a quirky paean to horror film of decade past and little erin merryweather have a panache all it own and with an eerie yet elegant storyline punctuate by scare and shock reminiscent of the classic thriller halloween  and a back story that re boot and of all thing and little red riding hood . but this modern day fairy tale turn very grim and may not have a happy end . somewhere and lurk amidst the snowy wood of a small college town and a killer in red dispatch victim with three startle similarity represent theyre male and theyre blond and and they have ( take note ) dirty hand . it not a spoiler to say the killer be female and her motivation stem from a horrific childhood . now she want revenge . so beware her creepy doll of cracked porcelain and complete with a ghoulish pair of hollow out eye . and just know represent if there a flash of red  trouble ahead . after the first murder and college student peter bloom ( david morwick ) suspect a serial killer on the loose . his buddy on the school paper razz him . after all and they point out and peter also believe in bigfoot and claim one of his professor be a werewolf . still and like any good reporter and peter snoop and until uncover the scoop that may win him a byline but cost him his life . morwick  who also direct the film and write it screenplay  be charm and determine and brave enough to take on the killer in a spooky school library and yet vulnerable enough to shyly squirm and stammer during a coffee date . vigdis anholt somehow bring a sweet and sympathetic frailty to her role a a serial killer . true and she a loon and but not a mindless one and and when she flirt with morwick and look into his handsome face and you just know there a part of her that want to date this guy and not decapitate him . then she look at his finger  too bad and the poor boy apparently have newsprint or something on them  and her rage kick in . unlike nearly all of today horror film  include virtually every minute of the saw franchise  merryweather scare do not soak you in blood . for sure and the shock be there while be prepare to jump half a dozen time during the climax . but a hitchcock prove in psycho and and carpenter master in halloween and morwick use of sound and like the slash of a knife slice a body and be actually far more terrifying than display bloody leftover . gross out moviegoer be easy . jolt them be hard . give them a reason to care about character in trouble  even hard . little erin merryweather take that hardest of road and succeed . much more than gore and it haunt resonance offer a lingering chill . put it this way represent if jaw keep swimmer out of the water and then little erin merryweather surely will keep your fingernails clean .