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Title: Fingerprints (2008) Starring: Leah Pipes, Josh Henderson, Kristin Cavalleri, and Glen Jensen Director: Harry Basil Rating: R (Restricted) Runtime: 96 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 14

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• Posted on 2008-05-14
  Rent, don't buy--Possible minor spoilers
  
  Starring Leah Pipes, Kristin Cavallari, Josh Henderson, Andrew Lawrence, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Geoffrey Lewis. I saw the preview for this movie and thought it looked promising--like a decent low-budget ghost story. It starts off interesting enough...a high school girl (Pipes) comes out of rehab and moves to the town of Emerald. Her sister (Cavallari) tells her the train tracks are haunted because a bus full of school children were hit by a train years earlier. She attempts to adjust to her new life and she catches the attention of two of her male classmates (Henderson and Lawrence). Life becomes even more complicated when she starts seeing a girl who had died in the bus crash and so she now must find out what actually happened to the children who died in the crash.
  
  The first half builds like it will be a spooky ghost-story. The second half of the movie is were it falls apart, because all of a sudden it becomes a typical teenage slasher movie--a badly done Nightmare on Elm Street rip-off. The deaths are ridiculous and unoriginal and seem to come out of nowhere. The movie has a very made-for-t.v feel, except for the strong language. The lead actress is quite good and I always love to see Lou Diamond Philips and Geoffrey Lewis; however, some of the other actors inexperience (especially the mother) showed through too much.
  
  Overall, if you know the tale or just want to watch it out of curiosity--rent it first. It's a two-in-a-half star movie, I just bumped it up because of the actors.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2008-04-29
  Laughably bad.
  
  Could have been good in the hands of a more accomplished, more talented crew. The story is very very very familiar, but I'd be willing to overlook that if this film had been done with any understanding of suspense and horror. The makers should be forced to watch a legendary creepy movie such as the original Halloween 1,000 times as punishment for producing this piece of garbage.
  Score: 1
• Posted on 2008-04-11
  I was pleasantly surprised at how good this movie is.
  
  I purchased and watched this movie solely because of the first reviewer who gave it five stars and because it is based on an actual legend that I am familiar with(I'm from Texas). It definetly lived up to my expectations especially for an independent film.
  
  The bad: The acting was excellent in this movie except for the woman who portrayed the main character's mother, her acting was terrible! The movie is a little bit slow paced until about 3/4 of the way through but that probably just adds to the effect.
  
  The good: The gore and ghost effects in this movie were excellent! I cringed during a couple of 'gore' scenes and there were a few parts of the movie that were kind of scary and disturbing, which isn't an effect many horror movies these days have on me. I was also pleasantly surprised by Kristen Cavallari's acting skills in this movie, they weren't perfect but she did a good job.
  
  Overall I'd say though this movie isn't some big budget thriller it's definetly entertaining and is worth at the very least a rental viewing. It kind of reminded me of the movie Scream except dealing with ghosts(I don't want to give away the whole plot so I won't go into details). I found this movie at walmart for $17 dollars and though I don't usually spend that much on independent horror movies this one was definetly worth it.
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2008-02-28
  Creepy kids!
  
  I was able to catch Fingerprints over the weekend at Texas Frightmare Weekend and have already pre-ordered my DVD. This movie rocked! I didn't know what to expect, and I knew it was based on a Texas urban legend, but I was surprised at where the movie took me.
  
  The ghost kids are pretty creepy and it was great seeing actors like Loud Diamond Philips. I must admit I thought I had predicted what was going to happen but I am happy to report I was wrong.
  
  If you're in the mood for a good old fashioned ghost/slasher horror movie then Fingerprints should do the trick.
  Score: 5