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This 2006 movie is nothing special, though it has some “yucky bloody” moments. Hubby and I were eating garlic bread and we lost appetite when we saw some scenes he he he…I think this movie lacks something, but I can’t pinpoint what it is hmmm…maybe because I’m not entirely made curious by the story, though I SHOULD feel that way. That’s why I’ll only give this movie a 6 stars out of 10.

Remember that it’s rated R for violence/gore, nudity and some language.

The Story:

Alison Blanchard (Corri English) has moved to a hospital to learn to be a pathologist. She is allowed to stay there since she doesn’t have enough money to stay elsewhere. The first day these medical students gather, Dr. Blackwell (Derrick O’Connor) tells them to make a group of 4 and choose their cadaver to examine. Alison joins a group of 3 guys that consists of Brian Cross (Scot Davis), Carlos Aclar (Joshua Alba - yes, Jessica Alba’s younger brother), and Rick O’Connor (Jay Jablonski).

When Alison sees the cadaver’s face, she throws up and loses consciousness. Though an atheist, Alison can feel things and she feels that the cadaver didn’t die a natural death. So she’s now “obsessed” to find out what happened to the woman. In the beginning of the movie, you can see the woman (who’s now the cadaver) cutting herself with a piece of glass. Alison’s journey to find out what happened to the woman is far from easy, since there are only a few people who know about the woman’s history. After all, a cadaver that is used for this medical purpose should come from a place far away from that location so that nobody in the class can recognize him or her.

Strange things start to happen as one by one the people who have touched the cadaver die of unnatural causes. Alison begins to doubt her beliefs and she begins to wonder if spirits do exist. Meanwhile, a relationship begin to be built between Brian and Alison. One day, Rick’s fiancee comes to the hospital since she wants to see cadavers. She’s just curious, that’s all. Rick agrees to show the cadaver to her, but when she touches the cadaver (at this time they have cut open the outer skin so you can see the liver and stuff), she feels that the body part is still warm. Rick thinks that she’s just making it up, but then the cadaver “moves” and she freaks out. She goes out of the room and dies of bleeding.

Rick is now becoming depressed, so he’s being treated in a special psychiatric room. After some time, you can see that he’s getting more and more deranged. He gives a note to the ward and asks him to give it to Alison, then kills himself. He bleeds to death on the spot. The note says “You Are Next”.

What will happen next? Will Alison and Rick die, too? What has happened to the woman before she died? Why did she cut herself?