Hangman's Curse (2003)

You won't get a headache on that one. But if you don't like insects, particularly creepy-crawly insects with eight legs and that bite, please abstain since you have been warned. They are delicious animals but they don't exactly like company, in fact they hate company. The only thing that attracts them is the hormone of the other sex and they bite if they get the hormone but not the individual of that other sex. The film is building some kind of teenage thriller on the model of Columbine High School (ostracizing and bullying those who dress differently and listen to different music mostly, and a little bullying against the weakest, but just for fun to get some money out of them and see them wet their pants), plus all kinds of allusions to Freddy and Scream, and you name it you have it. So under the surface dark rooms with furnaces and pipes and tubes and shafts and many other ventilation, heating or just there for decoration pipes and tubes and shafts and whatever. A wing of the high school is of course abandoned and locked up and there is a curse from a hangman, from a teenager who was so bullied in his days that ended up hanging himself to pacify his own life radically and without any possibility for the bullying to start all over again. Then you introduce a family of FBI agents, father, mother, son and daughter, all FBI trained, who are going to infiltrate the school after a series of suspicious suicides. And you have it. Add to that a good case of vengeance on the side of the first teenager who hanged himself, since hatred survives in the bloodline of a victim and you have it. The end reveals that teenagers, even if they are FBI trained like fooling around with other teenagers, fooling around and feeling around to, though the film is discreet about it. At the most a little bit of same sex hugging and mixed hand holding.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

Can you imagine this: the „Spy kids" (and their parents) try to solve the mystery of a strange curse while working undercover in the world of "High School Musical"? Sounds like a great parody, but sadly, this isn't one. "Hangman's Curse" takes itself serious, and this is a big, big, HUGE mistake!When the film starts, you didn't notice anything unusual for a typical B-Horror-movie. We learn that a secret group exists, called the "Veritas" project, we see a somber student hang himself (lets say we can imagine it, luckily they don't show the poor guys death) and then the local football-players from his High school seems to be cursed by the mysterious hangman. Nothing new so far, but as a fan of B-Movies I was interested and keep on watching.Then we meet the agents of the Veritas project. Actually, they hunt drug dealers undercover. Hm. A bit confusing to me: Why should a paranormal organization hunt simple drug dealers (unless they are Vampires or Ghosts…)? I forgot that point as I realized, that these agents are – a family! Mom, Dad, and two Teenager (sister+brother) are the Veritas Project. While I tried to realize this, they get their next assignment: Working undercover in a High School. And now, the director really lost it. Instead of horror action we dive into the world of a typical American High School with every cliché you can think of! We have all the groups there. The Football Players. The Gothics. The Nerds.I still can't believe that any producer paid money to make such a ridiculous (but completely unfunny!) movie! Why does actors like David Keith ("Firestarter") and Tom Wright ("Marked for Death" , "Martial Law") waste their talent in such a crap? Well, this movie is nonetheless an important film for me. Cause the next time someone ask me "What is the worst horror movie you ever saw?" I can say: "Hangman's Curse!"

I liked this movie. I'm not into Horror because i class movies like saw and stuff as Horror with lots blood...this movie had no language or gore so if your looking for that kinda movie don't get it....it creeped me out mostly because it was playing on one of my biggest if not my only fear(watch to find out if u don't know) if you a big horror movie fan don't except much out of it..if Ur looking for a good family semi horror get it.the acting was good as well. If you want to put thought into it like for a school project. I'm sure you could to. after seeing this movie I'm thinking of doing a book report on the book for English because its not just a surface level value of entertainment but it goes deeper if u want to look at it. Very well done.If u haven't seen it get go see it

This movie was completely off. It isn't even the Christian propaganda element that others have commented on. Well, maybe it is in part. The film seems to preach "if you are different, you must assimilate and then you will be tolerated." I don't really think that is what needs to be taught. Diversity is wonderous. All the geeks, jocks and preps should be allowed to be who they are and learn how to get along.The emotional depth of the characters was unrealistic and overblown stereotypical. The geeks were really the worst stereotyping. The teenagers didn't seem to be dealing with any real crisis except the point of the movie. The acting did not even begin to cover the emotion that real teenagers have.And finally, what is up with the kids working for the cops???? NO WHERE would this be possible. Kids being put in harm's way? It was too laughable.Luckily I bought this in a $2.99 bin. Perhaps someone will give me $.50 in my garage sale.