Rotten
Too dumb to be scary, too listlessly written and directed to be suspenseful and too unpleasant to work as camp ...
Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com
The Curse of Downers Grove
High school can be murder.
2015 · 1h 29m · Not Rated
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Derick Martini
Overview
The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's especially unforgivable when the alleged Indian curse is only a red herring to distract viewers from the more pressing gender-based violence at hand.
Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A messy hash of teen soap opera, stalker thriller and whatnot whose titular possibly-supernatural aspect is basically irrelevant.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Rotten
The characters' actions remain incomprehensible, even as they're explicitly laid out.
Katie Rife, AV Club
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