awsemadeni Fingerprints. A 2006 horror/slasher movie. I went in expecting a low budget wannabe horror movie.Fingerprints is a story about Melanie, a recovered teenage drug addict who overdosed and was brought back to life. She moves back in with her family. Her sister and dad are welcoming, her mom is a little crazy. Her sister, Crystal, explains the local tragedy to her. 50 years ago, a train and bus collided, killing 30 or so school aged children. According to urban legend, if you park your car in neutral where the accident takes place, the car will move itself across the train tracks to safety. Some people have supposedly seen fingerprints on the back of the car, as if they were pushing it across.Melanie is skeptical of the legend, but when she and her drunken friends experience it first-hand, Melanie starts to believe. Her thoughts are pushed more toward the legend when she sees a little girl, and when she researches the accident, realizes that the girl died in the bus accident. Melanie's near-death experience allows her to see the dead.The plot line and urban legend are top of the class. The film becomes a thriller toward the middle of the movie, but also becomes scarier. Despite a slow start, the movie picks up pace and the whodunit element adds to the excitement.The acting is the weak spot of the movie. Melanie and Crystal have strong counterparts, as well as Penn, Melanie's lover in the movie. Besides that however, none of the characters are believable. Especially Melanie's mom. I could not buy into her character it was so unbelievable. That could be a director's choice or an acting choice, but regardless, it was embarrassing to watch.If you are looking for an enjoyment of a ride, I encourage you to watch Fingerprints. It's on Netflex, and I can guarantee you it won't disappoint.8/10

Raymond Caught this from a movie channel. I don't usually expect much from a low budget horror film, but once in a while there is a gem in between. This ones not a gem. Still, even bad ones are usually worth a look.The story starts off quite interesting. We have a train accident where a bus full of children get killed and a teenager who is back from rehab starts getting messages from the dead. The bus crash in the beginning is indeed horrific and the fact that the leading actress is back from rehab after od'ing from hard drugs was new for me. I'm guessing the fact that she was dead for a while should have had more meaning on the story (think of Flatliners), but she didn't seem the only one who got clues from the dead.The acting is not bad, it's actually quite good. Some of the characters are annoying, but the performances are pretty good if you consider the rest of the movie. Surprisingly, by far the worst performance comes from Lou Diamond Phillips. Scenes with him alone are downright cringe worthy.The movie is a mixture of a ghost story and a slasher and it doesn't seem to know which one it eventually is. The slasher part doesn't work, at least to me the victims seemed pretty random, but I may not have been too sharp while watching. Also people didn't seem to care that their fellow students have gone missing, or if teachers were getting slaughtered in their office. As a ghost story it's better, but still does not deliver. It just lacks the logic of a well unfolding story and the "twist" in the end is not very memorable.There are lots of small goofs or other details that distracted me. Would anyone have his ex-wife named "ex-wife" on his cellphone, for any other reason than for the audience to know the ex- wife is calling? Also the very ending, I don't know if you could call it an epilogue, is somewhat out of tune with the rest of the movie.It's worth mentioning that this is the first horror movie I've seen to use a type face similar to comic sans in the opening credits!

ctomvelu1 Lou D. Phillip stars as a teacher who lives in a small town haunted by the memory of the sudden loss of a busload of children years before. A young woman (Leah Pipes) returns from rehab to her family home, only to encounter the ghost of a little girl who slowly leads her to the lost children and the reason for their disappearance. That part of the movie is OK, and follows modern ghost movie traditions. But some bright bulb apparently decided to also make this a slasher film, with big boobs on display and lots of blood-letting for the JASON and FREDDY crowd. Th slasher segments all tie into the missing children plot, but they were absolutely unnecessary and damn near ruined the movie. We know who the masked killer is way too early, too. Ignore the cheesy slasher scenes, some of which look like they were filmed and inserted as an afterthought, and focus on the ghost plot. You will be rewarded. The ending is a dilly.

slayrrr666 "Fingerprints" is one of the best ghost/slashers around and is immensely enjoyable.**SPOILERS**Returning home from rehab, Melanie, (Leah Pipes) finds her sister Crystal, (Kristin Cavallari) is the only one on her side, as their parents are upset over her situation. When she takes her to a party with friends Penn, (Josh Henderson) and Mitch, (Andrew Lawrence) they tell her about a local legend in town involving a bus of children at a railroad crossing years ago, and immediately begins thinking that the stories are true. When a series of accidents in town has he convinced even more about the stories, she soon learns the horrifying truth about the incident that was covered up years ago, and sets out to prove it correct to the doubting family and unsuspecting towns-members.The Good News: This had a whole lot of stuff worthwhile to like about it. One of the best features is that there's an incredibly strong story to it, one that feels unique and creative while also being able to deliver the framework for a great horror story. The back-story involving the haunted crossing is great, just the sort of thing you would find in a small town like that, and the way it's ingrained into the film is perfectly handled, from the growth of the myth to the different scenes where it's put into practice, are just a lot of fun and really well-done. When it's done to be a part of the film, such as the first two hauntings, it's just absolutely brilliant and creates an incredibly eerie atmosphere. The first one, where the friends stop to test it while an oncoming train approaches with them all frantically yelling to move and the ghosts appear to move it at the last second, is frankly one of the single best scenes in the film. The second one, where the technique is tried by a skeptic and transformed into a believer, is great due to the appearance of the ghostly hands appearing on the windshield due to the dew from the environment is a great tactic that makes it creepy and chilling than it would've otherwise. Later ghostly visions, including the spectacular freak-out in her bedroom when the ghost first appears in the mirror and then beckons for help, then showcasing a series of gruesome images to her, from the hardly distinguishable to scenes of a mouth being sewn shut and decomposing body parts crawling with bugs and maggots, as well as other frightening images that are done in just a few seconds time, allowing for a genuine freak-out that propels the story along even more, making for an absolute blast of a scene. That there's another one done somewhat later, still within the realms of plausibility in the film but done so as to urge along for more investigation following a string of dead-ends through the exact same tactics as before, with the sewn-shut mouth and maggot-covered body parts are just as effective as now, they're shown as to be allowed a clearer vision and just makes them all the freakier. Aside from the creepiness, there's also a somewhat fun and enjoyable action-packed finale that has a lot going for it. With the appearance of a spectacular-looking killer, an incredibly decrepit and worn-down looking basement that makes for a great setting for the action, and plenty of back-and-forth stalking on both ends are all wrapped up into a fantastic set-piece that is just really awesome. Mixed well with the brutality in the wounds and the dirty, disgusting look of the place, there is really nothing wrong with this sequence. The last plus here is the incredibly high blood-and-gore quotient, which is nice to have. There's a multitude of impalings with a metal pole, a razor blade slicing up an ankle, one is visibly shown to have their mouth sewn shut, one has impaled horizontally through the neck and another is run over by a train, among others in here, making this one quite messy at times when it wanted to. These here are the good parts to it.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot to this one that didn't work at all. In fact, the main problem to be had with this one was the frankly unbelievable family life that's portrayed here. From the very start, it's hard to believe that a family life would be in this light. Instead of being welcoming and trying to help their daughter get past it, having them constantly bellow at her for slight transgressions isn't that believable in a family, and nothing at all is given as to why they act like that. It gives off the feel of just being included to add more drama to the film, but it doesn't work that way at all and instead becomes irritating at times. Some of the early scenes don't make any sense either, such as the trip to the party despite being out of rehab less than a week, and the scenes showing them at school don't really serve much purpose, but still, the family life is the big one here that holds it down.The Final Verdict: With a lot to love about this one and a minor flaw to hold it down, this is one of the best entries out there in the genre. Really give this one a shot if you're into the killer ghost films or more modern-day slashers, or just the plain interested, while those who aren't fans of the style should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, some Language, an unsuccessful rape attempt and underage drinking