 1990s. Julie Brown is a comic queen and extremely underrated performer. Check this movie out for yourself!

So CLASSIC!
I've seen this vidio like 20 times! Gosh, Acadamy Awards should be givin to the writers alone! Smart, smooth, and razor sharp best describe this WELL-DONE parody. BRAVO!

Hilarious! Now where's the DVD?
This "double-feature" Julie Brown vehicle captures the mid-90s scandals of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbitt and hilariously parodies them to great effect.

This movie originally aired on Showtime and I'm glad it's available on video, but I can't wait (and I'm holding out hope for) the DVD. I would love to have Julie Brown's hilarious performance of "Queen of the Ice" blasting out of my surround sound! :)

Get this movie...it's great!

Watch only if you wanna laugh
If you wanna see one of the funniest slapstick/parody films ever made, then look no further. This movie is absolutely hilarious. If you're a fan of laughter and like such movies as Spaceballs, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Naked Gun Trilogy, etc. see and buy this movie. And send a letter to Paramount to bring it to a Special Edition DVD. ... Read more

Reviews (27)

Not an objective review...clouded by nostalgia @ dvd extras
Second in a trio of "toothy comedies" which spawned the 80s vampire revival, Vamp was released a few months after Fright Night and preceded The Lost Boys by a year. Of the three, I actually liked Vamp the best. The unique look and feel, offbeat characterisations and solid acting of the film fleshes out and over shadows the admittedly silly premise.

Rather than using old horror (like Fright Night) or fairytales (Lost Boys) as its main influence, Wenk's influences were more the black comedy of Scorsese's After Hours and Landis' Into the Night -- this enabled him to populate the film with amusingly offbeat eccentrics. The leads studied coolness and wit also differed from the hysteria and paranoia of film characters that populated the "Teen Horror Comedy" subgenre of the 80s.

Then there is Grace Jones - 'nuff said.

Besides his eye for style, his choice of soundtrack was equally inspired, using old pop standards was another smart/ironic stylistic choice.

Besides the director and the cast, this is also the begining of SFX artist Greg Cannom's long association with movie vampires. He would move onto The Lost Boys and ultimately, Coppola's Dracula.

As for the Anchor Bay DVD,

Another job well done! The image transfer is impeccable, esp. for what is a low budget "throaway" fare. The sound is not state of the art but not distractingly so. But the best part of the dvd has to be one of the most entertaining commentary i have heard in a long time, not exactly the most imformative but Wenk and the cast was clearly having a ball, it was almost like watching Mystery Science Theatre 3000!

Everyone seems to put more into the film than it was expected of them and their enthusiasm made the film and dvd a fun and nostalgic experience.

Vamps and Tramps! Great DVD!
This is an example of a GREAT job by Anchor Bay in packaging a cult film, and loading it with extras as well as a very good transfer. The blooper reel offers some deleted scenes, the rehearsal footage is hilarious (Grace Jones attacking the director!), and the commentary on the DVD is funny and engaging.

The movie itself is an 80s horror-comedy modeled almost slavishly on AFTER HOURS. The premise is two college buddies end up trying to find a stripper for a frat party, but somehow end up in a weird alternate reality where vampires prey on the homeless and hapless. Grace Jones has no lines as the titular role and first-billed and maybe 8 minutes screen-time total! But what a great vampire, and she does make her scenes pop off the screen without saying a word. DeeDee Pfiefer (yes, sister of Michelle) plays Amaretto ("not my real name") with a wide eyed glee that counters perfectly the darkness around her. And Chris Makepeace and Robert Rusler play chums caught in the TWILIGHT ZONE that is the world of VAMP. Add in a comedic turn by Geddy Watanabe (of 16 CANDLES FAME - Long Duck Dong), and you've got a game cast to do a dark comedy!

A good movie gets royal DVD treatment. Snap it up before it's gone!

A Class seldom seen....
Can not think of one thing I do not like about this movie....Grace Jones overpowers you by sheer presence and by not saying one word!!! This movies starts up like a silly teeny scary movie; but the music; the atmosphere; the performers; and even the sorrority guys are utterly believable. This movie simmers along untill Katrina ( Grace Jones) is performing on stage; after that ...nothing is the same again. The one liners I still remember to this day...and they are countless.
A movie to buy...and watch over and over again. Amazing musical score...

What a movie!
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid and thought that it was really amazing and very different. I fell in love with Grace Jones because she was very unique and I was always attracted to people like that. A lot of people say this movie is 'cheesy', but I don't think it is. A few years a go it was very hard to get a hold off, until I came across a VHS copy in England. The DVD is brilliant and this horror movie is one of a kind. The actors are entertaining and Grace's performance (even though you wouldn't recognise her) is amazing! 10/10.

What Momma Warned Us About...
..don't hang out with frat hooligans and bikers, don't go into strip bars, never stay out past midnight, and that they call it Skid Road for a reason.

Precursor to the fabuloso rave sprinkle of blood scene in Blade and the Tavern at the edge of nowhere on the Mexican border in Dusk to Dawn.

And, in a bit of creative casting Grace Jones plays a vampress. You almost never see this on cable, definitely cult, definitely camp. ... Read more

Reviews (9)

Andy Garcia is THE MAN!
I rented this movie and after watching it, I knew I had to own it. Andy Garcia is so charming in this (as well as drop dead gorgeous) - it's too bad he isn't offered more comedy roles. He was great in this as was the rest of the cast. I really enjoyed the storyline. And those eyes - ouch! I hope his wife appreciates what she gets to wake up next to every day.

Surprisingly well done.
Andy Garcia completely owns the screen in every scene. His performance here is enough for anyone to buy this movie. But, alas, there are problems with his supporting actress Andie Macdowell. The whole movie she looks like a deer caught in high-beam headlights. It is particularly noticeable whenever she "shares" a scene with Mr. Garcia. There is one scene where it's her big moment, her "look at me and see how talented an actress I am" moment, when Andy Garcia completely downplays the scene and through subtlety and nuance buries Mrs. Macdowell and steals the movie from under her. Another scene, a pre-love-making stare-down between the two stars is almost laughable. Andie Macdowell is frozen while Andy Garcia nearly melts the celluloid with his eyes. It's as if Mrs. Macdowell realized at some point that she was just no match for Mr. Garcia, went limp, and planned her follow-up project. She has talent, just not in this movie. Try "Dinner with Friends" to see what she's really capable of. All said, this movie would have been better off without a love-interest sub-plot. The lives of the myriad professional scalpers was more than enough to keep me watching. The seedy underworld they inhabit while just trying to make a living was very interesting. Overall, this was a surprising and mostly rewarding film.

Andy & Andie: Two Stars Really Shine... and That's All About
Our editorial review tells me that "Just the Ticket" was dumped into theater in the winter of 1999; well, Japanese release was much worse. It never received a theatrical release, going straight to video, and worse still, we had to wait until February of 2002! Does this lukewarm reception mean two stars' recent career decline? Whatever the reason may be, "Just the Ticket" is not as bad as those cold reaction suggests.

The best part of the film is, surprise! the two leading stars. Andy Garcia is well-cast as a ticket scalper with cute "puppy's eyes" while Andie MacDowell succeeds in exuding enough sexual chemistry to convince you that they were, and are going to be, lovers. Whenever those two likable actors share the screen, the film sparks with fire ... in the bedroom, in the kitchen, and wherever they are. I don't know how many faithful fans are watching this, but they deserve a chance to play a big role (no more "Town and Country" for Andie, please) in the film again.

Negative impressions of this romantic comedy come from, I think, two following reasons: supporting players and overlong script. Except for the good performance of Richard Bradford's Benny, who is clearly playing a losing game in front of powerful newcomers, none is memorable. And the film's tone is very uneven; it sometimes takes itself too seriously to be philosophical, but at other places it resorts to incredibly silly things -- see Andy Garcia disguised as ... a nun, for instance. No wonder the studio could not be confident in its release.

As a whole decent romantic comedy, "Just the Ticket" manages to deliver what movie fans who love this genre want to see. And the dog is cute, too. We have no fresh insider look on the world of ticket scalpers, nothing new as a romantic comedy, but two leads are so good that it is hardly possible for me to nag, though maybe I should.

Just a cute movie...
Nothing heavy here! This is one movie I enjoyed with Andy in because he does show a comedic side to himself. He is actually quite good in this and Andie Mcdowell is just as cute as she can be. This is a chick flick, especially if you are an Andy fan. A light romantic comedy with a sprinkle a seriousness thrown in for good measure.

Another fantastic performance for Garcia!
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this film on cable for the first time. What surprises me is how underrated this film is. This is a story about a ticket scalper, (which I don't remember seeing to often in other movies)and his troubles trying to get his life together for his love interest. The film offers a unique insight to the world of the "ticket scalper", which although not a big crime, it is a crime. Living in the city I my self have witnessed the ticket scalper on many occasions, and trust me, the hustle and bustle life style portraid in this film is for real. Being the film buff that I am, I've seen all of Andy Garcia's films, and I feel that his performance in this film is one of his best. Just the ticket contains, Drama, Romance, Comedy and best of all Garcia's charm. ... Read more

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Andy Garcia is THE MAN!
I rented this movie and after watching it, I knew I had to own it. Andy Garcia is so charming in this (as well as drop dead gorgeous) - it's too bad he isn't offered more comedy roles. He was great in this as was the rest of the cast. I really enjoyed the storyline. And those eyes - ouch! I hope his wife appreciates what she gets to wake up next to every day.

Surprisingly well done.
Andy Garcia completely owns the screen in every scene. His performance here is enough for anyone to buy this movie. But, alas, there are problems with his supporting actress Andie Macdowell. The whole movie she looks like a deer caught in high-beam headlights. It is particularly noticeable whenever she "shares" a scene with Mr. Garcia. There is one scene where it's her big moment, her "look at me and see how talented an actress I am" moment, when Andy Garcia completely downplays the scene and through subtlety and nuance buries Mrs. Macdowell and steals the movie from under her. Another scene, a pre-love-making stare-down between the two stars is almost laughable. Andie Macdowell is frozen while Andy Garcia nearly melts the celluloid with his eyes. It's as if Mrs. Macdowell realized at some point that she was just no match for Mr. Garcia, went limp, and planned her follow-up project. She has talent, just not in this movie. Try "Dinner with Friends" to see what she's really capable of. All said, this movie would have been better off without a love-interest sub-plot. The lives of the myriad professional scalpers was more than enough to keep me watching. The seedy underworld they inhabit while just trying to make a living was very interesting. Overall, this was a surprising and mostly rewarding film.

Andy & Andie: Two Stars Really Shine... and That's All About
Our editorial review tells me that "Just the Ticket" was dumped into theater in the winter of 1999; well, Japanese release was much worse. It never received a theatrical release, going straight to video, and worse still, we had to wait until February of 2002! Does this lukewarm reception mean two stars' recent career decline? Whatever the reason may be, "Just the Ticket" is not as bad as those cold reaction suggests.

The best part of the film is, surprise! the two leading stars. Andy Garcia is well-cast as a ticket scalper with cute "puppy's eyes" while Andie MacDowell succeeds in exuding enough sexual chemistry to convince you that they were, and are going to be, lovers. Whenever those two likable actors share the screen, the film sparks with fire ... in the bedroom, in the kitchen, and wherever they are. I don't know how many faithful fans are watching this, but they deserve a chance to play a big role (no more "Town and Country" for Andie, please) in the film again.

Negative impressions of this romantic comedy come from, I think, two following reasons: supporting players and overlong script. Except for the good performance of Richard Bradford's Benny, who is clearly playing a losing game in front of powerful newcomers, none is memorable. And the film's tone is very uneven; it sometimes takes itself too seriously to be philosophical, but at other places it resorts to incredibly silly things -- see Andy Garcia disguised as ... a nun, for instance. No wonder the studio could not be confident in its release.

As a whole decent romantic comedy, "Just the Ticket" manages to deliver what movie fans who love this genre want to see. And the dog is cute, too. We have no fresh insider look on the world of ticket scalpers, nothing new as a romantic comedy, but two leads are so good that it is hardly possible for me to nag, though maybe I should.

Just a cute movie...
Nothing heavy here! This is one movie I enjoyed with Andy in because he does show a comedic side to himself. He is actually quite good in this and Andie Mcdowell is just as cute as she can be. This is a chick flick, especially if you are an Andy fan. A light romantic comedy with a sprinkle a seriousness thrown in for good measure.

Another fantastic performance for Garcia!
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this film on cable for the first time. What surprises me is how underrated this film is. This is a story about a ticket scalper, (which I don't remember seeing to often in other movies)and his troubles trying to get his life together for his love interest. The film offers a unique insight to the world of the "ticket scalper", which although not a big crime, it is a crime. Living in the city I my self have witnessed the ticket scalper on many occasions, and trust me, the hustle and bustle life style portraid in this film is for real. Being the film buff that I am, I've seen all of Andy Garcia's films, and I feel that his performance in this film is one of his best. Just the ticket contains, Drama, Romance, Comedy and best of all Garcia's charm. ... Read more

Reviews (27)

Not an objective review...clouded by nostalgia @ dvd extras
Second in a trio of "toothy comedies" which spawned the 80s vampire revival, Vamp was released a few months after Fright Night and preceded The Lost Boys by a year. Of the three, I actually liked Vamp the best. The unique look and feel, offbeat characterisations and solid acting of the film fleshes out and over shadows the admittedly silly premise.

Rather than using old horror (like Fright Night) or fairytales (Lost Boys) as its main influence, Wenk's influences were more the black comedy of Scorsese's After Hours and Landis' Into the Night -- this enabled him to populate the film with amusingly offbeat eccentrics. The leads studied coolness and wit also differed from the hysteria and paranoia of film characters that populated the "Teen Horror Comedy" subgenre of the 80s.

Then there is Grace Jones - 'nuff said.

Besides his eye for style, his choice of soundtrack was equally inspired, using old pop standards was another smart/ironic stylistic choice.

Besides the director and the cast, this is also the begining of SFX artist Greg Cannom's long association with movie vampires. He would move onto The Lost Boys and ultimately, Coppola's Dracula.

As for the Anchor Bay DVD,

Another job well done! The image transfer is impeccable, esp. for what is a low budget "throaway" fare. The sound is not state of the art but not distractingly so. But the best part of the dvd has to be one of the most entertaining commentary i have heard in a long time, not exactly the most imformative but Wenk and the cast was clearly having a ball, it was almost like watching Mystery Science Theatre 3000!

Everyone seems to put more into the film than it was expected of them and their enthusiasm made the film and dvd a fun and nostalgic experience.

Vamps and Tramps! Great DVD!
This is an example of a GREAT job by Anchor Bay in packaging a cult film, and loading it with extras as well as a very good transfer. The blooper reel offers some deleted scenes, the rehearsal footage is hilarious (Grace Jones attacking the director!), and the commentary on the DVD is funny and engaging.

The movie itself is an 80s horror-comedy modeled almost slavishly on AFTER HOURS. The premise is two college buddies end up trying to find a stripper for a frat party, but somehow end up in a weird alternate reality where vampires prey on the homeless and hapless. Grace Jones has no lines as the titular role and first-billed and maybe 8 minutes screen-time total! But what a great vampire, and she does make her scenes pop off the screen without saying a word. DeeDee Pfiefer (yes, sister of Michelle) plays Amaretto ("not my real name") with a wide eyed glee that counters perfectly the darkness around her. And Chris Makepeace and Robert Rusler play chums caught in the TWILIGHT ZONE that is the world of VAMP. Add in a comedic turn by Geddy Watanabe (of 16 CANDLES FAME - Long Duck Dong), and you've got a game cast to do a dark comedy!

A good movie gets royal DVD treatment. Snap it up before it's gone!

A Class seldom seen....
Can not think of one thing I do not like about this movie....Grace Jones overpowers you by sheer presence and by not saying one word!!! This movies starts up like a silly teeny scary movie; but the music; the atmosphere; the performers; and even the sorrority guys are utterly believable. This movie simmers along untill Katrina ( Grace Jones) is performing on stage; after that ...nothing is the same again. The one liners I still remember to this day...and they are countless.
A movie to buy...and watch over and over again. Amazing musical score...

What a movie!
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid and thought that it was really amazing and very different. I fell in love with Grace Jones because she was very unique and I was always attracted to people like that. A lot of people say this movie is 'cheesy', but I don't think it is. A few years a go it was very hard to get a hold off, until I came across a VHS copy in England. The DVD is brilliant and this horror movie is one of a kind. The actors are entertaining and Grace's performance (even though you wouldn't recognise her) is amazing! 10/10.

What Momma Warned Us About...
..don't hang out with frat hooligans and bikers, don't go into strip bars, never stay out past midnight, and that they call it Skid Road for a reason.

Precursor to the fabuloso rave sprinkle of blood scene in Blade and the Tavern at the edge of nowhere on the Mexican border in Dusk to Dawn.

And, in a bit of creative casting Grace Jones plays a vampress. You almost never see this on cable, definitely cult, definitely camp. ... Read more

Description

Brett is one of the outsiders at his school. A little too bright to be popular, that doesn't stop him from having the biggest crush on the cheerleading Samantha, who's a little too popular to take him seriously. When Brett receives a mysterious package that contains a totem with the ability to grant its owner three wishes, he discovers that dreams can come true ? with a vengeance. Suddenly Samantha is holding him so tight its cutting off his circulation, and her non-stop adoration is not his only problem. Someone is systematically slaughtering the rebels and the jocks ? and the cheerleaders. Misbehave? Hit the grave. Now Samantha is primed to be the killer's next target. A perfect victim for a killer in search of perfection - and the only thing that might save her is WISHCRAFT. ... Read more

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wears thin after a while and its predictable until the end
This movie is about a not so popular kid who, one day recieves a gift in the mail (its a ancient bull penis). so he grants a wish that he wants to go to the spring fling with this cheerleader and the next day it happens. So then he asks the magical bull thing to make her be his girlfriend and that happens and all the while jocks and goths are being slaughtered. Being hung on a street stop sign, being beheaded by a bowling ball and a recognizable Charlie Talbert(hes the fat kid in the movie Angus) gets killed by a samurai sword. some things weigh it down and some things spark it up. it's not the greatest of all movies but it aint the worst either. Meat Loaf Aday plays a cop named Sparky Shaw and the old lady from the Poltergiest movies pop up as a doctor. the kids best friend is hilaroud when he tries to wish he was Steven Seagal or where he fakes grieving over the dead jock just to get to see the hot councler and the part where they are in lunch and they talk about how that kid got some from the cheerleader who wore the pink underwear. and the bad guy at the ending sort of got me as well

Best movie in along time! way better then i expected!
I was very impressed with this movie. It has both good plot and good acting. It is even a little bit scary at times. It all starts out when Brett, a ugly unpopular out kast, recieves a...well i think it is a bull wiener....and it can grant wishes. He thinks its a total load of poopie and throws it away. His friend talks him into using it and he wishes that the most populare girl in school will go out with him. and she does. soon enough people start dying...some of them are quiet brutal...anyways the movie ending definatly suprised me! this movie is definatly worth watching if not buying.
Rated R for violence and language.

Very Good!!!
This movie caught my eye in the video store!!! The cover was really interesting!!!And I was going to put it back because it was never out in theathers, and so I thought that it was going to suck! But on the other hand, It didnt!!! Its like 1996's "The Craft" meets 1999's "The Faculty" The cast are great, the story is excellent, and the directing is stylish!!! I dont know why this wasnt released in theathers! But it should of been out in theathers!!! This movie is a MUST-SEE!!!

good movie
suprisingly good movie - i thought this one might be like the other teen slasher flicks but i was wrong. it was a unique film .i thought the killings were clever in the way they had diff ideas and it wasnt just ur average killing with knife like in most horror movies the killings were creative and the special effects were cool, the killings actually looked real and the story was pretty cool idea, the whole plot and the charcters were also good. The movie is about this guy who gets sent a mysterious (( totem )) sent to him in the mail and he takes it to a shop to find out what its worth and what it is and in the process learns some information about the powers it holds. When he goes home he makes 3 wishes and it leads to a series of events and mysterious killings start happening and noone knows who is doing the killing and you never think it is that person that is actually doing it- i was suprised at the end. so this is a unique film its dif than ur average teen slasher like i said-its very creative , unique original film and i recomend it- it was fun to watch.

Excellent Movie! Worth Every Penny Spent..
I have see off beat Teen/Slasher movies in the past and did not like them much. But this movie was a complete surprise! Very Real looking Effects, and a very good cast. Alexandra Holden was super, and I might add, very cute in here Undress, Pink Panty Shot!... It was one great movie to watch and add to my collection! Hope you feel the same... ... Read more