My Soul to Take

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My Soul to Take

R,

2010,

1h 47m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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11%

64 Reviews

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26%

25,000+ Ratings

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11%

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26%

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25,000+ Ratings

In the small town of Riverton, a local legend tells of a serial killer's oath to come back and kill the seven children who were born on the night he supposedly died. Now 16 years later, Riverton residents are disappearing again, making some wonder if the legend is true. Bug (Max Thieriot), plagued by nightmares all his life, is one of the so-called Riverton Seven, and it's up to him to save his friends from an evil that will not rest.

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Critics Consensus

Dull, joyless, and formulaic, My Soul to Take suggests writer/director Wes Craven ended his five-year filmmaking hiatus too soon.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Apr 21, 2011

C

The filmmaker's red herrings prove depressingly incapable of hiding the real fiend's identity.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Jan 5, 2011

There's some malarkey about each kid having inherited one of the maniac's personalities, though Craven never does much with that except to point the finger of suspicion at junior.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Oct 15, 2010

0/5

This utterly mediocre forget-me-now could've been crafted by any faceless serial director at all.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11, 2025

1/5

Wes Craven undeniably earned his legacy in horror, though maybe he should have abandoned his penchant for delivering stories about teens with his Scream sequels.

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Mike Thorn

Vague Visages

Dec 12, 2023

As the second last film in one of the great contemporary horror filmmaker’s careers, it’s an extraordinary example of artistic self-reflection and development.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aug 3, 2023

1/4

My Soul to Take feels like a grave step backward for the director

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Mar 31, 2019

enjoyable movie but very very awful at times

Leia G

Oct 13, 2018

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Han S

Aug 30, 2017

A low point in the career of Wes Craven, My Soul to Take is full of horror movie clichés and belongs on the Sc-Fi channel.

Anakin W

Oct 13, 2014

Stupid, with a weak script and with a confusing plot, My soul to take brings to us a creepy and suspenseful movie with many scares and with an original story.

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Anakin P

Mar 5, 2011

Wes Craven, get a grip!

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Synopsis

In the small town of Riverton, a local legend tells of a serial killer's oath to come back and kill the seven children who were born on the night he supposedly died. Now 16 years later, Riverton residents are disappearing again, making some wonder if the legend is true. Bug (Max Thieriot), plagued by nightmares all his life, is one of the so-called Riverton Seven, and it's up to him to save his friends from an evil that will not rest.

Director: Wes Craven
Producer: Wes Craven, Iya Labunka, Anthony Katagas
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Corvus Corax
Rating: R (Sexual References|Pervasive Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 8, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.6M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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