My Soul to Take (2010)

Some 15 years after the presumed death of a vicious serial killer, children whose birthdays match his supposed "deathday" start to disappear. But whether the killer -- or his tortured soul -- is responsible remains to be seen. One boy (Max Thieriot) knows for sure, but his own connection to the horrific crimes is far too terrible to imagine.

Every once in a while you sit down with a film and after the credits finally begin to roll you just think to yourself, “WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH?” My Soul to Take might be one of the most embarrassing pieces of shit I have sat down and watch. I would not even bother calling it a film, but completely random scenes where the goal was to see who can fuck the shot up more until the next set piece arrives.  It is no wonder Wes Craven tried everything he could to keep it on the shelves. He would be better off pulling a Polanski and raping a child, it would still look better on his resume than this.

I don’t know what was worse the story or the acting, but I am going to give the young adults a minor break because even a great performance would not save this train wreck. It starts off with an old school slasher style opening. Killer kills, killer dies, years later killer returns to finish what he started. Not very original but that was the least of its problems. Its attempt to build tension and create a mystery on the identity of the killer is a complete joke. Scenes jump back and forth without transition, characters act suspicious for no good reason, and some of the most bizarre back stories are revealed that make no sense to anything in the story. It is just an absolute mess that must have been rewritten at least a dozen times before they said fuck it, let’s just shoot what we got and take our losses now.

Now just because the script was dreadful doesn’t give an excuse for the terrible performances that were given here. The two combined to be so bad, it is as if they were meant to go together. Watching them try and earn sympathy from the audience was a complete misfire that only got a chuckle instead of a sob. When the character needed to be mysterious, they were a retard, and when it calls for heroism, we get cheesy situations. If you are ever unfortunate to see this, just watch the character Alex and make a drinking game out of his pure shittiness. This profession is not for him.

My Soul to Take is so terrible, it made myself go back and actually add it to my worst of 2010 list. Normally I wouldn’t even bother but a film this bad deserves that recognition. It needs to be known that this is an infectious disease that will only steal away minutes from your life. If there is one film you must avoid for the rest of your days, this may be the perfect choice. I am ashamed to admit I watched it.  

Overall Score: 0/10