Cry Wolf >> Review
March 31st, 2007
On the surface, Cry Wolf appears to be yet another mindless teen horror. You could definitely be forgiven for your assumptions because it certainly validates some of the stereotypes associated with such a label. After all, it is set in a school, the main characters are a suitable cross-section of teen culture, there’s a crazy killer on the loose and everyone is seemingly getting bumped off, though not before a few false alarms and fleeting glimpses of the killer. But, as uniform and unadventurous as it may sound, the film’s theme of deception is something that you should bear in mind. Read the rest of this entry »
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