Tamara (2005)

Director:

Jeremy Haft

Writer (WGA):

Jeffrey Reddick (written by)

Release Date:

3 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

Karma's a bitch.

Plot:

Tamara, an unattractive girl, who is picked on by her peers returns after her death as a sexy seductress to exact revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Makeover | Bit Off Finger | Broken Bottle | Head Bashing | High School

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jenna Dewan	...	Tamara Riley
Katie Stuart	...	Chloe
Chad Faust	...	Jesse
Bryan Clark	...	Shawn
Melissa Elias	...	Kisha
Gil Hacohen	...	Patrick
Marc Devigne	...	Roger
Matthew Marsden	...	Bill Natolly
Claudette Mink	...	Alison Natolly
Chris Sigurdson	...	Mr. Riley
Sarah Blondin	...	Freshman Girl #1
Magally Zelaya	...	Freshman Girl #2
Ernesto Griffith	...	Cop #1
Brian Davisson	...	Security Guard
Brandy Jaques	...	Receptionist

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of strong bloody violence, language, sexuality and teen drinking.

Runtime:

98 min | Philippines:95 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Philippines:R-13 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | USA:R | Germany:16 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Armada Pictures

Trivia:

Patrick's insult to Tamara early in the film, "trailer-trash whore", was ad-libbed by the actor. This was not in the script since writer Jeffrey Reddick himself grew up in a trailer.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene where Tamara is tearing the love binding spell from her spell book, the page comes out clean with no jagged tears. The jagged tear where Chloe will later replace the spell into the book can be seen behind the page being torn.

Quotes:

Bill Natolly: I'm sorry if I misled you.
Tamara Riley: Did you?
Bill Natolly: [pause] I didn't...
Tamara Riley: Look at me Mr. Natoli.
Bill Natolly: [pause] Look it was a...
Tamara Riley: Look at me.
[pause]
Tamara Riley: It's getting wet.
Bill Natolly: What?
Tamara Riley: The table...

Movie Connections:

References I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Soundtrack:

Make IT Wiggle

Stupid Movie Hot Women

Tamara is a movie that tries to create suspense but instead creates cheese.This is totally a low budget B movie with not to much going for it other than the gorgeous women.Tamara is particularly sexy and gives a fairly decent performance minus a little bit of bad line delivery but i think the writing team is at fault for that.Yes the writing is pretty bad and almost as bad as the storyline which has a very Blair Witch 2 feel to it.The big difference between Blair Witch 2 and Tamara is Blair Witch 2 had a better storyline, an explanation for the weird paranorma, better acting, realistic performances, and elements of fear whereas Tamara is a more ridiculous, cheesy attempt horror with good looking babes and a few good actors.The actress who played Kisha was beautiful yet a terrible actress who delivered every line like she was doing one of those TV college infomercials so yeah pretty bad.Gore wise i would say the film is half @$$ and a bit of a let down.I was expecting kisha to stick the one guys face in the deep fryer but instead she just tried to stick his head in and got smashed in the face with a stick.What a tease of a horror film!!!!If you put a lot of focus on a deep fryer use it don't taunt us with a potentially gory scene and then screw us over.That would be like leatherface revving up the chainsaw and then someone knocking it out of his hand and for the rest of the film you never see a chainsaw again.This movie was a very original film but sometimes original isn't a good thing as this movie gets lost in it's own fantasy.Overall hot chicks $hit movie.