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Danny Aiello, Sally Kirkland, Maureen Stapleton, Jeff Daurey, Shanee Edwards ... see more see more... , Suzanne Cryer

During her valedictorian address at her high school graduation, Renata Devereaux (Shanee Edwards) makes a startling confession: She's killed a fellow student. In flashbacks, she tells the story of how... read more read more... she came to accidentally drown a student (Charles Newmark) who taunted her. After that drowning, Renata, who can't keep out of trouble, helps her friend Jodi (Cherilyn Hayres) get an abortion, but the citizens of her small town, seeing Renata on television during an abortion protest, think Renata was the one that was pregnant. Consequently, Renata and Jodi have a lesbian fling. Life with her ex-sheriff father (Danny Aiello) and Zen-obsessed mother (Sally Kirkland) takes a dramatic turn during all of this, but somehow Renata is still the class valedictorian. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Juliane Glantz

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DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001

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  • Surfer567Rosa
    September 7, 2007
    Surfer567Rosa
    a clown...puppet...if there was a spider involved in that scene it would have been a trifecta from hell.
  • blacktoolthing
    July 26, 2007
    blacktoolthing
    These guys clearly have an issue with puppets, or clowns or something? Not a bad movie, just not scary, but there were a few jolt moments, and a good twist at the end.
  • PrLion
    July 9, 2007
    PrLion
    great movie is like does classic one is like a great clasic horror plot and this film it is scary even the scence where nothing is going on scares you
  • CinemaslaveJoe
    March 27, 2007
    CinemaslaveJoe
    From the creators of the original "Saw" comes this atmospheric but unfocused tale of a possessed ventriloquist's dummy that likes to kill people. Yeah, it's not just you... the plot is ripped straight out of a hundred other horror films, including Devil Doll and Child's Play, bu... read moret what director James Wan lacks in originality he makes up for in visual style. This is a great-looking film, and one that's decidedly old-fashioned in its goals: the movie wants to *scare you*, not gross you out, and it succeeds in establishing a deliciously macabre tone from the opening scenes. I had fun watching it.

    But while Leigh Wannell's screenplay contains an intriguing backstory for the doll's history, it also contains some insufferable dialogue that reeks of every horror movie cliche you can imagine (such as the main character screaming to the police officer, "I didn't kill anyone! It was the doll! You've got to believe me!") And we also have to endure scenes where the main character defies all logic in his actions; i.e., while sitting in his car, he sees the doll fly past his window. So does he drive away to safety? No, he gets out to investigate. Suuuuure.)

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Steve Rhodes
September 30, 2002
Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews

Although not a bad movie, it plays more like a series of sketches that someone might show to a producer with the idea that the producer would chose which one to develop. Full Review

February 23, 2012
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Matthew Turner
October 29, 2011
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