Leofwine_draca What starts off looking like an old-fashioned witchcraft reincarnation plot sadly ends up being a run-of-the-mill slasher yarn in which teenagers are chased and stalked through woods and shower rooms by a badly-dressed killer who looks a hell of a lot like Ghostface from SCREAM, except just not as convincing unfortunately. He does kill with a steel-clawed glove, though, which is pretty cool. I was expecting a lot more, but sadly being a film made during the period in which audience taste was for all things stalk-and-slash, what can you expect? Another negative is that this is a television movie, so forget any exploitation ingredients as well.Along with the killer comes the mystery identity territory, but all this AND the witchcraft aspect makes for a too muddled - and unconvincing plot. Which is a shame, because the film looks lovely. The colours used are mainly brown and grey and there's plenty of atmosphere to be had from the wooded locations. A lot of the background shots of misty hillsides and skeletal trees are also done very professionally and effectively add to the movie's atmosphere, of which it has plenty. On top of this there's a subtle score which adds a lot to the feel of the piece.Sadly, there are also plenty of unwanted clichés rearing their ugly heads at every opportunity. From the trite - loads of self-referential jokes, which quickly become extremely annoying, to the predictable when the old "cat jumping out of a cupboard" shocker is rehashed yet again - this film has 'em all. The acting from the mainly young cast is pretty professional, so it's a shame that the majority of the characters are clichéd bitchy bimbos and thick-headed jocks who think that a witch drowning is a sign of her guilt (they're supposed to float). Sarah Chalke is, however, a convincing lead and works well with her unconventional character.The ending is dragged into over-the-top territory with a group of teenagers getting ready to burn their classmate who they suspect as a witch - no matter what may have happened, I find it hardly likely that they would be driven to these measures - before the inevitable unstoppable killer turns up for a final attack. And what is it with the town's police presence which doesn't actually show up, despite a couple of deaths and serious accidents, until the closing minutes? It's a shame that this is just a slasher yarn with extra trimmings; with the same setting and a more original, supernatural plot in future it may have been something much better. Instead all we're left with is a fun nightmare sequence of somebody being pulled into a grave by a vengeful corpse and a silly twist ending as minor elements of what could have been.

g404c I saw this a couple of nights ago on Lifetime Movie Network, having never seen it before. This was like, attack of the mid/late '90s big time. Riding the wave of Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Charmed, and even Clueless, I've Been Waiting For You has some elements from all the movies and the TV show I just mentioned. It is just the smaller-budget version.Sarah Chalke is Sarah Zoltanne, a high school senior who has just moved with her mother from L.A. to small town Massachusetts. The moment she arrives she has a bad feeling about her house, which she learns was home to a supposed witch centuries before. She is shunned by her new classmates at her new school for dressing "weird" and for hanging out with the black sheep, Charlie (Ben Foster). One of the popular guys (Christian Campbell) does takes an interest in her, though. I do not want to give anything away, so I will leave it at that.I would bet the makers of this movie, along with the actors, had a good time while making this--it is total fluff. See it and you'll see what I mean. Director Christopher Leitch (who also directed She Fought Alone) does a nice job here. I recommend I've Been Waiting For You, mainly due to the nostalgia of the '90s. This movie is soooooo '90s--the phrases, the jokes--it is pretty hilarious. It is also really fun. Do not expect much and you should enjoy this.

FemmeBikerFaery I saw this movie when I was eleven, and I haven't seen it since. I was absolutely scared out of my wits, now as for the acting- -well it wasn't so bad! Sarah Chalke-who had a small stint as Becky no.2 on the Roseanne show-is very pretty, and a pretty talented actress, I know that the other guy who gave a review for this totally bashed it, but I saw it on T.V one time, and it was good enough for me to go searching about it on IMDB. The Story is basically about a teen age girl named Sarah who is very pretty, but a little strange. She lives with her single parent mother, and moves to a new town where she knows no one and has no friends- -excepting some strange curly headed blond kid-played by Ben Foster from the kid's show Flash Forward ever see it on Disney?-Who has a big crush on her. She likes the hunk in town-Who I think has great eyes if nothing else-played by Christopher Campbell-who just happens to be Neve Campbell's kid brother-Now of course the hunk in town has a super snotty girlfriend who makes fun of the somewhat strange Sarah because she's prettier than she is and her boyfriend is crushing on Sarah. Anyway! There is a serious witch burning legend about a girl that lived in Sarah's house and was accused of being a witch- -thus she was burned! Then as a joke Sarah is wrangled into being the 'Psychic' and some stupid teenage party or carnival, she doesn't have to be wrangled too much seeing as how she's in love with the hunk in town. So Turns out that kid's are being killed, lot's of them, and they die of natural causes--A Heart Attack! They are being scared to death by someone dressed up in a witch's outfit! Is it the dead witch's ghost come back for revenge? Is it Sarah? Is Sarah inhabited by the dead witch's spirit?! WHO WILL DIE NEXT!? Watch this movie! It was made for T.V- -but it is a down right scare-you-to-death, make-your-hair-turn-white! MOVIE! Final words: For a T.V Made flick FIVE STARS!

steena I saw this movie when it premiered on television. (Although I haven't seen it on since... why?)I read the book by Lois Duncan. It was a good book, so I was interested in the movie. When I saw Ben Foster was in it, I became more interested, because Ben Foster rocks! I was slightly disappointed in the ending of the movie. When I see a movie based on a book, I want it to be like the book. It wasn't some minor detail, either. It was the whole ending. The whole whodunnit was completely different than the book. Maybe I'm just a little quirky, and that very well could be, but that's my opinion. As a whole, the movie was still good, and I would watch it again if they put it on.