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Chain Letter Movie
Some ideas just scream for a film to be made about them. It looks like the crew from the Saw series of films are going to do a horror movie about naughty teens that don’t complete their chain letters! We get the scoop this morning from the elder caves of Yahoo:
Nikki Reed, Noah Segan, Keith David and “Saw III” and “Saw IV” lead Betsy Russell will star in “Chain Letter,” the tale of a maniac who targets teens when they fail to forward chain mail.
“Saw” producer Mark Burg and Roxanne Avent are executive producing the horror feature, which introduces the chain-wielding killer Chain Man (Michael Bailey Smith). Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, Reed and Segan play his targets. Clifton Powell will play their high school coach, and Russell and David will play the police officers on the killer’s tail.
This sounds like a perfect setup for a classic slasher film as far as I am concerned. I am not a huge fan of the Horror genre, but my preferred poison if I must watch one, is the slasher film. I was a youngster in the 80’s and it was a good decade for psychos with blades. Being dismantled slowly with an edged weapon is a bad night out.
It is the commonality of the weapons that is the most bothersome. Cleavers, axes, scythes – these are items that anyone can get from a local hardware store; combine any of these with a person of mind bent on slaughter and viola – murder! Anyone can snap and start to chop away at others, all you need is a reason, a knife and you’re off to the races.
A chain letter is as good a reason as any for a deranged teen killer. With so much junk mail in our inboxes, this is certainly something everyone reading this article will be able to relate to. Some of the warnings on chain-letters have delighted me in their proclamations of doom and woe, they go into great detail about what will happen should I fail to make my deliveries. A movie where the warnings are enforced will be good use of a common annoyance.
I will continue to hunt for news about his project, and will keep you posted.
Who is that in the photo? Is that Betsy Russell?
I may not be the biggest Saw fan on the planet, but it is kind of neat seeing the mid 80’s B camp film babe Betsy Russell having a career revival of sorts.
Yep good eye Seeler.
She be Betsy Russell
I would love to say it was her eyes and the shape of her face that gave it away. Truth is, ’tis the cleavage.
“Tis the cleavage.
Good eye?
Some of her 80’s scenes could make blind men see!
ha ha
This sounds pretty interesting. I was wondering what was taking so long to see this concept come to life.
Having Michael Bailey Smith play the chain saw wielding chain man is a good sign that this villain will be super scary.
He has played scary villains in Hills Have Eyes remake and its sequel, and in the atrocious ‘Monster Man.’ Looking forward to hearing more news!
Sounds like a good concept. Real appeal for help gets ignored because people think it’s a fake chain letter, momma dies, momma’s boy not happy, kills some teenagers. Fun ensues.
Finally we might get a break from redneck killers.
i saw it being made it looks really good
At the risk of sounding super nerdy, I’m pretty sure this is based on the Christopher Pike novel of the same name. Pike wrote awesome, messed-up teen novels in the 80s and I’ve always wondered why his stuff hasn’t been made into a film before.
this movie is being filmed where i live! but i heard jesse metcalfe and someone from the oc is in it
Scenes were being filmed 12/4 and 12/5 at Millenium Sports Club in Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, CA.
Being filmed as I write this in front of my house in El Dorado Hills, CA
The Movie is produced by Deon Taylor and Michael J. Pagan and Written by Deon Taylor and Michael J Pagan.
I was at Kinko’s today, and someone was editing and copying a script from “chain letter”. I went online to see if it was really being filmed in Sacramento/Elk Grove, and it looks like it is!
It ought to be good, good idea, nice level of violence, but not over the top. But F Betsy Russell. She’s a bitch and a horrible actress. Apparently it pays to be the wife of an Executive Producer.
i helped on a couple sets for the film. most of it was filmed in the small town of Hood, in a large warehouse. just outside of Elk Grove.
if you like the Saw movies ( how gross they are ) you’ll love this. young lady gets ripped apart while chained to her dads car. nasty!!
The cain letter may be a gore fest but nothing is more horrendouse than the producer Dion Taylor NOT paying a sum of 60k + to the catering company who supplied foods and service to the film and its crew on nearly a 24 hour bases. As an employee I can not get paind until my employer gets paid. DION, SKIP, Roxanne.. shame on you shame on you shame on you. Hope your film falls into the bucket along with all the fake blood and body parts.
STupid stupid film
I’m the Cater who still has not been paid by Deon Taylor Productions, Roxanne, Skip, Steak they are all liars 40 days after the fact, we worked our asses off catering to every need, and in return we get nothing but the run around this Company is going down they rely on investors to pay ther debts and mis-manage funds..in the mean time my employees were paid by my company and now I have to get my attorney to collect what I have coming to me. So be warned a signed contract means nothing when it comes to final payment…What goes around comes around, Chef Troi
Thanks doug, an excellent idea and blog.
This sounds similar to Christopher Pike’s novel of the same name, but very different as well. This movie sounds like it is going for the R-Rated crowd…accurately done, Pike’s novel should be made as a PG-13 flick. This movie sounds like it might have a supernatural element, which Pike’s novel does not…until the sequel (which was great but upset many fans at the same time).
Pike’s book “Fall into Darkness” was made into a television movie back in 1996. It was a flop with the fans. Reports of making other novels into movies have not proved accurate.
I want to be in the movie!!
I cannot wait to see this movie, Nikki Reed is smoking, and after her performance in Twilight I am a fan. Look’s like its going to be a good horror flick- does anyone know when it is coming out?
I can’t wait for Chain Letter! It’s going to be good.
luv nikki reed! ^-^
I loved the trailer!!! i seen it on youtube and it looks pretty gorey…
Just seen the trailler for this movie, Looks pretty crazy, I saw it on Deontaylorenterprises.com along with his other films that will be coming out.
I went to deontaylorenterprises.com they had a trailer for the hustle. the movie looks hilarious
Michael J. Pagan Has a few other movies with Deon Taylor… like Nite Tales… im excited
I went to Deon Taylor’s website too and Chain Letter looks like the ultimate classic slasher thrill. The kind of horror movies i grew up with next to Jason and Freddy Krueger.
chain letter looks ok, I just hope the movie isnt corn chips!!!!!!
I got a chance to see chain letter at the sac film festival. The movie is well put together! The director Deon Taylor had a chance to speak about it when the film ended
When does chain letter drop!
i dont have a specific date to when its going to be released but it was mentioned somewhere that the movie is going to be released sometime in spring. so it should be coming out soon since we’re almost in winter
I really like the concept of the film. its kind of ironic the murder weapon being a chain in the movie chain letter haha.
I thought Nikki Reed was the star of Chain Letter? interesting…