Rijndri
Load of rubbish!!
SpunkySelfTwitter
It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Mia Gdowska BMus Hons
I have read comments and i respect their opinions. I did like the movie. It was steady paced. I did get to know the characters before they met their maker. The movie didn't feel rushed. Unknown cast but OK acting. Gil Bellows from Ally McBeal was OK. He is so stereotyped as a a cop in most movies nowadays . A mid budget movie worth every dime. I am hoping for a sequel as we don't know the origin/s of the villain. Usually its a sad story (like most killers backgrounds). I hope there IS a sequel. The killings were innovative. Like Saw series. Some kills were quick and some were slower. Recommended to watch (similar) Unfriended. IMO very very good. Indie movies are pretty watchable nowadays. Watch this movie you won't be disappointed....OK the ending was a bit flat. Happy viewing.
Leofwine_draca
CHAIN LETTER is yet another SAW derivative, this time made with a plot that copies that of THE RING. It involves a viral chain letter that's being spread by the Internet and mobile phones; little do those who receive the letter realise that it's been sent by a masked killer who's ready to bump off those who refuse to forward it on.Yeah, the plot makes little sense when you look at it like that, so what we're left with here is a series of gory set-pieces combined with a police investigation into the murders. In reality CHAIN LETTER is an excuse for some very gory murder scenes inevitably involving chains, although they're handled quite cheesily and are never disturbing.That's pretty much all the film has going for it, because the characters are extraordinarily dull and the it also manages to waste the talents of not one but two cult actors: Keith David (THE THING) plays a detective, and Brad Dourif (CHILD'S PLAY) is a teacher. Elsewhere we get Betsy Russell to hammer home the SAW connection while Michael Bailey Smith (THE HILLS HAVE EYES remake) is the hulking but brain-dead bad guy. Other than the fun gore there's nothing going for this one whatsoever.
internethotspot
OK there IS good acting. And the plot makes sense. However, there are far too many inconsistencies and inaccuracies to make this a viable horror movie. It will appeal to those that use technology but know nothing about it, so if this is you, then you will enjoy this movie if you enjoy the horror genre.The brother is playing World of Warcraft, and he says the guy is losing his Experience Points (XP). You can't lose XP in Warcraft, you can only gain it.He receives a message that replaces Warcraft on his screen. If that actually happened, he would have to have a VERY serious hack where someone already had remote control of his system. It's pretty unlikely, but possible.An email from unknown... virtually anyone with email has a JUNK MAIL FOLDER! Any unknown sender would automatically be sent to junk mail.But say it did get through, then it would have a header that could be traced to some degree. But his real concern is getting a firewall either on his router or on his computer.A girl whacks her head on a garage door, and neither driver felt it or heard anything.There's a huge guy walking around on a roof top, and the kid can't hear anything. Pretty unlikely.There's a crazy looking monster size dude going around town, and nobody notices him in his car, on his bicycle or walking or whatever. Also some strange lead at a farmer's that serves no purpose. The farmer tells the detective to get lost... and that's about the end of it.I've still no idea if the bar codes were in any way tied to the bad guy...OK now for a review of the movie... it's inconsistent, seems to go nowhere... ends with the bad guy still doing his thing... still people on his list to kill... he's still out there...Forward this to 5 people or you will get pimples.OK - no sweat. I will send it to all the dictators in the world and let them worry about it. (Why didn't these kids think to do this instead of sending it to their friends?)
trashgang
Chain Letter was made at the time that the Saw franchise was over and all torture porn was over. The producers even got Betsy Russell in this flick who got fame due the Saw franchise. But the story itself is a bit weak.Deon Taylor, the director would like to make a good horror but so far he failed, his first attempt 7eventy 5ive (2007) wasn't that good but he knew he had to add some gory bits to the story. That succeeded here in Chain Letter but you just couldn't get involved with the characters. Even the story about the killer isn't really explained. It do make you think about being online and using cellphones with GPS and things you are giving free to hackers without knowing it. But most of those flicks fail to deliver, Hellraiser Hellworld (2005) showed us that even an horror icon just couldn't deliver pain and torture. The script also reminded me on the overlooked FearDotCom (2002). It also shows that when you put big names from the genre in one flick it doesn't give you a hit. Nikki Reed here as Jessie Campbell and seen in the Twilight saga is the main lead and she did well but still I just couldn't care what would happen to her. And look the the fallen angel Noah Segan, he was going to be the next thing in the genre and made a few good flicks, Deadgirl (2008) and his breakthrough with Cabin Fever 2 and Someone's Knocking At The Door, both from 2009. Here he got just a small role. Of course the teaser would be Brad Dourif, but again he just got a small part.Luckily the film is saved by the gore added and it was good to see that it was done with the real stuff and not with CGI. It do has a few gory moments but for a torture porn too less to become a classic. The suspense is just not there. Maybe the underground figure was Cherilyn Wilson as Rachael Conners, she do moved on from this flick to small roles in Dexter and True blood, one to look out for and she isn't afraid to show her body, She's the only one here who goes fully undressed and has a close-up as gratuitous as it can be of her juggs. Chain Letter isn't that good after all but some gore saved the letter...Gore 3/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 4/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5