![]() ![]() A tightly condensed prologue is meant to set up the legend of the Riverton Ripper, a family man with multiple personality disorder including a particularly murderous one that has turned him into the town serial killer. In fact, it probably qualifies as one of Wes Craven's career worst, if not the worst. Indeed, all the usual elements of a classic Wes Craven horror are present- a small town with hidden secrets from the past a legend that is the stuff of campfire stories and hipper-than-thou teen- speak- but unfortunately this is far from any classic. Naturally then, the fact that "My Soul to Take" is Wes Craven's first film in five years (since 2005's "Red Eye") and first that the horror- meister has written and directed in fifteen years comes with certain expectations. ![]() This is the guy whose horror movies- "The Hills Have Eyes", "The Last House on the Left" and of course the "Nightmare" series- are being remade by a new breed of filmmakers eager to be the next him. This is the guy who had the smarts to turn the genre on its head and give it a new breath of fresh air in the "Scream" trilogy, and come next year, quadrology. This is the guy who created one of the most iconic characters in horror- Freddy Krueger- in the "Nightmare in Elm Street" series. To fans of Western horror, the name Wes Craven is something of a legend. ![]()
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