My Soul to Take (2010)

The town of Riverton has a serial killer known as The Ripper.  When he is shot by police, his body disappears en route to the hospital when the ambulance crashes.  The same night seven children are born in the hospital where he was being taken.

Sixteen years later, the Riverton 7 gather at the river for their birthday and a Ripper Day Celebration.  They say that on this night each year, the Ripper may come out of the river. If that happens, one of the kids must drag him back into the river or he'll kill them all.  But this year they don't get to complete the ceremony because the policy bust up the party.

As the kids head home, one of them crosses the bridge where it is rumored the Ripper lives.  As he completes a ritual that he believes will keep him safe, he is chased and killed by a man who appears to be supernatural.  And so starts the stalking of the Riverton 7.

The movie centers around Bug and his best friend Alex, who are harassed by popular kids Brandon and Brittney.  When Bug starts having blackouts and seeing things, and a rumor starts that Bug previously killed someone, people start wondering if he's involved in the killings.

No one shall mention the killers huge forehead and long hair which make him look like a Klingon or something out of Battlefield Earth.

This movie has the feel of an older slasher, which is probably because it's a Wes Craven film.  The characters are thankfully not the typical modern ones who are jerks who think they are cool. Instead we have the old fashioned geeky kids who seem nice enough, and in juxtaposition, the popular athlete and cheerleader who are unlikeable. You will want them dead.

The film didn't seem to get good reviews, but I didn't think it was that bad. Perhaps because this was a breeze to get through compared to some of the amateur crap I watch.