Scar (2007)

Joan Burrows returns to her hometown for her niece's graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago -- after he kidnapped and tormented her and killed her best friend.

Director:

Jed Weintrob

Writer:

Zack Ford (screenplay)

Stars:

Angela Bettis, Brittney Wilson, Tegan Moss

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angela Bettis	...	Joan
Brittney Wilson	...	Teenage Joan
Tegan Moss	...	Susie
Ben Cotton	...	Bishop
Christopher Titus	...	Jeff
Kirby Bliss Blanton	...	Olympia
Monika MarLee	...	Sandra (as Monika Mar-Lee)
Bill Baksa	...	Melvin
Carey Feehan	...	Brian
Jeryn Church	...	Party Girl
Devon Graye	...	Paul
Kristin Kowalski	...	April
Brandon Jay McLaren	...	Howard
James D. Hopkin	...	Mr. Watts
Emma Duncan	...	Principal

Storyline

While driving to her hometown Ovid, Colorado, to visit her sheriff brother Jeff and niece Olympia, Joan Burrows recalls her traumatic experience with best friend Susie when they were teenagers. Joan and Susie, smoking pot in a cemetery, decided to snoop on Bishop the caretaker at the funeral home. Joan falls and hurts her knee, so Bishop, having found them, invites the girls inside to clean the wound. Soon they are sedated with chloroform and submitted to a cruel torture - a sick game where Bishop tells each girl to ask him to kill the other to stop their own suffering. When a copycat killer starts killing Olympia's classmates, Joan tells police that Bishop is back (or someone who looks just like him) but nobody believes her.

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Plot Keywords:

killer | copycat killer | cemetery | funeral home | chloroform | 

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sadistic bloody violence and torture, language, some drug use and sexual content/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 2008 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Scar 3D

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Norman Twain Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the beginning when the newspaper clipping are flashed onscreen, only the titles are edited. The content under the titles has nothing to do with the movie. Palestine, NASDAQ and the Internet Technology Association of America are a few examples of the real topics of the article titled "Young heroin Joan Burrows grateful to be alive; sorrowful", for example.

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Quotes

Paul: [pretending to cry] I couldn't protect my girlfriend

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Connections

References The Wolf Man (1941)

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Soundtracks

Least Favorite Situation
Performed by Matt Popieluch (as Matthew Popieluch)
Written by Ariel Rechtshaid, Josh Kessler, Marc Ferrari, Matt Popieluch (as Matthew Popieluch), & Lewis Pesacov
Published by Red Engine Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of MasterSource Music Catalog, Inc.

User Reviews

If you know SAW & HOSTEL, you'll know what to expect.

Lets just say I won't be leaping out of my seat and saying this is the most awesome movie ever, although I did like the movie and it did have a few unnerving scenes that were tough to look at especially if you're squeamish, what I mainly don't like is that its just another addition to the ever popular torture porn trend, if you look at films like SAW & HOSTEL, this will pretty much seem like a by the numbers gore fest, that doesn't offer anything new except a collection of gore and some painful torture scenes, which are painful actually.

The concept itself is pretty good, there was definitely a lot of potential there, and the acting was above par for a film of this standard.

Its good because it certainly has the concept, but in fact its not that great because if you know SAW & HOSTEL, which I'm sure every horror fan knows, this one will feel pretty much by the numbers.