Quick industry lesson: when pitching a movie, often people will come up with what's known as a "meets" line. An example of this would be "Wrong Turn - it's Hills Have Eyes meets Deliverance!" This gives the producers or studio a rough idea of what you can compare this 100 pages of nonsense to that might make some money.

Why am I telling you all of this? Is it because I'm showing off my industry know-how in a vain attempt to appear smarter than you? Well, of course. But I also realized that movies like Tamara probably usually start off with just a meets line.

Honestly, with all the hype this movie got, I figured it would be more than just a glorified I Know What You Did Last Summer meets She's All That premise. Jeffrey Reddick, who also wrote the original Final Destination (a movie I still like dammit, never mind the sequels) and the Day of the Dead remake (which in interviews he claims his script was put through the wringer), seemed to be building a house on a very thin foundation. Sure, we get Jenna Dewan in teeny skirts as the titular vengeful spirit, but when she spends half the time just kind of walking around aimlessly, what's the point?

Trust me, I'm a fan of "your sins become you" kind of movies. Whether it's something like The Item where people are slowly talked into their own demise or Pumpkinhead where a person can literally become their own demon of hatred, I'm usually in the bleachers with a big #1 foam hand. In this case, I just didn't care.

Was it the average storyline? Maybe. Nothing new is really offered. It also could've been the blatant no-showing of some of the kills - guys, it's an R rated flick about a hot woman killing people in a high school. What is the problem? Speaking of hot females, Tamara was cute and all, but man her voice drove me nuts. Maybe that's why everyone started offing themselves.

Just like in She's All That, pretending stupidly hot Jenna Dewan is ugly by making her hair stringy and giving her dumpy clothes and giving he a few "nerd" lines just really doesn't work. I have to say after a while I realized Chloe was cuter - though that might have something to do with Tamara reminding me of an ex-girlfriend. Hmmm.

There were a few good moments - Kisha vomiting up her insides was pretty gruesome, and the typical dork Roger cutting his body parts off was ok. After that happens, we get Tamara whining about her teacher and touching people on the cheek, then a rushed and ridiculous ending. Of course also a tease for a possible sequel.

Way overhyped man. I never bought the buzz for this movie and now I really don't understand. I'll give it a low rental if you're so inclined and really bored but there's not much here to latch on to. It's like hype meets dumb.

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