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Chain Letter

  • 20102010
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  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
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Chain Letter (2010)
When high school senior Jessie Campbell (Nikki Reed) and her tight-knit group of friends begin to receive a series of foreboding email chain letters, they have no idea the terror that awaits them.
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A maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail.A maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail.A maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
24,921
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    • Director
      • Deon Taylor
    • Writers
      • Deon Taylor
      • Michael J. Pagan
      • Thomas Fenton(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Nikki Reed
      • Keith David
      • Brad Dourif
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Deon Taylor
    • Writers
      • Deon Taylor
      • Michael J. Pagan
      • Thomas Fenton(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Nikki Reed
      • Keith David
      • Brad Dourif
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 65User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews

    Videos1

    Chain Letter
    Trailer 2:09
    Chain Letter

    Photos32

    Matt Cohen in Chain Letter (2010)
    Cherilyn Wilson in Chain Letter (2010)
    Nikki Reed in Chain Letter (2010)
    Betsy Russell in Chain Letter (2010)
    Chain Letter (2010)
    Brad Dourif, Keith David, and Nikki Reed in Chain Letter (2010)
    Brad Dourif, Keith David, and Nikki Reed in Chain Letter (2010)
    Nikki Reed in Chain Letter (2010)
    Cherilyn Wilson in Chain Letter (2010)
    Roshan Cook in Chain Letter (2010)
    Cherilyn Wilson in Chain Letter (2010)
    Cherilyn Wilson in Chain Letter (2010)

    Top cast

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    Nikki Reed
    Nikki Reed
    • Jessie Campbell
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Detective Jim Crenshaw
    Brad Dourif
    Brad Dourif
    • Mr. Smirker
    Madison Bauer
    Madison Bauer
    • Jane Campbell
    Mark S. Allen
    Mark S. Allen
    • TV Announcer
    Phil Austin
    Phil Austin
    • Jeff Campbell
    Michael Bailey Smith
    Michael Bailey Smith
    • Chain Man
    Michael J. Pagan
    • Michael Grant
    Matt Cohen
    Matt Cohen
    • Johnny Jones
    David Zahedian
    David Zahedian
    • Brad
    Cherilyn Wilson
    Cherilyn Wilson
    • Rachel Conners
    Cody Kasch
    Cody Kasch
    • Neil Conners
    Noah Segan
    Noah Segan
    • Dante
    Roshan Cook
    • Emo Girl
    • (as Roshani Shookla)
    Eliot Schwartz
    Eliot Schwartz
    • Kevin
    • (as Eliot Benjamin)
    Betsy Russell
    Betsy Russell
    • Sergeant Hamill
    Matthew Mongillo
    Matthew Mongillo
    • Priest
    Patrick St. Esprit
    Patrick St. Esprit
    • Dean Jones
    • Director
      • Deon Taylor
    • Writers
      • Deon Taylor
      • Michael J. Pagan
      • Thomas Fenton(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In addition to Betsy Russell, seven other stars of the film have starred in other notable horror movies/franchises. Michael J. Pagan, in See No Evil (2006); Charles Fleischer, in A Nightmare on Elm Street: Alternate Endings - Scary Ending (1984); Keith David, in The Thing (1982); Matt Cohen, in Boogeyman 2 (2007); Michael Bailey Smith, in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) and the remake The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and its sequel The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) albeit as different characters; Noah Segan, in Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009).; and Brad Dourif as Chucky in Child's Play (1988).
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 15 mins) Detective Crenshaw has just been knocked out by the Chain Man and is being dragged across the floor. They pass by an empty cabinet/display by the wall and you can see Detective Crenshaw's hand place or move something into the cabinet. A couple of seconds later his hand moves back up to his waist, all while he is unconscious.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      TV Announcer: We are live on the scene at the Carlson Police Department with a shocking new development in the teen murder spree. A police detective investigating these heinous crimes has now gone missing. Authorities have yet to comment other than to say parents need to stay close to their teens and keep them well guarded till further notice.

    • Connections
      Featured in Phelous & the Movies: Phain Letter (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Feel My Love
      Performed by Dillon F. Gorman

      Written by Dillon F. Gorman

      Published by Chillin' Dillon's Music ASCAP

    User reviews65

    Review
    Top review
    2/10
    Pretty Bad Stuff
    I was looking through Red Box the other night when I rented this load of crap. I saw Brad Dourif and Keith David in the credits so I figured it had some merit, wrong. Hey these days torture porn and teen slasher movies are almost passé. Serial killer movies have grown from genre to category next to Drama or Comedy. No one expects too much from any of these genres but this movie manages to out stupid the worst in each of the above genres.

    OK, teens get weird chain email threatening death if they don't spam 5 friends with a forward of the email. So real steel chains are literally used to dismember these teenagers if they delete CHAIN letter, get it? It was reminiscent of Hellraiser with all those chains and hooks tearing into bodies but minus the supernatural voodoo that made that movie bearable. First off, there is supposed to be some sort of conspiracy, some Luddite anti technology group that is protesting our loss of privacy via cell phone and internet technology. So why pick 5 random teen agers to kill in a gruesome fashion but with no terrorist demands or media frenzy to promote the cause? In all those teen slasher movies the teens did something or went somewhere they weren't supposed to and the monster had some good reason to kill them, like they just had sex or something. But no real motives here, from a cell of supposed warped Unibomber type geniuses who want to send out a message. Then the conspiracy finds some Leather Face Texas Chainsaw guy to do the actual murders, which makes so much sense. Then, for all the yapping about decreased privacy due to things like cell phone tracking, all the teens were killed right at their homes or in their favorite haunts, that took no technical wizardry past a phone book to track them. Then we have a veteran cop who is supposed to be tracking all this but never once does he call in for any sort of backup as he goes rummaging around empty plant buildings by his lonesome in his town's biggest crime wave investigation.

    Finally there is this utterly stupid and gory dismemberment scene that opened and closed the film, literally a repeat. There was no coherent plot and a cheap theme that doesn't even tie the movie together. There was one teen who even forwarded the messages but got wasted anyways as soon as he deleted his copy. It made no sense on so many levels and was simply a cheapest sort of exploitation of an exploitation movie. I also rented & watched "I am No. 4" from Redbox last weekend and that was a turkey too. But at least that one had a coherent if silly and derivative plot.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 11, 2010 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chuỗi Thư Chết Chóc
    • Filming locations
      • Sacramento, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Deon Taylor Enterprises
      • Tiger Tail Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $138,788
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $138,788
      • Oct 3, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $855,185
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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