Quick Look: My Soul to Take (2010)

The opening sequence of the film caught my attention; the audience sees a man in his home making toys for his daughter and unborn child, his pregnant wife is upstairs watching the news about a serial killer called the 'Ripper' who is on the loose in their town.  Wes Craven, the writer/director, does an excellent job of revealing this man's fractured personality between an otherwise normal dad and husband, to a cold, blood lusting, serial killer.  However, other than this great opening, the film has little else to offer other than a fairly predictable, typical teen slasher film.
The above noted serial killer is quickly caught in his home, after murdering his wife, wounding and killing some police personnel, plus being wounded himself.  On the way to the hospital he wounds a medic and causes the ambulance they are in to flip over into the woods near a river, and shocker - his body is never found.  This same night 7 kids are born, and now being referred to as the Riverton Seven.
16 years later the 7 kids are, of course, a mix of the typical high school stereotypes (jock, geeks, princesses, minorities, religious type) who then they start being murdered themselves.  The remainder of the movie is spent revealing who is the killer (the real Ripper or a copycat?) as more bodies start to pile up.
All in all a fairly disappointing effort, especially in light of the strong start and reasonable framework for a story.  The main actors were all newcomers or unknowns.  Also, the movie was put in 3D, which may have added "something", however, I watched it in 2D.