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Sorority Row (2009)

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Reviews Counted:66

Fresh:15

Rotten:51

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: Though it's slick and stylish, Sorority Row offers nothing new to the slasher genre and misses the mark both in its attempts at humor and thrills.

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $11,915,856

Synopsis: When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on... When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret... --© Summit Entertainment [More]

Starring: Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Carrie Fisher, Jamie Chung

Starring: Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Carrie Fisher, Jamie Chung, Julian Morris, Leah Pipes, Margo Harshman, Matt Lanter

Director: Stewart Hendler

Director: Stewart Hendler
Screenwriter: Josh Stolberg, Peter Goldfinger
Producer: Mike Karz, Darin Holender
Composer: Lucian Piane
Studio: Summit Entertainment

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Won't be the most intelligent or best acted film you'll see this year, or maybe even this week, but it could be the best fright flick of 2009.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 11 Comments
09/10/09
Giles Hardie
Giles Hardie
Sydney Morning Herald
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Mean Girls meets I Know What You Did Last Summer... You won't be able to scream for laughing at this sloppy reimagining of a forgotten '80s slasher thriller.

Full Review Source: Courier Mail (Australia) | comment 3 Comments
09/09/09
Des Partridge
Des Partridge
Courier Mail (Australia)
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Not entirely unsuccessful remake of a ‘80s slasher flick, there are enough staples of the horror genre here to entertain and scare audiences.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment 7 Comments
09/08/09
Anthony O'Connor
Anthony O'Connor
FILMINK (Australia)
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A 1980s horror remake finally graduates to being a fun, smart guilty pleasure.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine Australasia | comment 3 Comments
09/06/09
Hilton Thomas
Hilton Thomas
Empire Magazine Australasia
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Over-the-top humor tries to mask the problems, that it's not scary and the ending comes complete with a double-reverse-tricked-itself-out-of-coherency reveal of the killer.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | comment Comment
11/09/09
Adam Lippe
Adam Lippe
Examiner.com

They're not just college girls. They're B******!

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
11/04/09
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Welcome to Skank Ho sorority, where you'll skills like covering up the grotesque death of one of your sisters during a mean-spirited prank.

Full Review Source: Horror Hacker | comment Comment
11/03/09
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
Horror Hacker

A fairly traditional collegiate slasher that entertains but breaks no new ground.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
10/31/09
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/30/09
Jam! Movies

I don't know what could make this movie seem dumber. Oh, and it's also a remake of What You Did Last Summer

Full Review Source: Horror Squad | comment Comment
10/16/09
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Horror Squad

After these Bratz dolls dump the Corpsey One down a mine shaft, the plot follows, dropping us into dark spaces without any emotional gravitas, real scares, smart twists or even B-movie fun.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
10/07/09
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

The cast list tells the story: It includes such characters as 'Bra-Clad Sister,' 'Slutty Sister' and (for fans of 'The Man Show'?) 'Trampoline Sister.'

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
09/21/09
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Sorority Row is most successful at creating characters even more insufferable than the usual young people who serve as slasher-flick fodder.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
09/18/09
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Unexciting remake of the cheapo 1993 slasher film.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment 1 Comment
09/18/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

A movie that starts with a trampoline pillow-fight and ends with a pile of dead co-eds could have been a misogynistic mess, but Sorority Row is a snappy, bloody blast.

Full Review Source: CampBlood.org | comment Comment
09/17/09
Brian Juergens
Brian Juergens
CampBlood.org

It's Scream minus the wit and verve, with poor Carrie Fisher lost as the cantankerous house mother.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
09/17/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Ruined by Hendler's pointlessly artsy direction, a stab at postmodern snarkiness and an unconscionable 101-minute running time.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
09/16/09
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It’s yet another ’80s slasher remake, so you know the drill...er, the tire iron pimped out with blades.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
09/16/09
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Time Out New York

Any film that trashes the talent of Carrie Fisher is a loser in my book and this one stomps up and down on her talent. Don't worry Carrie, I still remember Leia.

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
09/15/09
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Call me the sarcastic sister, but the only thing screaming in any convincing way here are the cheap look, epileptic direction, and off-key, “edgy” humor.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/15/09
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Village Voice
 
 
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