This seemingly low-budget film with a mostly no-name cast surprises with quite a decent ending. The only problem is that the beginning is rather jumbled and makes it difficult to get into it at first. If you can get past that, then this movie is most definitely worth watching, as it is full of twists and turns and there are very few like it these days.
The real surprise is that director (Jeff Wadlow) turned out a movie that is really quite good without utilizing the standard horror formula of lots of gore, tons of language or even nudity. There are certainly moments that you won't want your younger kids to watch, but it's enjoyable because of the suspense, not because of the content. I was really surprised.
Owen (Julian Morris) is being shuffled to another private school after an incident at his last school (the incident is never exactly explained).
Once at his new school, he meets Dodger (Lindy Booth), a seemingly mysterious girl who seems to have a certain knowledge about what's going on at the new school - always an enticing prospect to the new guy in town.
That night Owen is awakened by his new roomie and invited to participate in a game where the players are attempting to figure out who is the "Wolf" in the game, but only one person knows who the wolf is and it is their job to make sure the others don't guess.
The winner takes the spoils (in this case, a pile of cash). Owen makes off with the money at the end of the night, and the next day everyone decides that they will play the game on a grander scale, with the players at the center of the game and the whole school in the dark.
So they compose a fictional email describing a killer who was at Owen's previous school, and now he's arrived at the new school, while the killer has followed him. A killing that just happened is only the beginning of the events that will culminate in a bloodbath on Halloween.
Events start to spiral out of control as one of the group goes missing and others are killed off. Owen receives instant messages from someone identified only as Wolf and it seems like their game is coming true, with the events leading up to what will (or won't) happen on Halloween.
Rated PG-13 for violence, terror, disturbing images, language, sexuality and a brief drug reference.
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