Hangman's Curse

Starring:David Keith, Mel Harris, Leighton Meester, Douglas Smith (VI), Jake Richardson, Bobby Brewer, Daniel Farber, Edwin Hodge, Andrea Morris, William R. Moses, Margaret Travolta, Tom Wright, Frank Peretti, Liz Schilling, Teresa Suter, Kristin Cowan, Kristopher Higgins, Alexander Deeney, Ryan Flanery, Debbie Kalman
Director: Rafal Zielinski
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Description

Within the shadowed corridors of Rogers High School, something terrible has been unleashed. As fear escalates, a family of investigators goes undercover only to discover you cannot destroy what you cannot find. As students are claimed by a deadly power, Nate and Sarah Springfield (David Keith and Mel Harris) and their two teenage children race to protect the student body from the mysterious forces around them?and from their own prejudices.

Customer Reviews:

Hangman's Curse Film Review.......2007-06-14

I wish to leave my thoughts on Frank Peretti's first film: "Hangman's Curse". Don't get me wrong, but this film, just like so many others, has an incredibly misleading teaser/theatrical trailer. I first viewed the trailer for Hangman's Curse" as a special feature on another DVD and was impressed with what I saw. However, at the time I was led to believe that this was a horror film (the cover art also implies this), but that is far from the truth... I had not read the book that this film was based on at the time I bought the DVD, so I will be unable to relay to you if the movie is accurate to the book or not. I am however capable of telling you that I did not find at all what I expected when I first viewed the film. It is a good movie with a really, really good plot and storyline, it is an action packed movie with its fair share of suspense, but contrary to the trailers' implications, there is no "scary" element to the film at all. I would recommend this film if you're looking for a GREAT story and an interesting, edge-of-your-seat movie, but not if you're making a selection to watch at 3 AM on Halloween.

Good moral, good story, decent acting........2007-05-30

The Hangmans Curse was well recieved by my grade nine and ten english and drama classes. They enjoyed the story and the characters. Some found the acting to be a bit overdone. I enjoyed the story because of the anti-bullying theme. Treating others with respect was a huge focus in the film, however, it wasn't a nagging or preaching kind of movie. When I told my students that it was produced by a christian group, they were rather suprised. As I am not christian, nor are manyof my students, I was worried about bringing the movie into a class. However, on the many recomendations of my students, I finally consented to allow them to watch it and I'm very glad that I did.

A truly good thriller.......2007-05-28

This one kept me on the seat of my pants!

Plot:
The mystery is about several football players who apparently have been cursed by a group of Goth kids. These Goth kids call on the spirit of a previous student who had been bullied so much that he committed suicide by hanging (hence the name "Hangman's Curse").

Good:
What I enjoyed most was seeing a movie that could scare you, but wasn't filled with sex, gore, violence, and profane language.

Bad:
Okay, so the kids were a little too smart for their own good (particularly the girl), and there was some witchcraft stuff brought up. And I have a hard time believing that the FBI would hire high school students for jobs like this.

Dialogue/Sexual Situations/Violence:
None. None. Traumatic situations (several students are hospitalized).

Overall:
On the whole? I would heartily recommend this to people who like edge-of-their-seat thrillers.

Poor presentation.......2006-12-10

When I orginally got this movie I thought it was going to be a horror movie. Maybe a B horror film at it's worst. This movie would have been ok if I was watching it on an "Afternoon Special" and I was 13 years old again at it's best. I also didn't think that this movie would have had Christian undercurrents as well. It would have been ok if it would have said that on the back of the DVD and I would not have watched it. I was very disappointed in this movie.

Hangman's Curse Good Movie PG-13.......2006-08-23

Abel Frye, a troubled teen accused of stabbing a young girl to death, committed suicide in what is, ten years later, known as the `forbidden wing'. Ten years later, students at Rogers High School believe the spirit of the tormented teen returns, as students on the football team begin to see hallucinations of the dead pupil. Nate and Sarah Springfield and their two teenage children go undercover to solve the mystery claiming the students in the school with a deadly force that can only end in tragedy, after finding out you can not annihilate what you cannot come across.

This high school thriller has an important message underneath its mystery, and has a positive outcome viewers can all enjoy.

I enjoyed this movie and its conflict, as well as the bravery of the two undercover teenagers. This movie is rated PG-13 for elements of violence, terror, and brief drug material.

Average customer rating:

Hangman's Curse / The Order
Starring: David Keith , Mel Harris , Leighton Meester , Douglas Smith (VI) , and Jake Richardson
Director: Rafal Zielinski , and Brian Helgeland
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Average customer rating:

Hangman's Curse Film Review
Good moral, good story, decent acting.
A truly good thriller
Poor presentation
Hangman's Curse Good Movie PG-13

The Veritas Project: Hangman's Curse [Region 2]
Starring: David Keith , Mel Harris , Leighton Meester , Douglas Smith (VI) , and Jake Richardson
Director: Rafal Zielinski
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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