My Soul to Take

My Soul to Take
Not to be confused with My Soul to Keep.
My Soul to Take in 3D

Theatrical poster
Directed by Wes Craven
Produced by
  • Wes Craven
  • Iya Labunka
  • Anthony Katagas
Written by Wes Craven
Starring Max Thieriot
Denzel Whitaker
Raul Esparza
Shareeka Epps
Music by Marco Beltrami
Cinematography
  • Petra Korner
Editing by Peter McNulty
Studio Relativity Media
Distributed by Rogue Pictures
Release date(s) October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08)
Running time 107 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $25 million[1]
Box office $20,976,402[2]

My Soul to Take is a 2010 American horror film, written and directed by Wes Craven.[3] It is his first film since 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare that he both wrote and directed.[4]The film stars Max Thieriot as the protagonist Adam "Bug" Hellerman, who is one of seven teenagers chosen to die.

The film was not successful at the box office,[5] and was poorly received by critics.[6]

Contents

Plot

In Riverton, Massachusetts, a story on the news announces the town is being gripped by the Riverton Ripper, a brutal serial killer. A resident, Abel Plenkov, is making a doll house for his daughter and a toy horse for a soon-to-be-born child. However, it is revealed that Abel is in fact the Ripper when he begins to suffer from what may be multiple personality disorder, and kills his wife in bed. Arrested and shot by police, he is taken to an ambulance while Abel's unborn child emerges and his daughter is rather traumatized by the event. After Abel injures and murders multiple police officers and EMTs, including his psychiatrist, the ambulance he is in crashes and bursts into flames on the way to the hospital.

Sixteen years later, a group of teenagers meet at the place where the Riverton Ripper allegedly died (where the ambulance crashed). Seven of the teenagers are known as the Riverton Seven, for being born on the day of the Ripper's death (they were also premature at birth). Brandon O'Neil (Nick Lashaway) tells a legend about how each year one of the seven must stand against the spirit of the Ripper to save them; this year is the turn of Adam Hellerman (Max Thieriot), who is often called Bug. Despite encouraging and coaxing, he panics over a giant puppet that resembles the Ripper, but the party is broken up by the police, and the gatherers run away. As Jay Chan (Jeremy Chu) crosses the bridge on his way home, he is attacked and killed by what appears to be the real Riverton Ripper. The next day, his body is found next to a river.

Next, Penelope Bryte (Zena Grey) meets a friend Melanie (Shannon Walsh) at the school pool, and is killed by the Ripper. On the other hand, Brandon attempts to harass Brittany Cunningham (Paulina Olszynski) into having sex with him; they both run into the woods and are also murdered, but not before finding Penelope's body next to the burned out ambulance that exploded transporting the Ripper sixteen years before. Meanwhile, the school's Principal meets with Bug and his mother, May (a nurse seen earlier in the film), to discuss his concerns about Bug's unusual behavior and mental health. He also announces his intention to send Bug to a mental institution.

At home, Bug's mean and controlling sister 'Fang' (Emily Meade) has an argument with him, revealing that May is not really their mother and that their father was the Riverton Ripper. Together, they smash up the toys their father made for them. Fang then receives a call and finds out about the murders and decided, with May, to leave the house. With his best friend Alex Dunkelmen, Bug discusses the return of the Ripper, theorizing that he could either have survived the ambulance crash and survived in the woods for sixteen years or taken over the soul of one of the Riverton Seven. Alex confides that he murdered his step-father, who sadistically abuses him, during a fight. Bug goes to the bathroom, where he has an hallucination of Penelope and finds the Ripper's knife in the sink, and Alex is gone when he returns.

A policeman arrives and Bug realizes that May is dead. The Riverton Ripper charges in, murdering the policeman and attempting to kill Bug. He and Fang hide in the closet. The Ripper is startled by a noise and runs upstairs. Bug follows, finding Jerome King (Denzel Whitaker) upstairs, fatally stabbed. Alex suddenly returns, saying he ran away because the cop came, and accuses Bug of being schizophrenic. Doubtful, Bug tells Alex that everything adds up to him being the Ripper. Alex reveals that he is actually the Ripper, but offers not to kill Bug if he pins the blame on Jerome for the murders. Bug refuses and, after a struggle, kills Alex.

Before he dies, Alex's soul returns and says goodbye to Bug. Fang tells the officials what happened and Bug is treated as a hero.

Cast

Production

Production of the film began in April 2008[7] originally aiming for an October 2009 release.[8][9] Craven described the killer in March 2009 as "a figure who lives under the river", eats bark, and lives in the woods since his alleged death.[10] The film is produced by Anthony Katagas and first time producer Iya Labunka, Craven's wife.[8]

3D conversion

The film was shot in 2D. It was only due to the rising popularity of 3D films at the time that the decision was made to have it converted to 3-D.[11]

Casting

Henry Hopper, son of late actor Dennis Hopper, was originally cast in the lead role of Adam "Bug" Hellerman, but was replaced by Max Thieriot after Hopper contracted mononucleosis.[12] Accompanying Thieriot is John Magaro as Alex Dunkelman, Adam's friend who is abused regularly by his sadistic boorish stepfather, Quint (Lou Sumrall).[13] Paulina Olszynski plays Brittany Cunningham, who shares a mutual secret attraction to Adam.[13] Nick Lashaway plays Brandon O'Neal, a "dashing, athletic jock" and "the handsomest boy in his school" who is attracted to Brittany.[13] Emily Meade plays Leah ("Fang").[13] Zena Grey, Denzel Whitaker, Trevor St. John, Raúl Esparza and Shareeka Epps also star.[14]

Release

The film was released on October 8, 2010[15] and ran in 3-D.[11] My Soul to Take was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on February 8.[16] The trailer was attached to Resident Evil: Afterlife and Devil.

Locations

Although many of the main scenes were filmed in multiple rural Massachusetts towns, many of the high school scenes were shot in the then vacant Tolland High School,[citation needed] now a middle school, in Tolland, Connecticut, less than an hour away from some of the Massachusetts sets. The school was re-opened 2 years after the opening of the new Tolland High School. Within that 2 year period the school scenes were shot and finished far before the re-opening.

Reception

Critical

My Soul to Take was not previously screened for critics and has been universally panned by them. On Rotten Tomatoes, it currently has a 9% approval based on 55 reviews, with an average score of 2.9/10 and a consensus of "Dull, joyless, and formulaic, My Soul to Take suggests writer/director Wes Craven ended his five-year filmmaking hiatus too soon."[17] The 3D conversion was also received negatively.

Box office

The film opened at #4 on its opening Friday, but ultimately placed at #5 for the weekend with $6,842,220 behind The Social Network, Life as We Know It, Secretariat, and the previous 3D screen holder Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, in its third weekend. It had placed the record for the lowest opening of a 3D film released at over 1500 venues, claiming the record from Alpha and Omega until Gulliver's Travels[18] claimed the record two months later.

References

  1. ^ Fritz, Ben (October 7, 2010). "Movie projector: 'Secretariat' and 'Life As We Know It' will battle 'Social Network' for No. 1". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/10/movie-projector-secretariat-and-life-as-we-know-it-will-battle-social-network-for-no-1.html. Retrieved October 7, 2010. 
  2. ^ "My Soul To Take (2010) at Box Office Mojo". IMDB.com. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mysoultotake.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-30. 
  3. ^ "25/8". Bloody Disgusting. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/2129. Retrieved September 26, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Wes Craven's My Soul to Take Gets a Release Date". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36574/wes-cravens-my-soul-take-gets-a-release-date. 
  5. ^ Cantor, Brian (October 10, 2010). ""Social Network" Wins Weekend Box Office, "My Soul to Take" Bombs". Headline Planet. http://www.headlineplanet.com/home/2010/10/10/social-network-wins-weekend-box-office-my-soul-to-take-bombs/. Retrieved April 11, 2011. 
  6. ^ . Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/258/. Retrieved April 11, 2011. 
  7. ^ Fleming, Michael (February 12, 2008). "Craven to direct '25/8' for Rogue". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980830.html. Retrieved September 26, 2009. 
  8. ^ a b Topel, Fred (March 3, 2009). "Wes Craven's working 24/7 to finish 25/8". SciFi Wire. http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/wes-cravens-working-247-to-finish-258.php. Retrieved September 27, 2009. 
  9. ^ "My Soul to Take". Comingsoon.net. http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=41932. Retrieved October 28, 2009. 
  10. ^ Rotten, Ryan. "Craven Details the Villain of 25/8". Shock Till You Drop. http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=9794. Retrieved September 28, 2009. 
  11. ^ a b Ryan Turek (May 19, 2010). "3D Conversion for Craven's Soul". Shock Till You Drop. http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=15240. Retrieved May 24, 2010. 
  12. ^ -, Nix (April 17, 2008). "Wes Craven Replaces 25/8 Lead". Beyond Hollywood. http://www.beyondhollywood.com/wes-craven-replaces-258-lead/. Retrieved November 10, 2009. 
  13. ^ a b c d "Casting Breakdown for Wes Craven's 25/8". Shock Till You Drop. February 21, 2008. http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=4842. Retrieved November 22, 2009. 
  14. ^ "My Soul to Take". About.com. http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aa258cast.htm. Retrieved November 22, 2009. 
  15. ^ "Wes Craven's 'My Soul To Take' Gets Release Date". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19576. 
  16. ^ My Soul to Take (2010) Max Thierot, Denzel Whitaker, Shareeka Epps
  17. ^ "My Soul to Take Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/258/. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  18. ^ It should be noted that Gulliver's Travels opened on a Saturday, and thus its weekend was cut short. Drive Angry claimed the record in February 2011, even if you count Gulliver's Travels.

External links

v · d · eFilms directed by Wes Craven
1970s
The Last House on the Left (1972) • The Hills Have Eyes (1977) • Stranger in Our House (1978)
1980s
Deadly Blessing (1981) • Swamp Thing (1982) • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) • Chiller (1985) • The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985) • Deadly Friend (1986) • The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) • Shocker (1989)
1990s
The People Under the Stairs (1991) • Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) • Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) • Scream (1996) • Scream 2 (1997) • Music of the Heart (1999)
2000s
Scream 3 (2000) • Cursed (2005) • Red Eye (2005)
2010s
My Soul to Take (2010) • Scream 4 (2011)

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