Chain Letter is a movie based around an average group of teenage kids who start to receive threatening chain letter emails warning that is they don't forward on the email to 5 different people within 24 hours, they're gonna die. Of course some of them choose to to take it as a joke and simply delete the email without a second thought. This proves to have dire consequences. Detective Jim Crenshaw (Keith David) is tasked with the responsibility of working out who the killer is and what possible motive could be behind the killings but can he work it out before the 24 hour deadline comes in?

I honestly wasn't sure what to expect from this movie going in to watch it. From the generic plot line, to the slain teenagers, everything about it reeks 'cliche'. Gladly i can report that whilst Chain Letter may not be the most original movie I've seen in my years of watching horror it's still very enjoyable. The acting quality is strong, all the lead characters are well fleshed out (as much as they need to be) and the movie's pacing is spot on. Things never seem to drag (apart from the opening scene - pun intended), there is no overly long character exposition, cause quite frankly who cares... We want to see death scenes and Chain letter doesn't disappoint on this front either. Most of the gore is done brilliantly and looks authentic. Chain Letter is not all about gore though. There's plenty of nerve jangler moments that'll have you reaching for the pillow, it can be a heartstopper when it wants to be.

Watch out for Brad Dourif as the slightly kooky teacher Mr Smirker (unfortunate name or what) who has a clear beef with modern day tech. In fact if there's any moralistic aspect to this movie it revolves around the use of technology in our modern day lifestyle. Privacy is not what it used to be as we all know. Thankfully a lot of this intellectualist stuff is kept to a minimum, it's not overly intrusive, if at all.

To summarise if you enjoy watching teenagers getting ripped to pieces and fancy a good nights viewing that not only enthralls you but grabs you by the nuts, then this is for you. Recommended.