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Genres:
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Drama /
Horror /
Mystery /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Jeff Wadlow
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Actors:
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Jared Padalecki,
Jon Bon Jovi,
Sandra McCoy,
Anna Deavere Smith,
Kristy Wu,
Jesse Janzen,
Paul James,
Jane Beard,
Erica Yates,
Sabrina Gilbert,
Ashleigh Pixley,
Julian Morris,
Lindy Booth,
Ethan Cohn,
Gary Cole
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Duration:
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90 min.
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Rating:
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(5.8/10)139.5
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Plot Summary:
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A teenaged woman is brutally slain, her unmoving density dumped in woods near Westlake Prep. Representing unique boy, Owen Matthews, and the rest of the coterie's secret "Liar's Club", the difficult is the perfect opportunity. Online they start a rumour that a serial doozy is stalking the campus. Called "The Wolf" they say he committed the killing... and he is planning to strike again.
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Cry_Wolf
Students hooked on 'lying games' invent a rumour about a killer on-campus, but a sequence of terrifying events suggests the fictional murderer may be frighteningly real. Teen horror generates little psychological suspense
As the bizarre underscore in the title suggests, this US teen chiller takes the age-old story of 'the boy who cried wolf' and gives it a hip internet-related update, as well as playing games with the traditional set-up of the slasher movie. It's a daring gambit for a first time director, but it takes more than Jeff Wadlow's slick visuals to make a story like this work, and a combination of weak performances and suspect scripting derail the film even before it unveils any major surprises.
The story begins with young student Owen Matthews (Mo...
Be careful what you wish for
I was in two minds to begin with, to whether I should put this dvd onto my rental list. Now, after watching it through, I am very glad I came across this film.
It is about a boy named Owen who has just moved to Westlake Prep. after his bad behaviour in his previous school. Soon before arriving, Owen finds himself among a group of people who attend the unofficial 'liars club'. When they decide to spread an online rumour that a serial killer called 'the wolf' commited the recent murder of a girl, Owen is first to create the spoof e-mail. However, strange happenings occur which leads Owen into thinking his story may actually come true and his life is in danger..
A thrilling, heart-pumping film from start to finish, superb movie! Recommended, ignore the bad review...
Cry_Wolf
Kevin ThomasCry Wolf is a clever teen thriller with intricate plotting, deft characterizations, sharp ensemble performances and a darkly ironic twist at the end. It marks the feature debut of its co-writer and director Jeff Wadlow, winner of the first Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival competition, which enabled him to make this movie, written with his producer Beau Bauman, a fellow graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television. This edgy, fast-moving film was unaccountably unavailable for preview until its Thursday evening premiere, denying it the opening-day review it deserved.
Owen (Julian Morris), a new student from England, arrives at posh Westlake Prep and is immediately ensnared in a group of bored, often nasty and reckless rich kids who have formed a "liar...
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