An unattractive schoolgirl, Tamara (Jenna Dewan) becomes subject of bullying because of two things: she reveals that members of the school sports team use performance-enhancing drugs, and because the other students find out that she's in love with a young, married teacher, Mr Natoli (Matthew Marsden - the guy who broke his wrist in "Black Hawk Down"), even trying to practice witchcraft to seduce him. A prank on her turns bad and the girl is incidentally killed. Out of fear, the students bury her in the woods; to their surprise, Tamara appears in the school the next day, seemingly completely changed. Soon, she starts her bloody revenge on all the pranksters.
(This section contains some spoilers.) A sad example of a picture that could be much better. The witchcraft is never explained at all; where did Tamara get her magical book? They are not sold out on every corner. What kind of witchcraft it is? We are left to guess. And how is she able to alter people's minds and behavior, as shown in the latter part of the movie (even forcing two of her bullies to have a gay sex)?
(This section also contains spoilers. You were warned.) The main fault is, in my opinion, the way the character of Tamara was written; we feel sorry for her in the first part of the movie, and when she starts her revenge, we even want all the bullies who were responsible for her demise to die a violent death. But later, her character turns out to be so wicked after her resurrection that we quickly start to loathe that b*tch. (Most of all because she becomes hell-bent on Natoli, wanting to get him no matter the cost, even going as far as to command two of her bullies to kill his wife.) This imbalance, in my opinion, somewhat ruined the movie; it would be much better if Tamara was more focused character.
I've seen some worse horror movies; this simply has nothing memorable (the only exceptions: the scene mentioned above and Jenna Dewan in black underwear. Unfortunately, no nudity occurred in this movie.) 5/10.
(This section contains some spoilers.) A sad example of a picture that could be much better. The witchcraft is never explained at all; where did Tamara get her magical book? They are not sold out on every corner. What kind of witchcraft it is? We are left to guess. And how is she able to alter people's minds and behavior, as shown in the latter part of the movie (even forcing two of her bullies to have a gay sex)?
(This section also contains spoilers. You were warned.) The main fault is, in my opinion, the way the character of Tamara was written; we feel sorry for her in the first part of the movie, and when she starts her revenge, we even want all the bullies who were responsible for her demise to die a violent death. But later, her character turns out to be so wicked after her resurrection that we quickly start to loathe that b*tch. (Most of all because she becomes hell-bent on Natoli, wanting to get him no matter the cost, even going as far as to command two of her bullies to kill his wife.) This imbalance, in my opinion, somewhat ruined the movie; it would be much better if Tamara was more focused character.
I've seen some worse horror movies; this simply has nothing memorable (the only exceptions: the scene mentioned above and Jenna Dewan in black underwear. Unfortunately, no nudity occurred in this movie.) 5/10.