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Aka: Cry Wolf
Nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth. When a young woman is found murdered, a group of local high school students decide to further scare their classmates by spreading online rumors that a serial killer called "The Wolf" is on the loose. By describing "The Wolf's" next victims, the students' game is to see how many people they can convince - and if anyone will uncover the lie. But when the described victims actually do start turning up dead, suddenly no one knows where the lies end and the truth begins. As someone or something begins hunting the students themselves, the game turns terrifyi...
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ngly real.
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Als een jonge studente op brute wijze wordt vermoord, gaan de geruchten in de universiteit Westlake Prep snel rond. Niet veel later komt Owen Matthews, een jonge student uit Engeland, op de school. Owen maakt al snel kennis met de mooie Dodger, zijn huisgenoot Tom en een stel anderen. Samen bedenkt de groep een spel voor Halloween; ze sturen iedereen een mail met de leugen dat de moordenaar van de jonge studente (ook wel The Wolf genoemd) opnieuw zal toeslaan. Owen en de rest hadden echter niet kunnen voorzien wat voor gruwelijke gevolgen deze simpele grap zou hebben.
When Owen Matthews (Julian Morris) makes up a fake, very detailed story about a serial killer and e-mails it to all the students at Westlake--which is yet another private school his father (Gary Cole) has sent him off to--he has no idea what he has begun. Soon his fictional murderer, "the Wolf," is sneaking around campus, scaring the students and leaving behind a trail of blood. What started out as a relatively innocent game between a group of friends has now turned real, and Owen seems to be the only one who can stop it. But the deeper he goes, the more he doesn't like what he finds out--until he becomes the ult...
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imate target. Cowriter Jeff Wadlow's feature-film directing debut, CRY WOLF, has chills and thrills around every corner, playing off of contemporary genre clichés to deliver a funny and frightening movie. The last part of the film, especially, is filled with surprise after surprise. Morris is excellent as the new student troublemaker, and Lindy Booth provides good support as Dodger, the leader of the group and a potential love interest for Owen. Musician Jon Bon Jovi stars as a cool journalism teacher, and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith has a cameo as the school's headmistress. The alternapop soundtrack includes songs from Low, 22-20s, Helio Sequence, Cake, and Classic featuring JoJo Pellegrino.
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