Who would guess a movie about chain letters would be completely stupid and pointless!? WHAT A SHOCK! phelous.com / phelous Originally Released: February 9, 2011
I'm still waiting for the planned sequel called 'Fan Letter,' where the killer sends a bunch of fan mail to minor celebrities, and if they don't respond, he kills them with an electric fan. It's gonna be *fan*tastic!
"I have a social life! There are people counting on me!" Counting on what? Posting your lunch? This guy has probably more people counting on him being online than she has.
Andy Ace "Oh no, I hear a mountain lion!" I watched Birdemic and still couldn't remember if that mountain lion was really there. It wasn't until watching the Julie and Jack crossover with Lupa that I realized it wasn't and that was only because Phelous asked her directly why she didn't show the mountain lion in her review.
kinnikufan And I thought for a moment that the "saw voice" was apart of the movie he was reviewing. And there have been many more instances like that. Like the mountain lion ;-)
This felt like the horror movie equivalent of one of those "counterculture" anti-technology illustrations hipsters do. "Technology is evil brah!" "Why?" "Because it is!" "Wait a minute, aren't you using technology to spread your art?" "Sh-shut up you sheeple!" Also I'm surprised Phelous didn't comment about how the ending didn't resolve the film and we never really knew if the killers got caught at the end.
Admittedly, some of the chain-based deaths in this movie are pretty creative and well done... Shame they had to be in a movie that literally makes no sense.
That's the sad thing: this movie didn't have to be bad. The idea of a killer who uses chain letters to hunt down their victims isn't bad (though admittedly dated even in 2010), and the chain-based deaths were an interesting concept, rather Jigsaw-like honestly. But the fact that the killers hate technology when they're using technology to kill people for not using technology, especially when CHAIN LETTERS COULD EASILY BE SENT IN THE MAIL, makes the movie a confusing mess. Hell, even the technology-hating cult that targets teenagers was an interesting idea. That's three good ideas, none of which actually amounted to anything.
Hey Phelous, I think this movie is way smarter than you think. Didn't you notice how the killer was sending CHAIN letters, and then killing people with CHAINS? Isn't that clever?
All I could think of in that opening kill part was "follow after him, honking and flashing your lights until he pulls over." She would have been injured from getting dragged, sure, but she'd be alive.
Then again, if they're that dense and utterly gormless about what's going on, I'm surprised they didn't straight up kill themselves in any car accidents, befors the film's events took place.
no no no, it should be a heartwarming drama about the struggle of a young innocent nigerian prince trying to save the kingdom's money... IN A WORLD.... WHERE NOONE BELIEVED HIM...
Honestly the womans death in the beginning could have been easily avoided. Once the wife noticed she could have continued to drive keeping pace with her husband and get his attention. Then when she got his attention they could have slowed down at a steady pace. She would of course be very injured from the experiance (plus the head wound she gave herself) but shed still be alive.
Honestly, I'm just questioning how those two blockheada didn't end up dying in any car accidents, before the events of the film took place, if they're really that dense.
You spent your whole life blocking spam mail, well now the spam is going to block you! Aaahh death by mystery meat, the most humiliating death of all!!
The scenes with Keith David makes me wish there was a movie or even a series where he plays a no nonsense but deep down sympathetic detective solving some terrible crimes. In my opinion he is one of the most charismatic male actors in the world, and he has that awesome voice. Someone please make him a lead hero!
You spent your life reviewing toys, movies, or TV shows. Now I'm reviewing you. You, uhm, are one of my favorite youtubers, Phelous. Wait, that doesn't sound scary at all! Who wrote this?
So I'm listening to these reviews while working and all the sudden it hits me. Keith David is in this movie. The voice of Goliath from Disney's Gargoyles. Every time he spoke, I had to pause work trying to figure out where I'd heard that voice before. I can now not un-see Detective Goliath tracking down the chain letter murderer, LOL.
Guy from 6 years later here. Keith David being here isn't a surprise because he's done a fair bit of adult-oriented stuff, such as playing roles in John Carpenter's The Thing and They Live and voicing Spawn in the HBO adult animated series. Him being in a shit horror film isn't so surprising.
Wait a minute, this curse has been around for 200 years? HOW DID HE SEND E-MAILS?! Or did he just write actual letters and mail them? Plus 200 years ago, mail would arrive like 6 months late so how did he know when they arrive at the target? Does this curse allow you to know when letters arrive? Can you feed the curse after midnight?
Also, wouldn't this curse eventually kill everyone on Earth? Someone, somewhere, would forget to spread it. Or if you spread it, would you be immune? What happens if you spread it to an e_
I think the funniest part about it, they became better at coding and other shit than the kids they were stalking. Not only do they hate tech but they're geniuses at it. Wasted talent, man.
So the sister uses the internet through her brothers computer in his room? either her parents hate her or he has more money than anyone in that house and not only bought a computer but set up the net as well.
9:34 Determining whether or not the killer brought their own murder weapon is actually considered an important detail in a murder case, because it shows that it was premeditated, and not a spur of the moment thing.
You know about that class scene with the kids messing with their phones, that was pretty close what my class had when I was back in school, and literally no consequences were in effect, it was disturbing to watch how year by year some of the people in my class morphed into phone staring jerks who kept being a distraction during class.
We hate technology so much that we force people into a situation so that if they don't use technology we'll KILL them! Keith David was so close to being the only reasonable character in this movie. Greatest horror movie organization of all time; anti-technology master hackers.
I'm legitimately impressed you found your comedic voice so early. I can watch almost any of your reviews, and while I think you've gotten FUNNIER and more professional over the years (it'd be pretty sad if you hadn't), unlike a lot of online reviewers, your early stuff remains very watchable.
+Heidi Fedor Brad was also in Lord of the Rings, and of course he played Chucky. I wonder how this movie managed to get him... likely he needed the money.
Some people are pointing out that determining whether the chains were at the scene or taken from somewhere else can help determine whether or not the crime was premeditated. Fair. But that has nothing to do with tracking down the chains manufacturer. Geez
"Aha a teacher giving technology based lectures doesn't know youtube's name". I WISH that was an inaccurate part of the movie but alas it is all too common in Highschool as teachers quite to often know nothing about the subjects they teach. I even seen this happen in college. So you went to much better highschools then I did where our programming teacher knew nothing about programming.
It's like people don't know that you can choose to keep your information private if you want to. Also, I honestly can't hear Keith David's voice without thinking about Saints Row.
I'm pretty sure the human body would offer _far_ more resistance to being torn apart than that. Seriously, Play-Dough would have taken longer to pull apart than that chick.
I kind of want to see a film where someone ignores a chain comment that says that if they ignore it, a kid who was murdered will show up and kill them. The kid shows up, but they talk them out of killing them and end up kind of adopting them.
Odd thing is, when I was real small I remember being told if you do not hand write every word exactly of the chain letter and send it to exactly 10 people and not every one of them did the same that you would die. So when I did get my first chain letter, I cried for 2 days straight out of fear bc handwriting is my downfall. But I got those 10 letters written and sent... and then I found out that all but one of those people threw them out so naturally I probably had my first ever panic attack and blacked out for a few months until I realized that I was still alive and not going to die. I was between 5-7 and this was before email was a thing I even knew of. Enjoy my run-on sentences.. so sorry about that.
Why does Keith David keep appearing in shitty movies? He's a good actor who can get into all kinds of high profile stuff but he just occasionally picks complete shit for some reason. What the hell? XD
The teachers better have been completely naked and miming out the lessons in the air, otherwise their message is hypocritical. I always hate the idea of technology is evil when almost everything we use in the last 300 years was made with technology.
It's stupid because real chain letters usually have some kind of scary storyline and there is some reason you're supposed to pass it on to protect yourself, but instead of doing that, this movie just goes straight to the "pass on or die." It might actually have been interesting if they'd put more thought into the letter itself. It's not like there's not enough real horror chain letters out there to get ideas from.
While I love technology I am glad that I finished high school before smart phones were invented. Would have annoyed the hell out of me with everyone around me texting while I was trying to study. Also...Keith really? You were in Gargoyles and The Thing man!!! Why did you agree to be in this shit!!!!!??
9:26 is that Keith David? Sounds like it. Edit: the guy who voices Julius Little from Saints Row, and himself, from Saints Row 4. And Admiral Anderson From Mass Effect. Edit 2: yup, it's him. Poor guy.
I've got that Technology is Evil class. At least it's an easy class since it's just "Listen to a paranoid man ramble about the interwebs for a few minutes".
Phelous a lot of killers actually use weapons they find at the crime scene, the fact that he brought his own actually shows that he's organized which the police can use in his profile to narrow down the search for the suspect. I'm not trying to be an ass just trying to inform you lol ;)
Dr. Pepper actually, he's kinda right. There are many cases of a killer using a weapon they found in the house to kill its owner. With the murder weapon also being owned by the victim(s) it delays the police for a (mildly to extremely) short time. Etc: the Axemen of Louisiana: it was usually noted the murder weapon was determined to be a missing axe from the owners shed.
Hahaha any innovation is technology. A pitchfork and language are technology because they further objectives and make producing goods easier. Or is it the electronical technology only?
Hi, Phelous, You've become one of my go-to people for being cheered up, and that's more important than you can ever imagine (I hope, for your sake). Not only do you save me and my friends from bad movies, you make us smile. Thanks to you and your friends for working so hard on these. And thanks for making me aware that it's been ... maybe a decade since I received a chain email. I always wrote back to the sender, saying that I wasn't about to mess with others by passing along the chain. Maybe someone has been looking out for me, and God isn't just a total bus (See Victoria, BC, Canada comedy improv group, Loading Ready Run, who use "bus" in place of not-so-family-friendly words, during their annual November charity marathon online, for Child's Play. They would probably enjoy having you Skype in for an interview, to pass time and raise donations.)
5:14 I swear the sound used for the you've received chain mail reminds me of the sound playing during the morphing sequence from Uchu Sentai Kyuranger.
It was a lazy cash in on gore torture porn movies and it clearly shows in its style, it was done clearly to make people think it was saw but even cheaper
Phelan Porteous Yeah, I actually saw the film and I have to say the reason the girl commit suicide was really dumb...I'm always comparing it to the game Life Is Strange
Rewatching this in 2019, and it reminded me that there's a mivie coming about soon about a killer phobe app. Please tell me you plan on reviewing that...
Why do idiot cops in horror movies always go and "investigate" these creepy layers without back up? They don't even have a partner with them. Also that chained to the cars trap was kind of stupid. Like what if the parents weren't completely oblivious morons and either saw the chains coming from their cars or felt/heard them moving as they started to drive off? It also depended on both parents flooring it right out of the driveway which is also dumb.
I haven't watched the whole video yet, but I'm guessing the "burhur technology is evil, fire is scary and Thomas Edison was a witch" professor is the killer.
19:03-19:06 Am I the only one that thinks that the geeky WoW-ish guy, particularly in this scene, kind of sounds like Abu from Disney's Aladdin all sped up like that? XD
