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Californian teen Neil Conners (Creator/CodyKasch) ends up receiving said email and forwards it to five of his friends, including his sister: Rachael Conners (Creator/CherilynWilson), Jessie Campbell (Creator/NikkiReed), Michael (Creator/MichaelJPagan), Dante (Creator/NoahSegan) and Johnny Jones (Creator/MattCohen). One by one they begin to be hunted down by the Chain Killer, while Detective Jim Crenshaw (Creator/KeithDavid) attempts to track him down and save the teens.
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Californian teen Neil Conners (Creator/CodyKasch) ends up receiving said and forwards it to five of his friends, including his sister: Rachael Conners (Creator/CherilynWilson), Jessie Campbell (Creator/NikkiReed), Michael {Creator/MichaelJPagan}, (Creator/MichaelJPagan), Dante (Creator/NoahSegan) and Johnny Jones (Creator/MattCohen). One by one they begin to be hunted down by the Chain Killer, while Detective Jim Crenshaw (Creator/KeithDavid) attempts to track him down and save the teens.
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* BigNo: Michael, [[spoiler: when he fails to save Jessie]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Averted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Michael turns out to be the [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]]].
* BlatantLies: The rule is that you're supposed to send the letter to five others, or you'll die in 24 hours. [[spoiler: So why is it that ''not even ten seconds'' after Neil deletes several messages sent to him, he gets killed?]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Averted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Michael turns out to be the [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]]].
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* BigNo: Michael, [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when he fails to save Jessie]].
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''Chain Letter'' is a 2010 SlasherMovie about a SerialKiller called the Chain Killer (Creator/MichaelBaileySmith) who targets teenagers, by sending them an electronic ChainLetter and stating if they don't send the letter to five others, they'll die.
Californian teen Neil Conners (Creator/CodyKasch) ends up receiving said and forwards it to five of his friends, including his sister: Rachael Conners (Creator/CherilynWilson), Jessie Campbell (Creator/NikkiReed), Michael {Creator/MichaelJPagan}, Dante (Creator/NoahSegan) and Johnny Jones (Creator/MattCohen). One by one they begin to be hunted down by the Chain Killer, while Detective Jim Crenshaw (Creator/KeithDavid) attempts to track him down and save the teens.
Not to be confused with the trope ChainLetter, even though the film centers around them.
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!!Distinct tropes of this film:
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:The SerialKiller chains Jessie to her parent's cars, and they end up killing her by accident when they drive in opposite directions]].
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''ohnny '''J'''ones.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:The SerialKiller succeeds in killing all his victims without suffering any real setbacks, and is planning to continue doing it.]]
* BigNo: Michael, [[spoiler: when he fails to save Jessie]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Averted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Michael turns out to be the [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]]].
* BlatantLies: The rule is that you're supposed to send the letter to five others, or you'll die in 24 hours. [[spoiler: So why is it that ''not even ten seconds'' after Neil deletes several messages sent to him, he gets killed?]]
* BrokenAesop: Technology is bad. Using too much of it and deleting {{chain letter}}s means you'll die a horrible death. ...Wait, what?
* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes: The BoundAndGagged teen at the start of the film [[spoiler:later revealed to be Jessie]] can only move their eyes in helplessness.
* ChainPain: Chains are the primary WeaponOfChoice of the SerialKiller in this movie, seemingly just for the ChainLetter motif. The killer uses the chains both as a whip and as a way to make gruesome death traps. Appropriately he is called the "Chain Killer".
%%* CoversAlwaysLie: See the page image there? Yeah, that [[AvertedTrope actually happened]]. [[spoiler: To Jessie.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** [[spoiler: Jessie is chained to her parents cars, who unwittingly [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe tear her in half]] when they drive off to work in the morning]].
** Johnny. Both his arms and legs are broken by chains, and then the killer uses said chains to slowly ''slice his face open''.
* DeadlyBath: The SerialKiller ends up attacking Rachael while [[BathtubScene she's taking a bubble bath]]. She has enough time to hear him getting inside the house and throwing a robe on to go investigate but ends up ambushed and killed by him as she does.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Both [[TheHeroDies Detective Crenshaw and Jessie end up killed]] by the SerialKiller who [[TheBadGuyWins got away scot-free and is planning to continue, seemingly unimpeded]].
* EvilLuddite: The antagonist is a technology-hating {{Cult}} who kills people by sending them {{chain letter}}s, and offing them if the letters are not sent forward.
* EyeScream: When Johnny gets killed, the killer tightens a set of chains over his eyes and slowly crushes them.
* {{Fingore}}: While [[spoiler: Jessie]] is being dragged down the driveway, she scraps her fingertips along the ground.
%%* {{Gorn}}
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe:
** Half of one victim's body is crushed by an engine.
** [[spoiler: Jessie]] gets torn in half after being chained to two moving vehicles.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The killers. Even though they believe that technology is bad, they apparently consider it acceptable to use technology to prove how bad it is.
%%* IdiotBall: Passed around quite a bit towards the end.
%%* NewTechnologyIsEvil
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Nice job setting off a trap and [[KillItWithFire roasting Kevin Daniels alive]], Detective Crenshaw]].
* ShowerScene: The beginning of the film has a gratuitous scene of Jessie's mother showering, including a ToplessnessFromTheBack shot with {{Sideboob}}.
* SerialKiller:: The antagonist of the film is one that targets teens, sending them {{chain letter}}s and killing them in gruesome ways if they don't forward it.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Remember: never drive and talk on your cell phone at the same time. [[spoiler: You may not notice that you're dragging your chained daughter down your driveway and are about to pull her apart with your car]].
* SpoilerOpening: The film starts out with a BoundAndGagged young girl being dragged down a driveaway and presumably getting pulled apart by two cars. The only difference between the beginning and ending is that [[spoiler: the ending confirms that the girl ''did'' die, and that [[TheHeroDies she was the protagonist, Jessie]]]].
* TeethFlying: Johnny has two of his teeth knocked out after the killer bashes his head against a water fountain.
%%* TemptingFate: "Come and get me!"
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''Chain Letter'' is a 2010 SlasherMovie about a SerialKiller called the Chain Killer (Creator/MichaelBaileySmith) who targets teenagers, by sending them an electronic ChainLetter and stating if they don't send the letter to five others, they'll die.
Californian teen Neil Conners (Creator/CodyKasch) ends up receiving said and forwards it to five of his friends, including his sister: Rachael Conners (Creator/CherilynWilson), Jessie Campbell (Creator/NikkiReed), Michael {Creator/MichaelJPagan}, Dante (Creator/NoahSegan) and Johnny Jones (Creator/MattCohen). One by one they begin to be hunted down by the Chain Killer, while Detective Jim Crenshaw (Creator/KeithDavid) attempts to track him down and save the teens.
Not to be confused with the trope ChainLetter, even though the film centers around them.
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!!Distinct tropes of this film:
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:The SerialKiller chains Jessie to her parent's cars, and they end up killing her by accident when they drive in opposite directions]].
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''ohnny '''J'''ones.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:The SerialKiller succeeds in killing all his victims without suffering any real setbacks, and is planning to continue doing it.]]
* BigNo: Michael, [[spoiler: when he fails to save Jessie]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Averted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Michael turns out to be the [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]]].
* BlatantLies: The rule is that you're supposed to send the letter to five others, or you'll die in 24 hours. [[spoiler: So why is it that ''not even ten seconds'' after Neil deletes several messages sent to him, he gets killed?]]
* BrokenAesop: Technology is bad. Using too much of it and deleting {{chain letter}}s means you'll die a horrible death. ...Wait, what?
* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes: The BoundAndGagged teen at the start of the film [[spoiler:later revealed to be Jessie]] can only move their eyes in helplessness.
* ChainPain: Chains are the primary WeaponOfChoice of the SerialKiller in this movie, seemingly just for the ChainLetter motif. The killer uses the chains both as a whip and as a way to make gruesome death traps. Appropriately he is called the "Chain Killer".
%%* CoversAlwaysLie: See the page image there? Yeah, that [[AvertedTrope actually happened]]. [[spoiler: To Jessie.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** [[spoiler: Jessie is chained to her parents cars, who unwittingly [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe tear her in half]] when they drive off to work in the morning]].
** Johnny. Both his arms and legs are broken by chains, and then the killer uses said chains to slowly ''slice his face open''.
* DeadlyBath: The SerialKiller ends up attacking Rachael while [[BathtubScene she's taking a bubble bath]]. She has enough time to hear him getting inside the house and throwing a robe on to go investigate but ends up ambushed and killed by him as she does.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Both [[TheHeroDies Detective Crenshaw and Jessie end up killed]] by the SerialKiller who [[TheBadGuyWins got away scot-free and is planning to continue, seemingly unimpeded]].
* EvilLuddite: The antagonist is a technology-hating {{Cult}} who kills people by sending them {{chain letter}}s, and offing them if the letters are not sent forward.
* EyeScream: When Johnny gets killed, the killer tightens a set of chains over his eyes and slowly crushes them.
* {{Fingore}}: While [[spoiler: Jessie]] is being dragged down the driveway, she scraps her fingertips along the ground.
%%* {{Gorn}}
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe:
** Half of one victim's body is crushed by an engine.
** [[spoiler: Jessie]] gets torn in half after being chained to two moving vehicles.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The killers. Even though they believe that technology is bad, they apparently consider it acceptable to use technology to prove how bad it is.
%%* IdiotBall: Passed around quite a bit towards the end.
%%* NewTechnologyIsEvil
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Nice job setting off a trap and [[KillItWithFire roasting Kevin Daniels alive]], Detective Crenshaw]].
* ShowerScene: The beginning of the film has a gratuitous scene of Jessie's mother showering, including a ToplessnessFromTheBack shot with {{Sideboob}}.
* SerialKiller:: The antagonist of the film is one that targets teens, sending them {{chain letter}}s and killing them in gruesome ways if they don't forward it.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Remember: never drive and talk on your cell phone at the same time. [[spoiler: You may not notice that you're dragging your chained daughter down your driveway and are about to pull her apart with your car]].
* SpoilerOpening: The film starts out with a BoundAndGagged young girl being dragged down a driveaway and presumably getting pulled apart by two cars. The only difference between the beginning and ending is that [[spoiler: the ending confirms that the girl ''did'' die, and that [[TheHeroDies she was the protagonist, Jessie]]]].
* TeethFlying: Johnny has two of his teeth knocked out after the killer bashes his head against a water fountain.
%%* TemptingFate: "Come and get me!"
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