Memorable, crazy movie

Just perfect...

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Blistering performances.

Nifty little combination ghost story / teen slasher film. The storyline isn't unique, but it has enough twists, turns and odd angles to keep you watching.The main characters are better fleshed out than in most films of this type while the supporting characters are functional and believable. Lou Diamond Phillips in a larger than cameo role lends some acting credence to an otherwise no name cast. Despite the lack of well known actors, the acting is a cut above the norm for the genre as is the overall writing.The film has its highs and lows, but for the most part it delivers what fans of ghost stories are looking for, though it might not have quite enough gore for the hard core slasher fan, but it has a little too much for a pure ghost story.Well worth the watch if you like the teen thriller, ghost story, bloody mystery genre. This film is an interesting mix that you don't often find.

Not a COMPLETE waste of time. It is predictable and trite, but I managed to sit through it's entirety. It is almost one of those movies that you love to hate. Almost. In this film there are a few people upon whom I wish ill, and things with which I had serious issues: High school students? Not believable. College students would have been less of a stretch.D-Bag kid whose uncle is the chief of police? I wish I could punch people through the internet. His D-Bag girlfriend as well. I was glad you died.Uncle Chief of Police? Could you make me roll my eyes any harder with your over the top portrayal? I think not.Lou Diamond Phillips? Your character deserved to die. I liked you in Young Guns and The First Power. This one, not so much.The parents? Oh. My. God. How can one's performance be simultaneously wooden AND over acted? Think Crispin Glover in "Back to the Future": "Hey... You... ...Get... Your... Damn... Hands... Off... Her." Thanks, Mom. Dad, grow a pair. Seriously. I *did* think of a fitting demise for the pair, though. Dry well, about 40 feet deep. Spikes at the bottom. Mom and dad are tied together with about 20 feet of rope. Mom gets tossed in, and at the rate of 32.2 feet per second, Dad has a little more than a second to actually do something. Which the movie quite clearly established he won't. So, she's impaled, and he gets to die thinking about how he did nothing once again.This was one of those movies where it is actually more fun to have these sort of discussions during and after. Watch it if you have someone who is amused by your rants.

Having read the reviews and seeing the IMDb rating of 4.9 (1312 votes) at the time of writing, I had low expectations of this film. This is a low budget horror that effectively merges a ghost and slasher storyline, as a young girl plagued by visions tries to uncover the secrets behind a decades old bus crash. The film builds a genuine sense of suspense and has enough scares to lift it above the usual low budget horror. This is in no small part due to a hugely likable and confident performance by the lead actress Leah Pipes. The limitations in budget do show in the special effects but if you put this aside it is a very effective and creepy horror film.

****SPOILERS****** I actually liked Fingerprints, which is why I'm writing the review -- so that someone might read what was wrong with it and do a better movie next time around. It was actually very creepy and had a plot that at least tried to make sense, and there were a couple of parts where I jumped. That's good, because I'm pretty hard to catch off guard.The movie had much potential which unfortunately was diminished by trying too hard to fit the "teen formula," at the expense of putting more thought into telling the story.First off, we have a teenage girl who takes her sister to a beer-guzzling party THE SAME DAY THE SISTER GETS OUT OF REHAB. What kind of sister would do that? Was there any reason for this other than to have the obligatory "teenagers getting drunk" party scene? Or the attempted rape -- was that really necessary? Couldn't we have shown that the guy was a real sh-t without it getting that far?Secondly, the breast-flashing was offensive to me, a straight female who loves horror but is sick of gratuitous nudity in horror films. Do film makers think that teenage boys are the only ones who pay to see their movies? It totally cheapened the movie, as did the graphic gore of the killings.Third, too many stock characters, or in this case caricatures. We have the bitchy cheerleaders, the bitch mom, the sister played by an actress who obviously has a modeling background but doesn't know how to move like a real person for the camera. Try making the people more real next time.Last, but not least, when you set up the audience with a horrible, mean, crazy mother like the one in this film, it's not enough to let us know at the end that she got sent off to a home somewhere. At least she should have received a slap in the face from one of the daughters at the end of the movie. If you're going to have villains, they should all meet some justice.As I said above, I really did like the movie and gave it an 8. How about someone trying a remake in a few years with some better scriptwriting....