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Cherry Falls, the eponymous small town in Cherry Falls, has some dirty secrets--secrets that come to light when a psychotic killer starts killing teenagers. But the killer has an unusual criterion: only virgins are marked for death. Cherry Falls is a striking movie that never got released in cinemas, probably because marketers didn't know what to do with it. It's not a winking, smirk-while-you-shriek twist on the genre like Scream, nor is it a broad parody like Scary Movie--instead, Cherry Falls tries (and largely succeeds) at trying to turn the clichés of slasher movies into something that will do more than make you jump in shock. It's still scary; few things are creepier than wandering the empty hallways of a high school after hours, and Cherry Falls takes full advantage of that. It's also often funny, mostly because the mechanics of a slasher movie have become just a little too much and you can't help laughing. But it also makes you think twice about attitudes towards sex--moments such as parents breaking into a brawl while talking about their children's sex activity, or an "experienced" girl's pep talk to an assembly of girls eager to lose their virginity, are both funny and caustic. Brittany Murphy (Clueless, Girl, Interrupted) shines as the sheriff's daughter caught in the middle of it all; Michael Biehn (The Terminator) is great as the earnest sheriff who knows more than he lets on; and Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire) smoothly handles the part of a teacher with an unhealthy interest in Murphy. Cherry Falls doesn't tell you when it's funny or scary, which makes many viewers uncomfortable. But if you're interested in watching a slippery, layered examination of sexual attitudes that is also a successful, spooky slasher flick, then this movie is for you. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
6 Minutes Of Interviews
B Roll 4 Minutes
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
6 Minutes Of Interviews
B Roll 4 Minutes
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of my fave horror films, partly because I actually cared about some of the characters enough to hope that they didn't wind up dead!
It's your usual "slasher killer in a small town targeting the teens" but the twist is that all the victims are virgins and they're dispatched in quite gruesome ways. The surviving kids decide that they're going to hold a party where they can all lose their virginity and stay safe. Brittany Murphy is the main lead trying to stay alive and find out what the connection is between her dad, who's the local cop, and a woman who vanished mysteriously years before.
If you're after MENSA type material then yes, you're going to be disappointed, but if you take it for what it is, which is an entertaining slasher film, with some black humour moments and a few attractive looking teens (who can act, which is always a bonus!) then you won't be disappointed. I didn't guess who the killer was but I never do!
It's your usual "slasher killer in a small town targeting the teens" but the twist is that all the victims are virgins and they're dispatched in quite gruesome ways. The surviving kids decide that they're going to hold a party where they can all lose their virginity and stay safe. Brittany Murphy is the main lead trying to stay alive and find out what the connection is between her dad, who's the local cop, and a woman who vanished mysteriously years before.
If you're after MENSA type material then yes, you're going to be disappointed, but if you take it for what it is, which is an entertaining slasher film, with some black humour moments and a few attractive looking teens (who can act, which is always a bonus!) then you won't be disappointed. I didn't guess who the killer was but I never do!
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Cherry Falls is a small American town where a pesky psycho is offing teenagers in true slasher movie style. The "twist" here is that all the victims are virgins, so the local high school kids decide that they have to stage a gigantic orgy in order to survive (tasteful eh?). As I'm a big fan of Scream (and most of the copycat teen slasher films that followed it) I really wanted to like Cherry Falls, especially because it stars Brittany Murphy (Clueless, Girl Interrupted) and Jay Mohr (Go, Jerry Maguire). Unfortunately I was very disappointed. It's main problem is that it suffers from a really awkward, uncomfortable tone that feels like the director was unsure when to scare and when to play for laughs. The attack/chase scenes are (unintentionally?) hilarious, this is largely due to the fact that the killer is clearly a transvestite in high heels and a dodgy wig. I know they're trying to subvert the rules of the genre, but I can't help wondering whether the decision to make the killer look more like Olive from "On The Buses" than Michael Myers was a step in the right direction? And if it is all supposed to be one big joke, then some of it is pretty sick. Take for example one particularly misjudged scene near the end of the film, that starts off hilariously silly and then throws in a flashback sequence of a rape, leaving you feeling utterly confused as to what the film is trying to say. Scream was so successful because it got the balance between horror and comedy just right, Cherry Falls tries to do this and fails miserably. If you liked Scream and want to see another well directed, genuinely scary teen slasher then try "Halloween H20", but don't waste your money on Cherry Falls - it stinks!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This movie is marketed as a horror/ black comedy however i didn't find the film funny however i did really enjoy the film its an entertaining horror with out relying on special effects. This film is very overlooked i only came across it on amazon by accident, if you feel like watching a horror this is quite refreshing.
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better than scream
good slasher film. keeps u guess,ing. i like it and have it. good buy for this price trust me. up to u. give it a try.
Published 2 months ago by tango
Awful
This is a terrible film but luckily that makes it great. Who could possibly think that loosing your virginty would take you straight off a murderer's hitlist? Read more
Published 18 months ago by CoralFang
really unmissable
I'd totally forgotten about this film ever being released which says something! However I thought I'd give it a go and add it to my horror collection but I have to say it wasn't... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2008 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
Pretty good
This film is okay. Brittany Murphy's good in it, as is Jay Mohr as the teacher with a really weird name. In fact, Jay Mohr's the reason I first saw it. Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2004 by eileen kenny
Utterly useless
The problem I had with this film was that the first half ran far too quickly. It was little more than a montage of flash-frame murders of people we had barely been introduced to. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2002
hard to get into- but v.cool
this movie was not on my top hitlist but i thought i'd be spontaneous and get it anyway. it was very hard to get into, so i put off watching it at first, but when i sat down and... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2001 by totally_kick_ass@hotmail.com
Good Film Poor Sound
This film although a good horror film is let down by a poor DVD soundtrack the packaging claims to be a dolby digital 5.1 track, but is actually nothing more than standard stereo.
Published on 4 Mar 2001
horror movies come bak with force
cherry falls may have finally brought bak the rite to like the horror movie. after the rubbish blair witch and even worse fiday teh 13th's and even the nightmare on elm street (... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2001
Your faith in slasher movies shall be restored!!
If you thought you could never take another slasher movie seriously after all the countless ''Scream'' carbon copies your faith in slasher mvies shall be restored!! Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2001 by andrew_main@talk21.com
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