My Soul to Take (2010)

Director:

Wes Craven

Writer (WGA):

Wes Craven (written by)

Release Date:

8 October 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Only One Has The Power To Save Their Souls.

Plot:

A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Murder | Nightmare | Birthday | Possession

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Max Thieriot	...	Bug
John Magaro	...	Alex
Denzel Whitaker	...	Jerome
Zena Grey	...	Penelope
Nick Lashaway	...	Brandon
Paulina Olszynski	...	Brittany
Jeremy Chu	...	Jay
Emily Meade	...	Fang
Raúl Esparza	...	Abel
Jessica Hecht	...	May
Frank Grillo	...	Paterson
Danai Gurira	...	Jeanne-Baptiste
Harris Yulin	...	Dr. Blake
Shareeka Epps	...	Chandelle
Elena Hurst	...	Maria
Dennis Boutsikaris	...	Principal Pratt
Felix Solis	...	Mr. Kaiser
Trevor St. John	...	Lake
Shannon Maree Walsh	...	Melanie Pratt (as Shannon Walsh)
Alexandra Wilson	...	Sarah
Eric Zuckerman	...	Gus
Alberto Vazquez	...	Officer Ramirez (as Alberto Vasquez)
Lou Sumrall	...	Quint
Lynnanne Zager	...	Podcast Host / Betty O'Neil
Michael Bell	...	Podcast Guest
Courtney Stow	...	Young Leah
Richard Rutkowski	...	News Anchor
Robert Clotworthy	...	News Anchor (voice)
Terri Douglas	...	Riverton Radio Host
Hannah Hodson	...	Girl in Hallway #1
Nicole Patrick	...	Girl in Hallway #2 (as Nicole Brittany Patrick)
Amber Efé	...	Other Nurse
Christopher Place	...	The Ripper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Enrique Chicas	...	News Reporter Cameraman (uncredited)
Melody Garcia	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Beth Marie Jansen	...	Teacher on Street (uncredited)
Sean Leser	...	Tall Student (uncredited)
Amanda Lupacchino	...	Extra (uncredited)
Cristian Nicolae	...	Teen on Street (uncredited)
Timothy Snopkowski	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Wes Craven

Writing credits (WGA)
Wes Craven		(written by)

Produced by
Wes Craven	....	producer
Carly Feingold	....	associate producer
Anthony Katagas	....	producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Iya Labunka	....	producer
Andrew Rona	....	executive producer
Tucker Tooley	....	executive producer
Anthony Katagas	....	line producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Petra Korner		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter McNulty

Casting by
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Adam Stockhausen

Art Direction by
Jack Ballance		(supervising art director)
Brianne Zulauf

Set Decoration by
Carol Silverman

Costume Design by
Kurt and Bart

Makeup Department
Robin Day	....	hair department head
Dierdre Harris	....	hair stylist
Michelle Johnson	....	hair designer
Craig Lindberg	....	key makeup artist
Tarsha Marshall	....	assistant hair stylist
Christopher Milone	....	additional makeup artist
Keith R. Palmer	....	additional makeup artist
Vincent Schicchi	....	special makeup effects artist
Mark Schmidt	....	key hair stylist
Josh Turi	....	additional special effects makeup

Production Management
Robert Bella	....	post-production supervisor
John Fedynich	....	production supervisor
Monica Hada	....	post-production manager
Anthony Katagas	....	unit production manager
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marta Forns-Escudé	....	additional second assistant director
Louis Guerra	....	first assistant director: second unit
Lauren Guilmartin	....	second second assistant director
Matthew McLoota	....	second assistant director (additional photography)
X. Sydney Ng	....	dga trainee
Francisco Ortiz	....	second assistant director
Maurice Sessoms	....	second second assistant director: additional photography
Manny Siverio	....	second unit director
Peter Soldo	....	first assistant director: second unit
Rebecca Strickland	....	first assistant director (additional photography)
Salvatore E. Sutera	....	additional second assistant director
Doug Torres	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jeff Butcher	....	property master
John J. Ciccimarro	....	construction coordinator
David Cooney	....	storyboard artist
Michael Cory	....	assistant property master
D. Tobias Denney	....	greensman: reshoots
Lauren DiGiulio	....	art production assistant
Lauren Doner	....	scenic charge artist
Daniel Fisher	....	assistant property master
Michael Foster	....	set dressing foreman: re-shoot
Kley Gilbuena	....	assistant property master: additional photography
Sean Haines	....	set dresser: re-shoot
Brian Harrison	....	art department production assistant
Tim Hawkins	....	journeyman scenic
Alexander James	....	scenic industrial
Michael Kall	....	construction foreman
Mike Kearns	....	key carpenter
Lance Littlefield	....	scenic artist: reshoot
Robert Ludemann	....	graphic designer
Luke Malloy	....	greens
Francesca Mirabella	....	art department coordinator
Mike Montgomery	....	key construction grip
Richard Moran	....	construction grip
Don Nace	....	puppet designer
Rachel Nemec	....	assistant art director
Rebecca Perrenod	....	scenic artist
Heather Prendergast	....	assistant set decorator
Kate Purtee	....	journeyman scenic
Steven Purtee	....	journeyman scenic
Saviel Rivera	....	props: re-shoot
Pierre Rovira	....	construction coordinator
Will Scheck	....	greens coordinator
Gregory Williams	....	journeyman scenic
Brianne Zulauf	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	mix technician
Odin Benitez	....	sound effects editor
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr & dialogue editor
Damian Canelos	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Aaron J. Green	....	manager: sound services
Dan Guachione	....	boom operator
Kimberly Harris	....	adr editor
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley mixer
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	dialogue editor
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Rory Oleson	....	additional sound effects
Jan Petrov	....	adr recordist
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound editor
Pernell L. Salinas	....	first assistant sound editor
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	supervising adr editor
Seth Tallman	....	sound mixer: second unit
Seth Tallman	....	sound utility
Noah Timan	....	sound mixer
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Doug Coleman	....	special effects technician
Mark Gale	....	puppeteer
Mark Gale	....	special effects
Drew Jiritano	....	special effects coordinator
Andrew Mortelliti	....	special effects foreman
Stephen Powers	....	special effects
Jason Rosen	....	puppeteer

Visual Effects by
Keith Acheson	....	visual effects artist
Ritesh Aggarwal	....	stereoscopic conversion artist
Renee Aldridge	....	digital restoration artist
Mathieu Archambault	....	digital compositor
Yogesh Badhe	....	rotoscope artist: Anibrain Digital Tech
Ido Banai	....	stereoscopic lead artist
Sarah Barber	....	production coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Anthony Barcelo	....	stereoscopic & vfx compositor
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Sourajit Bhattacharya	....	stereo compositor
Florin Boieriu	....	stereoscopic compositor
Porismita Borah	....	stereoscopic compositor: Prime Focus
Mathew Borrett	....	matte painter
Kyle Boylen	....	digital compositor
Wayne Brinton	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Thomas Calandrillo	....	technocrane
Zac Campbell	....	digital compositor
Tim Christensen	....	stereo conversion supervisor and stereographer: Prime Focus
Ovidiu Cinazan	....	compositor
Daniel Craemer	....	stereoscopic conversion lead
Roberto D'Ippolito	....	digital compositor (as D'Ippolito Roberto)
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc
Wilfred Driscoll	....	stereoscopic conversion artist
Amélie Dubois	....	digital compositor
Maxime Ducharme	....	senior matchmover
Mike Duffy	....	flame artist: Mr X Inc.
Debarghya Dutta	....	stereo compositor
Shaiju Ep	....	digital compositor
Scott Farrar	....	stereo conversion producer: Prime Focus
David Fix	....	senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
Michael Glasco	....	stereoscopic lead
Matt Glover	....	visual effects coordinator
Jason Gottlieb	....	stereoscopic compositor: Prime Focus
Roopesh Gujar	....	visual effects production manager: Anibrain
Noel Hooper	....	digital compositor
Chris Hopkins	....	senior stereoscopic compositor
Norris Houk	....	end title animator
Mark Intravartolo	....	Inferno artist
Carl Jacobson	....	digital imaging
Colleen Jenkinson	....	visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
Anna Joukova	....	digital compositor: Mr.X Inc
Sushil Kalyanshetti	....	visual effects artist
Prateek Kaushal	....	roto artist: prime focus
Zain Khan	....	roto lead
Dam Khuman	....	visual effects artist
Swapnil Kulkarni	....	stereo compositor
Ashwin Kumar	....	rotoscope artist
Mike Kwan	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Isabelle Langlois	....	digital effects producer: Mr. X Inc
Brian Lee	....	lead compositor: stereoscopic conversion
Cory Lee	....	stereoscopic compositor
Jackson Li	....	digital artist
Valy Lungoccia	....	stereoscopic conversion artist
Pranav Malasi	....	cleanup artist
Haydn Masuda	....	digital artist
Chris McClintock	....	stereo conversion production manager: Prime Focus
Claire McLachlan	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Sarah McMurdo	....	visual effects producer
Jordan Mendenhall	....	stereoscopic compositor
Lori C. Miller	....	lead stereoscopic compositor
Jaideep Mohan	....	digital compositor
Snehal Kumar Mohapatra	....	compositor: anibrain
Benjamin Mossman	....	production assistant
Jesh Murthy	....	visual effects
Jesh Murthy	....	visual effects: Anibrain
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	senior stereographer: Prime Focus
Kartik Rajul Patel	....	roto supervisor
Shraddha Kishorbhai Patel	....	stereo compositor: Prime focus
Tetu Pawan	....	visual effects artist
Rob Phillips	....	visual effects production assistant
John Pierce	....	stereoscopic training supervisor
Sebastien Proulx	....	digital compositor
Kevin Quatman	....	on set supervisor
Prashant Raj	....	lead rotoscope artist
Dipak Raval	....	rotoscope artist
Tyagi Reetuj	....	digital artist
Caprice Ann Ridgeway	....	stereo conversion production manager: Prime Focus Los Angeles
Vishal Rustgi	....	digital compositor
Paul Saint-Hilaire	....	digital compositor: Nuke
Kenneth Sales	....	digital compositor
Sable Sanjiv	....	senior stereoscopic compositor
Jerry Seguin	....	digital compositor
Debapriya Senanayak	....	stereo conversion artist
Carolyn Shelby	....	digital compositor
Avdesh Shukla	....	cg paint supervisor
Nitin Singh	....	post production coordinator
Roland So	....	stereoscopic compositor
David Stump	....	senior stereographer
Shiloe Swisher	....	stereoscopic compositor
Abu Thahir	....	digital compositor: Anibrain
David Thompson	....	digital compositor
Ed Thompson	....	digital imaging lead
Aaron Weintraub	....	visual effects supervisor
Lindsay M. Hoppe	....	lead stereo compositor (uncredited)
Akshat Tiwari	....	roto supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Chris Barnes	....	stunts
Bobby Beckles	....	stunts
Rich Bodner	....	stunts
Dylan Bucossi	....	stunt performer
Mike Burke	....	stunt driver
Chris Colombo	....	stunts
Laura Farfel	....	stunt performer
Roy Farfel	....	stunt driver
Chad Hessler	....	stunt double
Samantha MacIvor	....	stunt performer
Steve Mack	....	stunts
Tina Mckissick	....	stunt double
Declan Mulvey	....	stunts
Victor Paguia	....	stunt double
Christopher Place	....	stunt double
Jodi Michelle Pynn	....	stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator
Erik Solky	....	stunt double
Caroline Vexler	....	stunt double: Emily Meade (as Caroline Leppanen)
Jen Weissenberg	....	stunt double: Emily Meade
Damian Achilles	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Clayton Barrow	....	electrician
Daniel Beaman	....	dolly grip
George Bianchini	....	Steadicam operator
George Bianchini	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Hugo Bonilla	....	electrician
Bob Calandro	....	grip
Vincent Camuto	....	video playback technician
Mark Catania	....	additional dolly grip
Julian J. Delacruz	....	second assistant camera
David Dutkus	....	electrician
Jennifer Evans	....	dolly grip
Gerard Fiore	....	best boy rigging grip
Glenn Fishel	....	grip
Max Frankston	....	video assist: second unit
Shaun Gilbert	....	generator operator
Brad Goss	....	key rigging grip
Matt Howard	....	camera production assistant
Jennie Jeddry	....	film loader: second unit
Mark Killian	....	loader: additional photography
Ed Koza	....	grip
Clay Liversidge	....	rigging gaffer
William Louthe	....	lighting technician
William Louthe	....	rigging electric
Richard MacDonald	....	electrician
Dave McAllister	....	key grip
Jeff Muhlstock	....	camera operator: "a" camera, additional photography
Steve Peloquin	....	best boy grip
Kabkeo Phothivongsa	....	electrician
Jeff Porter	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Scott H. Ramsey	....	gaffer
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote camera operator
William Rexer	....	additional photographer
Lance Rieck	....	scorpio head technician
Nicole Rivelli	....	still photographer
Richard Rutkowski	....	director of photography: second unit
Daniel D. Sariano	....	assistant camera
Darrin Smith	....	best boy electrician
Phil Testa	....	rigging best boy
Justin Whitacre	....	film loader

Casting Department
Sophia M. Costas	....	extras casting director
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting associate
Jason Fischman	....	casting assistant
Megan I. McNamara	....	extras casting assistant
Yves Wilson	....	extras casting assistant
Leeba Zakharov	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wendy M. Craig	....	costume supervisor
Kate Edwards	....	costumer
Penelope Laughman	....	key set costumer
Chandra Moore	....	specialty costumes
Derek Moreno	....	costumer
Olivia Mori	....	assistant costume designer
Marcia Patten	....	costume supervisor
David Paulin	....	costume ager/dyer
Lauren Plymel	....	costume assistant
Amy J. Smith	....	set costumer
Loyzo Smolinsky	....	wardrobe production assistant
Laura Steinman	....	costume supervisor: reshoots
Jeffrey Wirsing	....	costume ager/dyer

Editorial Department
Paul Carlin	....	digital intermediate editor
David Croom	....	post-production assistant
Danny Elhaj	....	post-production assistant
Gregg Garvin	....	digital intermediate colorist
Priyal Mahadik	....	on-line stereoscopic editor
Blair Miller	....	assistant editor
Bryan Park	....	film scanning operator: Modern VideoFilm
Zara Park	....	digital intermediate producer (as Zara Roberts)
Latham Robertson	....	stereoscopic conform editor
Richie Roefaro	....	editorial assistant: Technicolor
Tamara Rosenfeld	....	post-production assistant
Jim Schulte	....	assistant editor
Erica Sterne	....	post-production coordinator
Marc Sutton	....	stereoscopic conform editor
Girish Takle	....	on-line editor
Allen Tracy	....	stereo conform supervisor: Prime Focus Los Angeles
Brendan Walsh	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Gregory Clark	....	arranger
Gregory Clark	....	vocal contractor
Ed Gerrard	....	music supervisor
John Kurlander	....	music recording engineer
Ben Schor	....	music editor
Dennis Smith	....	composer: additional music
Kevin Teasley	....	composer: additional music
Marcus Trumpp	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Carlos Covian	....	transportation co-captain: second unit
Mo Fitzgerald	....	transportation captain
Bruce Golden	....	driver: Wes Craven
Tony Ingrassellino	....	transportation captain: second unit
Billy McFadden	....	transportation co-captain
John 'Detroit' White	....	driver: honeywagon

Other crew
Daniel Auber	....	title sequence by (as Daniele Auber)
Daniel Auber	....	visual consultant (as Daniele Auber)
Ashley Bearden	....	production coordinator
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Paul Becker	....	movement coach
Scott Beer	....	office production assistant
Justin Bischoff	....	set production assistant
Oliver Brooks	....	set production assistant: reshoots
Nicholas Bryan	....	production assistant
Jonathan P. Caro	....	location coordinator
Emma Cooper	....	publicist
Christina Cortez	....	production assistant
Betsy Custer	....	production executive
Natalie Damico	....	travel coordinator
Joe Deingenis	....	craft service
Jodi Domanic-Riccio	....	script supervisor: second unit
Lisa Falzarano	....	production assistant
John Fedynich	....	assistant production manager
Shayne Fiske	....	assistant to producer
Alison Flannery	....	production assistant
Joshua A. Friedman	....	production assistant
Emily Gannett	....	product placement
Karen Gehres	....	epk producer
Steve Gilbaud	....	production accountant
David Grace	....	production assistant
Sandi Greenberg	....	production assistant
Eddie Griffith	....	key set production assistant
Robert Hogan	....	location production assistant
Aaron Hurvitz	....	assistant location manager
Jake Javitch	....	production assistant
Christopher Johnston	....	location scout
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance coordinator
Justin Kron	....	location scout
pele Kudren	....	production assistant
Bronson Lamb	....	set production assistant: additional photography
Daniel Madigan	....	production assistant
Patrick Mahoney	....	craft service
Skylar Mathey	....	production assistant
Sean Mayo	....	location assistant
Lauren Minichino	....	location assistant
Matthew Monaco	....	first assistant accountant: reshoots
Steve Morin	....	location production assistant
Kat Murello	....	stand-in
Frank Murray	....	production accountant: reshoots
Michael Nickodem	....	location manager
Rocco Nisivoccia	....	location scout
Anthony Pettine	....	script supervisor
Johnny Pisano	....	stand-in
Eva Quiroz	....	vice president of operations
Jeff Robinson	....	set production assistant
Buck P.B.D. Rodgers	....	production assistant
David M. Rodriguez	....	post production accountant
Andrew Rogala	....	photo double: Max Thieriot (as Andy Rogala)
Dawn Rosado	....	craft service
Ashley Rose	....	adr voice
Kelsi Russell	....	production secretary
William Sepulveda	....	key craft service
Vrushank Shah	....	production coordinator: conversion
Rohit Sharma	....	production coordinator
Molly Shifferly	....	production secretary
Zachary Sondrini	....	production assistant
Jackie Stolfi	....	assistant to producer and director
Craig Striano	....	scorpio head technician
Chris Tomeo	....	location assistant
Rob van de Laar	....	craft service
Eva Vedock	....	key craft service
Sasa Watt	....	second assistant accountant
Sara Webster	....	assistant production coordinator
Yves Wilson	....	office production assistant
Shelby Young	....	adr voice
Daniel Auber	....	storyboard artists (uncredited)
Matthew Coleshill	....	intern: production office (uncredited)
Mark Dickson	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Andrew Schwarz	....	executive assistant: Wes Craven (uncredited)
Sophia Thomas	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Rogue (presents)
• Relativity Media (in association with)
• Corvus Corax Productions (as Corvus Corax)

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2010) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Euro TV (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Rogue (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Geneon Universal Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2011) (China) (all media)
• Imagem Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (all media)
• MG Film (2011) (Croatia) (all media)
• Mongkol Major Film (2010) (Thailand) (all media)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paradise Group (2010) (Russia) (all media)
• Pinema (2010) (Turkey) (all media)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2011) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Mr. X (visual effects)
• Prime Focus World (3D conversion)

Other Companies

• 3DCG: The Stereo Consulting Group  3D Stereo Consulting
• Atlantic Cine Equipment  StabC supplied by
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Modern VideoFilm  post-production services
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment provided by
• Relativity Music Group  soundtrack
• ScriptE Systems  script supervision software
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Studio 8 Sound  sound post-production
• Todd-AO Studios  post-production sound services
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Wildfire Studios  editorial facilities

Also Known As:

"My Soul to Take 3D" - USA (3-D version)
"Wes Craven's The Ripper" - Japan (English title) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, and pervasive language including sexual references

Runtime:

USA:107 min | Argentina:107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45671) | Malaysia:18 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:NC-16 | Brazil:16 | Australia:MA (2010) | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Company:

Rogue

Trivia:

The title 'My Soul to Take' was taken from the children's prayer: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."

Goofs:

Continuity: During the case (between Brandon and Brittany) there is a shot that shows blood on the back of Brittany's coat. This isn't possible, because she has never been attacked.

Quotes:

Brandon:Bug takes a little longer 'cause he's a little slower.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: The Last House on the Left (#4.10)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

EVERYTHING TOUCHES EVERYTHING

I Can't Believe Wes Craven Made This Garbage

Despite numerous warnings to avoid this film, I shelled out my money, including the ridiculous $3 extra for 3D glasses, figuring, it's Wes Craven, how bad can it be? Well, the answer is, extremely, horribly, atrociously bad. MSTT made Shocker look like Citizen Kane. I've seen better efforts at the After Dark Horrorfests and coming from The Asylum on SyFy.

MSTT had a script and dialog of the level of some fresh-out-of-some-two-bit-drama-school reject, not of a nearly 40-year veteran of filmmaking. Half the dialog made no sense whatsoever, and the emotions of the actors was usually misplaced.

While the story had promise, the execution failed completely. At first, the action seemed forced to get to the central elements Craven was looking for, then the resolution bogged down in complete incoherence.

Craven can't blame some one else's script or studio insistence on cuts, 'cause this atrocity was all his. If this is the best he can do, he should retire. He's proved he has nothing left to add to horror.

And if my negative comments still don't dissuade you from seeing this atrocity, make sure you at least seek out 2D instead of the extra money for 3D, because...

THERE WAS NO Discernible 3D IN THE FILM WHATSOEVER!!!! Scenes which should have popped out of the screen, such as the ambulance crash, DIDN'T! It's quite obvious the studio realized what a piece of crap MSTT was and how it would plummet in ticket sales once work of mouth got out, so they did post-filming 3D conversion to bilk the poor suckers who went to see it opening weekend out of a few dollars more.

The only reason I didn't rate this a 1 is because, sadly, I have seen worse. But this one should be avoided at all costs.

2/10