Chain Letter (2010)

A maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail.

Director:

Deon Taylor

Writers:

Deon Taylor, Michael J. Pagan

Stars:

Nikki Reed, Keith David, Brad Dourif

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Madison Bauer	...	Jane Campbell
Mark S. Allen	...	TV Announcer
Phil Austin	...	Jeff Campbell
Nikki Reed	...	Jessie Campbell
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Chain Man
Michael J. Pagan	...	Michael Grant
Matt Cohen	...	Johnny Jones
David Zahedian	...	Brad
Cherilyn Wilson	...	Rachel Conners
Cody Kasch	...	Neil Conners
Noah Segan	...	Dante
Brad Dourif	...	Mr. Smirker
Roshan Cook	...	Emo Girl (as Roshani Shookla)
Eliot Schwartz	...	Kevin (as Eliot Benjamin)
Betsy Russell	...	Sergeant Hamill

Storyline

A maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail.

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Plot Keywords:

characters killed one by one | teenage girl | woman in bathtub | female in shower | generation y | 

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Taglines:

If you don't forward it, you die

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody sadistic violence throughout, language and brief nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

(At around 13 minutes) Betsy Russell, who portrays Sergeant Hamill, was a featured character in the Saw (2004) film franchise. When the character Neil first receives the chain letter, the original "Saw" is playing on his television in the background.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 9 mins) When Neil is attacked, the hook is disengaged from the chain; in the subsequent scene it appears connected again.

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Connections

Featured in Phelous & the Movies: Phain Letter (2011)

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Soundtracks

Lay It On the Line
Performed by Nicole Ganther
Written by Nicole Ganther and Dillon F. Gorman
Published by Chillin' Dillon's Music ASCAP

User Reviews

Bare to break the chain...?

This movie was not at all what I had expected it to be. Was it better? No, quite the opposite actually. This movie was really boring and was suffering from a rather silly storyline.

The concept of this movie was about some chain letter that was sent out to a group of people, and those who deleted the message ended up dead in gruesome ways.

Nothing much interesting happened throughout the movie, aside from the odd brutal killing here and there. But the characters in the movie were fairly one-dimensional and you never really cared for any of them or formed any kind of bond with them, so you ended up just shrugging most of the time and looking forward to the way that the next in line was killed.

If you enjoy brutal horror movies with inventive killings, then you might find some enjoyment in "Chain Letter", but if you enjoy horror movies that are driven by a deep, captivating and interesting story, then this movie is a poor choice to put your money on.

Personally, I was drifting off a couple of times throughout the movie, and my focus started to shift elsewhere. This movie didn't make any lasting impression, and it will never make it to a second time around in the DVD player. It simply just wasn't worth it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 November 2010 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Chain Letter

Filming Locations:

Sacramento, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$138,788, 3 October 2010

Gross USA:

$138,788

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$855,185

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deon Taylor Enterprises, Tiger Tail Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1