Sorority Row

With every bone in my body I tried to like this film. It’s like I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER mixed with all the other crappy teeny girl psycho killer movies that have been released in the past several years. We’ve honestly been bombarded with these pieces of trash in the 2000s. There were moments throughout this film where it seemed different. Even from the beginning shots you could tell that it didn’t take itself too seriously, which is good. And Carrie Fischer was even in the film, so it had promise. And there was some legit build up towards some decent kills. But overall it let me down.

Sorority Row Trailer

Honestly everyone knows what happens in this film, and to be honest, I really liked the premise behind how the girl was accidentally killed out in the desert. Then the problems started. There were the stereotypical sudden surprises that transferred the tension filled moments, which I hate. Such a terrible tactic. Then the kills became corny and the cat-n-mouse games weren’t fascinating… It just turned into a train wreck for me pretty quickly. They also seemed to have a lot of kills through the mouth. I wonder if that was purposeful or just laziness. Hmmm…

The ending was stupid and trite. You could’ve seen it coming from a mile away and when it happened you really didn’t care. There were two funny moments in the film though. The first was where the girl was making out with the freshman and he told her she tasted like puke. She said it’s ok, I just put a mint in so you’re fine. Hilarious. But, the best part of the film was how the killer tried to convince his girlfriend to get onboard with the killings. He said something to the effect of: “Now let’s go kill Ellie. You’re always saying we need to do more stuff together.” Classic. That alone earned an extra couples points.

Rating: 4/10

RT: 23%