THE CURSE OF DOWNERS GROVE is a very disappointing attempt at a horror film, one which fails to gather any kind of suspense or momentum at all. Ostensibly it's about a small town suffering from a curse which kills someone every year, but this is mere padding, back story that turns out to be irrelevant to the main story, which is the usual one of teen angst and violence. I was surprised to see that Bret Easton Ellis had written this one. It mainly plays out as a juvenile delinquent-style movie, with lots of scenes of people being beaten up and acting objectionably, but otherwise never rising above the level of a typical indie.
Review of The Curse of Downers Grove
