This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Good idea lost in the noise

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Tamara Riley (Jenna Dewan) is the brainy misfit in school who dabbles in witchcraft. She's infatuated with her English teacher and tries to kiss him. He gently lets her down, but she later tries a Love Binding Ritual. She wrote an article on steroid use and angers many of her classmates especially the big jock. Then the kids led by the jock play a cruel joke on her which turns deadly. The kids bury her hoping that everybody will assume that she ran away. Then she wakes up in her own bed and she's the new deadly super vixen seeking vengeance.This horror story is piece together from 'I know what you did...' and other mousy girl turn deadly like Carrie written by Jeffrey Reddick. The concept is relatively sound. It's a small horror directed by Jeremy Haft. Jenna Dewan is unconvincing as the mousy teen. She is all vixen later on without anything more. She needs to be a more impressive actress. Other than a couple of scenes and a passable script, there is nothing worthwhile in this smaller horror.

While the plot and action in this movie weren't uniquely fresh (shy teen girl with a weird crappy home life gets bullied at school) I appreciate that this movie isn't as formulaic as most teen horror. I tend to fast forward through most movies these days as I know what's coming next both in the action and dialogue. I didn't FF through any of this movie. We know that Tamara has come back to get revenge but she does it in unexpected ways.There was just enough gore to fit the genre but not so much that it became the kind of kitsch that makes me ponder how many buckets of fake blood went to waste. The acting is well done and some of the dialogue surprised me with its wit. "Its wet," says Tamara as she's seducing her teacher who reacts with plausible discomfort. You'll have to watch it yourself to see what she really meant.I truly love the scene were Mrs. Natolly (the teacher's wife) gets attacked because it is NOT a scene where a helpless female does stupid things that result in her quick and gory death. Mrs. Natolly uses her brain.Although it was predicable who would survive until the end, the final way that Tamara is dealt with wasn't obvious or clichéd.This movie doesn't resort to overdoing the fake blood or gratuitous sex but it still has sexy moments and enough creepiness and suspense to make it real horror; plus, the engaging plot and solid acting made extra gore unnecessary. A film worth watching on a rainy weekend afternoon. Maybe they should make more horror in Manitoba.

Tamara is a shy and lonely outcast at school who becomes the victim of a merciless prank by the popular kids. In a fit of rage, there is a struggle and Tamara is killed by accident. The group buries her in the woods and vows to never speak of it again. Then Tamara walks into school the next day.There's just something about this movie that I really like. It's not very original and is predictable, but it's a fun horror movie to watch. There aren't many modern horror movies that are able to be the good kind of stupid, but Tamara does just that. There are so many ridiculous moments and funny things that happen or are said, but it's never boring. There are also some very disgusting moments of gore that will make you vomit or smile… depending on what you like. It's one of those movies you don't bother checking the time because it has a steady pace that never slows down. Last but not least, Jenna does a great job at portraying this character and being evil. So if you want a goofy, fun, horror movie then check out Tamara.

Tamara is another teen horror flick in the style of The Craft (1996) or Little Witches (1996) but I do recommend it to the fans of the gorier genre too because it really has something to offer. You can easily see that it was made by a horror genre writer, Jeffrey Reddick. People who love The Final Destination franchise, which he wrote, can pick up this flick without a doubt.There's one scene that is really worth mentioning and that is the 'hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil' one. It's shown in full glory and it is a bit gory for some I presume. Of course by being a teen horror you had to have some school issues, like they did here by a nerdy girl falling in love with her teacher. One prank with her goes terribly wrong but the nerdy girl, Tamara, did believe in spells and returns as a sexy chick out for revenge. The acting was okay and Tamara (Jenna Dewan-Tatum, from Grudge 2) did some changes to become the sexy girl. Although it's all about sexuality there isn't any nudity added. But it is when she touches her victims that the horror comes in. Sadly towards the end there's a bit use of CGI but I figged it because it had to do with some supernatural thing. If you come across Tamara pick it up and this is really an exception by adding on the sleeve 'from the producers of...'. Mostly that's a bad sign, but here it 'finql'ly wasn't.Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5