Cherry Falls

Cherry Falls

2000 "Lose your innocence... or lose your life."
Cherry Falls
Cherry Falls

Cherry Falls

5.2 | 1h32m | R | en | Horror

When students in the town of Cherry Falls hear that a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize that the only way to protect themselves is to begin planning a "Pop Your Cherry" party.

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5.2 | 1h32m | R | en | Horror , Thriller , Mystery | More Info
Released: August. 25,2000 | Released Producted By: Rogue Pictures , October Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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When students in the town of Cherry Falls hear that a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize that the only way to protect themselves is to begin planning a "Pop Your Cherry" party.

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Cast

Brittany Murphy , Jay Mohr , Michael Biehn

Director

Nicole Koenigsberger

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Rogue Pictures , October Films

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David Alvarez Well, although it already has a few years he had never even heard of this film teen horror, but when I saw the name of the sadly now deceased Brittany Murphy, actress who always had and still has for me a special magnetism finally decided checking out.The film begins well enough, with the murder of a couple, a classic in the genre, about to lose her virginity, and maintains an interest and atmosphere more or less to half of the film, which unfortunately has started to deflate both attention and pace to reach a climax pretty weak in my opinion.It has some qualities like atmosphere and made some suspense, the presence of Murphy and Michael Biehn, a scene of self-defense when they practice exercises and left me a little confused when it is stretched over it, I know your but I noticed something odd about the pose and expression of both, finally, they may be my imagination, anyway both do a proper performance before the cameras, the inevitable air that gives the film Scream, and generally an acceptable development of the plot, although this is losing strength as it moves ,.But that can not cover the fact that she has a history caught by the hair, with very few murders and gore if not almost nothing for my taste, a murderer who causes anything but fear and a really weak climax, ¨ the course Hymen Holocaust, which is more light than I've seen in a horror film, and I have seen few precisely.A film that seems to promise something strong and distinct but falls just into something acceptable and entertaining in which the filmmakers never really get to dive into the pool despite playing with an idea and concepts with which if could have echo, remaining as in So a suggestive in some points but routine and predictable in the rest slasher.
gavin6942 In the small town of Cherry Falls a masked murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.The cast was decent if not quite A-list: Jay Mohr as a teacher, a post-Clueless Brittany Murphy as the female lead (and sheriff's daughter), and genre favorite Michael Biehn.AllMovie gave it a favorable review, writing, "Of all the teen slasher flicks that premiered after the wildly successful Scream series (Urban Legend, etc.), Cherry Falls will possibly go down as one of the most creative, but sadly unseen ones in the bunch." Although reviews were generally mixed or negative, Entertainment Weekly gave a shockingly positive one (grading the film as A-). They have labeled the picture "the wittiest, most subversive teen thriller since 'Heathers'." While I am not a fan of "Heathers", this is still high praise.I probably would have expected more from "Romper Stomper" director Geoffrey Wright, but I guess it is a different territory. The concept was good, and they more or less succeeded in carrying a one-joke film all the way through...
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews In the small Southern town of Cherry Falls(no, really), someone starts murdering high school students, with the only clear pattern being that they were virgins. Jody(Murphy, R.I.P., using her accessible beauty and genuine nature to draw us into a lead that's frankly underdefined) tries to beat her father, Sheriff Marken(Biehn, honorable, pained and trying to keep his loved ones safe... does he ever play anything else? That's not a complaint, I love his roles), to discover the truth: Who is behind this, and is the only way to stay safe, to, well, "give it up"? This is not a comedy, firstly. The trivia section mentions a "satirical slant" to this, which I fail to detect. Sure, the convention is that a pre-marital screw is painting a bullseye on your back, and this wants to mimic Scream in being ironic and post-modern. It misses why that film(and to an extent, its initial sequel... and if you want to be charitable, the recent fourth entry) worked; points were made, the self-awareness was used to express both criticism of, and love towards, the slasher subgenre.There is nearly nothing funny(it's excessively dark and nasty in its attempts towards such, for no discernible reason) in this. If it at least had something to say about sexuality and culture, but it falls prey to the prejudices(those being slutshaming and "guys just wanna get laid") that it... wants to mock? If that's even what it's trying. It's not helped by the script sharing the same lack of maturity and strained, repressed(and thus aggressive... rather than natural) relationship with coitus as the caricatures(seen, for example, in almost all of the dialog revolving around it, it being what primarily defines the characters).Beyond that, this is serviceable. It's reasonably fast-paced(then again, it is also only 83 minutes sans credits, or 88 with), with the plot progressing smoothly enough. Acting is good, and there are some potentially effective moments on accout of that. Certainly, the leads are well-cast, playing to their strengths, as I've already gone into some... and deserving mention is the teacher Leonard Marliston(Mohr, using both his disarming charm, and his passionate monologing - the latter seen early, when he chides his class for being heartless in discussing their deceased peers... mirroring the audience's reaction. Huh. Was that intentional?).This is suspenseful and tense, as well as, at times, creepy. There are many scares throughout(proper ones, that lead to something... not the Platinum Dunes "people have ADD, we have to make loud noises and do dream sequence fake-outs" kind of crap), to keep a sense of danger. The death scenes are creative enough, without getting over-complicated, or going into torture porn. They do suffer from over-censoring, so if one is interested in this, hopefully an uncut version will be available. The climax is a letdown. While the twist makes decent sense, it does leave questions that it really had no need to.The DVD has a trailer, which spoils some of movie. There is a bit of strong language, violence and sensuality, little of it graphic, in this. I recommend this to fellow fans of the people in front of the camera. 5/10
Wizard-8 "Cherry Falls" never got a theatrical release in North America, and after seeing it, I think I understand why. Among other things: (1) The characters. There is NOT ONE likable character in the entire movie! The most annoying characters are those of the kids - they are portrayed as sex-obsessed morons to the nth degree. I'm glad I am not a part of their generation.(2) The story. There's barely a story here, and the movie unfolds this limited story in a VERY SLOW fashion. As well, the "surprise" revealed in the climax is not much of a surprise, since the guilty party didn't seem to have any other purpose in being in the movie.(3) The cuts to the movie. The editing of sexual and violent material makes some scenes incomprehensible. While I can understand why they may have had to do them so the movie could play in theaters, couldn't they at least released a unrated version on DVD? Even if you're a slasher fan, chances are you won't find much that's entertaining about "Cherry Falls".