"Chain Letter," a horror-suspense thriller, is filming in various locations in El Dorado
County. The movie is being filmed in private homes and at businesses, including Millennium Sports Club in Shingle Springs.
Most of the actors are actors from Hollywood, like Nikki Reed ("Thirteen"), Betsy Russell ("Saw III and "Saw IV"), Brad Dourif ("Deadwood") and Keith David ("Platoon"). The movie is being directed by Deon Taylor, who also was a co-writer on the project with Michael Pagan, Diana Erwin and Rom Fenton.
Deon Taylor, who lives locally and in Los Angeles, also filmed "The Hustle" starring Charlie Murphy, locally earlier this year and filmed "7eventy 5ive" in Sacramento two years ago. 
Re: Sacramento Business Journal - by Mark Anderson Staff writer
Horror flick filming in El Dorado County
Chain Letter Movie
Some ideas just scream for a film to be made about them. It looks like the crew from the Saw series of films are going to do a horror movie about naughty teens that don’t complete their chain letters! We get the scoop this morning from the elder caves of Yahoo:
Nikki Reed, Noah Segan, Keith David and “Saw III” and “Saw IV” lead Betsy Russell will star in “Chain Letter,” the tale of a maniac who targets teens when they fail to forward chain mail.
“Saw” producer Mark Burg and Roxanne Avent are executive producing the horror feature, which introduces the chain-wielding killer Chain Man (Michael Bailey Smith). Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, Reed and Segan play his targets. Clifton Powell will play their high school coach, and Russell and David will play the police officers on the killer’s tail.
This sounds like a perfect setup for a classic slasher film as far as I am concerned. I am not a huge fan of the Horror genre, but my preferred poison if I must watch one, is the slasher film. I was a youngster in the 80’s and it was a good decade for psychos with blades. Being dismantled slowly with an edged weapon is a bad night out.
It is the commonality of the weapons that is the most bothersome. Cleavers, axes, scythes - these are items that anyone can get from a local hardware store; combine any of these with a person of mind bent on slaughter and viola - murder! Anyone can snap and start to chop away at others, all you need is a reason, a knife and you’re off to the races.
A chain letter is as good a reason as any for a deranged teen killer. With so much junk mail in our inboxes, this is certainly something everyone reading this article will be able to relate to. Some of the warnings on chain-letters have delighted me in their proclamations of doom and woe, they go into great detail about what will happen should I fail to make my deliveries. A movie where the warnings are enforced will be good use of a common annoyance.
I will continue to hunt for news about his project, and will keep you posted.
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The trade reports that Keith David, Betsy Russell(Saw III, Saw IV), Nikki Reed & Noah Segan have all joined the cast of the upcoming horror film CHAIN LETTER. The chain-wielding killer, dubbed "Chain Man", will be played by Michael Bailey Smith. Reed and Segan join Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan and Cherilyn Wilson as targets for the villain. Russell and David will be playing cops on the trail of the Chain Man.
Plot Concept: The story centers on a maniac, dubbed the "Chain Man", who targets teens when they fail to forward chain mail.
Director
Deon Taylor
Screenwriter(s)
Deon Taylor, Michael J. Pagan
Cast
Nikki
Reed, Noah Segan, Keith David, Betsy Russell, Michael Bailey
Smith, Clifton Powell, Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn
Wilson
Release Date: TBA
Release: Wide
Synopsis: From the producers of "Saw" comes the horror feature,
which introduces the chain-wielding killer 'Chain Man' (Michael Bailey Smith).
Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, Reed and Segan
play his targets. Clifton Powell will play their high school coach, and Russell
and David will play the police officers on the killer's tail.
Genre: Horror - Thriller
MPAA Rating: N/A
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- Familiar Strangers (2007) (completed) .... Allison
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- Cherry Crush (2007) .... Shay Bettencourt
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.... Molly Larusa (1 episode, 2006)
- Addicts (2006) TV episode .... Molly Larusa - Mini's First Time (2006) .... Mini
- "The O.C."
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- The Day After Tomorrow (2006) TV episode .... Sadie Campbell
- The Secrets and Lies (2006) TV episode .... Sadie Campbell
- The Undertow (2006) TV episode .... Sadie Campbell
- The Journey (2006) TV episode .... Sadie Campbell
- The Road Warrior (2006) TV episode .... Sadie Campbell
(1 more) - American Gun (2005) .... Tally
- Lords of Dogtown
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