Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Here is my review for the Horror/Thriller movie Tamara that will contains several spoilers throughout!Tamara stars Jenna Dewan as a shy and insecure girl Tamara who is currently going through high school and likes to practice witch craft in her spare time. She is struggling to fit in socially with her classmates of which a group of them continuously taunt and bully her apart from one of the girls. She also has a crush on her tutor Matthew who is pleasant towards her and sees that she has potential with her work at school. Even though he is married to another teacher Alison at the school that does not stop Tamara's attraction towards him.One day a bully of Tamara's arranges a party and invites Tamara over pretending to be her tutor, the party soon turns out to uncover as a prank which is a violating one at Tamara's expense. She is angry and attacks a couple of members of the group and ends up hitting her head on a table and being accidentally killed. The group ponder as to what they will do next and decide top bury her body and not discuss again about the events that just happened.In the class room some time after Tamara has died her reappears supposedly alive and well and to the amazement of her fellow bullies sits besides them like a new woman and more glamorous than she has ever looked before. Tamara has plans to persuade her tutor to fall in love with her and also to have justice for her accidental death and whether she will do this remains to been seen!Tamara did have some clever and creative plot twists for me and i do like how the film was not just a straight forward Horror film or Thriller as not everything that happens will be expected to the average viewer. I found the way in which Tamara dealt with her victims intriguing as she was intelligent with her decision making and did not have to necessarily extract any violence or death on her victims herself, she also had a new found confidence after her character came back to life and was able to turn the tables on her victims and make them see themselves for who they truly were and also play on their own insecurities.I would rate this film 6 out of 10.

A shy and somewhat homely high school girl named "Tamara Riley" (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) writes an article for her school newspaper concerning steroid use among some of the student body and some people affected by this revelation seek their revenge upon her. So they trick her into believing that her English teacher, "Bill Natolly" (Michael Marsden), who she has a crush on, is waiting for her in a hotel room. Once there they videotape her taking her clothes off and getting into bed. When she realizes she's been duped a struggle ensues and she is killed. But what the students who set her up don't realize is that she is a witch and has cast a spell upon herself which brings her back to life. Only this time she is neither shy nor homely. But she is very vengeful. At any rate, in my opinion this movie was surprisingly good. The acting was fine as was the script and the cinematography. One particular fault was the students generally looked older than what you would find in a typical high school. But that often happens with movies of this type so it isn't anything unusual. And while the plot was hardly novel the film did have several attractive women in Katie Stuart ("Chloe"), Melissa Marie Elias ("Keesha") and the aforementioned Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Worth a watch for those who like films of this type.

This film comes close to being a mix between "Carrie 2: The Rage" and "Urban Legends: Bloody Mary". But, surprisingly, it's even a bit better than those two. Throw in a little witchcraft and the 'never-tell-a-soul' pact of silence from "I Know What You Did Last Summer" as well as some pretty original and gory ways to kill off your victims (with quite a lot of bloodshed) and you get "Tamara", The Movie. It's a fun flick with pretty girls who (another surprise) can act. Jenna Dewan is a gorgeous female being who might be going places if she takes on the right future roles. She can also be seen (briefly) wearing sexy black lingerie (just don't expect her to go all the way ). Sadly, near the end, the whole 'running around in the hospital'-part got a little boring. But still, a fun watch.

Tamara Riley (Jenna Dewan) is your average high school geek, she wears unflattering glasses, frumpy clothes & has just written a damming expose on the high school football team in which several big stars have been exposed as drug cheats. A lot of people dislike Tamara & have good reason to want to see her suffer, football ace Shawn (Bryan Clark) has been benched by the coach for the rest of the season over the drugs allegations & he will miss the opportunity to impress a major scout & he blames Tamara, as revenge Bryan & some of his mates humiliate Tamara & film it. When Tamara discovers what has happened there is a struggle & Tamara falls & dies after hitting her head on the side of a table. Bryan & his mates panic & decide to bury the body & tell no-one but the next day at school Tamara show's up & begins to take revenge on her killers...This American Canadian co-production was written by Jeremy Haft & isn't that bad to be honest with a few good moments & ideas but overall it doesn't really come across as anything that special, the plot about an accidental death & then a cover-up by a bunch of scared teens is right out of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) with the whole female teen witchcraft angle is lifted from The Craft (1996) with a little supernatural horror thrown in there for good measure. My biggest problem is the familiarity of it all, the geeky kid who by some means becomes a stunner & gets her revenge, the teen slasher angle & the whole growing pains teen angst thing as well as a very sedate pace, it's over half an hour before Tamara gets killed & while this time is spent on developing her character we get the idea that she's picked on & doesn't have a very nice life quickly & you just end up saying to yourself get on with it. There are a couple of memorable moments like when Tamara tortures a guy by making him experience what it's like being buried alive, the character's are alright even if Natolly looks too young to be a teacher, it's never explained why Tamara kills the one guy but then only causes a girl to hallucinate her own death & the ending descends into predictable teen slasher mode with Tamara chasing people through the most deserted hospital in the US (are there like no other patients there?) but overall it's watchable if somewhat forgettable.This does actually look pretty good & there's a bit of gore although not that much, a guy is forced to cut off his own ear, cut out his own tongue & stick a knife in his own eyeball, there are worms seen in an open arm wound, there's some blood splatter, a guy is seen with bits of glass sticking out of his neck after being made to eat bottles & a guy has something stuck in his neck. There's no nudity or sex though. The film never really goes into the witchcraft behind Tamara's resurrection or even where she got the spell book from.Filmed in Winnipeg in Canada on a substantial budget of about $4,750,000 this looks good & has decent production values & if that budget is right then so it should. The acting is OK but I suspect the attractive cast were chosen for their looks rather than their acting ability.Tamara is an OK time waster that mixes supernatural horror, teen slasher & teen angst. You could do worse for sure but you could do better as well, worth a watch if you can pick it up cheap or catch it on telly for free.