In the quiet town of Ravens Fair, children taunt one another with spooky stories about a ventriloquist whose mind was ravaged by insanity. Mary Shaw was a popular entertainer until she was accused of murdering a young boy. Subsequently hunted and captured by the vengeful townspeople, Mary's tongue was cut out before she was mercilessly killed and committed to the earth in the company of her handmade collection of vaudeville dolls. In the years that followed, the town seemed to be haunted by those ghastly puppets. After mysteriously disappearing from Mary's grave, the menacing figurines would sometimes be glimpsed by the damned in the dead of night - their appearance consistently foreshadowing the death of whoever laid eyes upon them. Entire families were found slaughtered, their tongues brutally torn from their mouths in a sickening scene that eerily recalled the execution of the elderly ventriloquist. Newlyweds Jamie and Lisa Ashen both grew up in Ravens Fair. Now, following Lisa's inexplicable death, Paul has returned to the pair's hometown in order to say his final goodbyes and find out the truth about his wife's enigmatic demise. After being reunited with his ailing father and the aging man's pretty young bride, the grieving widower will finally uncover the shocking truth behind the curse that has plagued Ravens Fair for as far back as he can remember.
The creators of Saw tried to recreate their success with this film, but they missed this time. Fans of Saw will be able to clearly see the signature style of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, but that's not enough to make a hit. The story was weak and lacked depth, which made it seem like they stretched what little plot they had into a 90 minute movie where it could have been a 30 minute short. The acting was average and the ventriloquist dummy was a total ripoff of the Saw Jigsaw Puppet. I can't blame them from trying to cash in on their prior achievement, but this was a poor effort. It's one thing to make sequels of a hit film, but to steal ideas from a film and try to pass it off as something new and original is not cool.
Rating: 2 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg
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