A group of Theta Pi sisters go to play a prank on an old boyfriend of one of their members. Unfortunately, prank goes bad. Girl dead. So to save their sorry and undeserving asses they hide her body and go on with life as though it never happened. But suddenly a hooded figure shows up, seeking revenge for their fallen sister. Who is it? What could they want? Is there anything more cliche than this? Is this a "Scream" rip-off (which ironically was an intentional rip off itself)? All these questions and less intelligence are answered with "Sorority Row".
If you can't guess by now, my intense sarcasm stems from a source. This film is indeed one of the most cliche and 'punch yourself in the face' low brow intelligent Horror films you might ever catch yourself watching. It's a teen slasher disguising itself in f words and bare breasts, that makes the 90s era of mainstream Horror look rather original. Poor dialogue litters a rather mundane script that borders itself on being parody. Moments of the film almost seem like a joke (almost as if this wanted to attract the audience of "Scary Movie" rather than Horror fans) but the real joke is that its serious. And plays itself that way. The acting is over the top, none of the characters are likable and the faux depth to them insults many cliche 'sorority bitches' I'm sure. In fact, this film is so mediocre that its probably worse than many of the low budget Horror films that strive to be better than they can be. Thusly, it IS worse than those film despite its rather slick production and larger budget.
So rather than writing any more on this drivel, I'm going to go try to redeem myself by moving on with my life and forgetting about "Sorority Row". As this film taught me, its time to say farewell. Way too late.
Written By Matt Reifschneider
Did you even know this was a remake?
ReplyDeleteI most certainly did, but, to be honest, I have not seen the original and thusly didn't mention its connections to this remake. It's not a film that's in my viewing queue (partially because I focus on modern cult cinema here so it's more of my brother's area) and because it rarely intrigues me.
DeleteI assume you ask due to my overwhelming focus on "Sorority Row" being unoriginal. That I still firmly stand by. Whether it is original or not, a film can use strong execution to make the cliche story and plot 'feel' fresh rather than rehash. Look at the remake for "Last House On The Left" or "My Bloody Valentine." Both are remakes of rather by the numbers horror tales and both succeed at being fun and vicious horror films - even though each take a different path with how they go about it.