Simon Says (film)

Simon Says
Directed by	William Dear
Produced by	Ernie Lively
Written by	Bill Dear
Starring	Crispin Glover Margo Harshman
Music by	Ludek Drizhal
Cinematography	Bryan Greenberg
Editing by	Chris Conlee
Studio	Blue Cactus Pictures Dark Moon Pictures Simon Says Productions
Distributed by	Barnholtz Entertainment USA DVD: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	everywhere but the U.S. 2006 U.S. DVD June 26, 2009
Language	English

Simon Says is a 2006 horror film, directed by William Dear (Angels in the Outfield, Harry and the Hendersons) and stars Crispin Glover and Margo Harshman. It was premiered at Fantastic Fest on 24 September 2006 and on DVD in the U.S. 26 June 2009.

Plot

The film opens with a clip from the past featuring two young boys playing with toys. One of the boys picks up his toy and smashes it over his twin brothers head. The film then goes into credits, showing us newspaper articles of the events that happened between then and now.

In the present day five teenagers—Kate ( Margo Harshman ), Zack ( Greg Cipes ), Vicky ( Carrie Finklea ), Riff ( Artie Baxter ), and Ashley ( Kelly Vitz ) -- are on their way to their campsite during Spring Break when they make a wrong turn and wind-up at a grave site where they meet two odd men who tell them a 'spooky' story. They end their story by pointing to store and saying that's 'town'. The teens then make their way into the store while Zack fills the gas up. The four teens meet the strange brothers Simon ( Crispin Glover ) and Stanley while picking up some items. Zack walks in and asks if he can get some coolers and realizes a photo hanging above the entryway, it shows two young boys wearing cowboy outfits and their parents. Zack then begins talking about Billy the Kid and all the killing he did. Well, during this Stanley is orgasmically rubbing the wooden wall remembering his past, in which he is seen killing his brother and parents. As the teens walk out Zack and Vicky rush Ashley out by calling her dog. Before leaving, however, Zack asks Stanley if he has any zig zags in which Stanley says smoking can kill. The teens are then shown at their campsite getting ready to split-up. Ashley jogs off saying she needs an hour of exercise each day, according to her trainer. Riff goes off in search of wood with Ashley following him leaving Zack and Kate alone. In the forest Vicky is seen seducing Riff but it is quickly broken off by Ashley who bumps into them. Riff finishes up and says 'This is wrong.' leaving Ashley alone. At the campsite Zack and Kate are fighting and Zack sets off back to the store to get some propane. Riff returns and starts kissing Kate when Ashley runs past them saying 'Jeez Riff, two in one! I don't care what you do with these other two sluts but stay away from me!' which pisses Kate off. The film then follows Ashley on her run where she is attacked by Stanley. She escapes from him and starts to run when she gets caught on a tree root sticking out of the ground and twists her ankle.

Stanley is then shown cutting up Ashley when a dog steals her hand and runs away leaving Stanley to chase after it. The dog, now identified as 'Reggie B', runs into his owner with Stanley not to far away. Stanley kills the dogs and takes the hand, all in front of the owner. The owner runs back to her own campsite and warns her companions that a man killed Reggie B. Stanley appears with Reggie B is his hands and throws it a tree. A man attempts to catch the dog but is killed by Stanley. Another lady attempts to fight Stanley but is only killed by a hidden dagger and hung with her friend.

Back at the store Zack arrives and finds it empty. This prompts him to explore the store while Simon and Simon make out. He finds numerous bodies all dangling from the ceiling and several newspaper articles. Shocked Zack grabs a few articles and drives away without his propane. While driving Stanley throws Reggie B onto the road and Zack 'accidentally' runs over it, thinking he killed it.

Back at the campsite Stanley meets the four teens and tells them that Simon is missing. The teens say that Ashley is also missing and say they'll help Stanley if he helps them. Stanley leaves as Zack arrives. With Stanley gone Zack shows his friends the newspaper articles. Scared they go their van but find the tires slashed. This prompts them to run into the forest and accidentally run into a cut up Ashley, who Stanley turned into a disc player. The teens all run away and Riff is killed by swinging poles. Vicky finds her way to the other campsite but is killed and hung by Stanley. Kate gives herself in hoping for the best and Stanley leads her to a table that has his dead parents sitting at it. 'Simon' appears and asks for a 'hand' sandwich but has his fingers chopped off by Stanley. Stanley then reveals that Simon has been in a coma for years and he has been doing all the killing. With this information revealed he kills Zack by burning him with a large 'fatty'. He and Kate then share some talk and Kate runs away. Stanley attempts to find Kate only to be attacked by her.

The film ends with a family arriving at the store and asking for directions to a campsite. As they leave Stanley goes inside and opens up a trapdoor revealing Kate and two twins...

Cast

• Margo Harshman as Kate
• Crispin Glover as Simon/Stanley
• Greg Cipes as Zack
• Carrie Finklea as Vicky
• Kelly Vitz as Ashley
• Artie Baxter as Riff
• Blake Lively as Jenny
• Erica Hubbard as Sommer
• Lori Lively as Lani
• Daniella Monet as Sarah
• Kelly Blatz as Will
• Robyn Lively as Leanne
• Ernie Lively as Pig
• Bart Johnson as Garth
• Chad Cunningham as Young Stanley
• Chris Cunningham as Young Simon
• Brad Johnson as Quinn

Trivia

• Blake, Robyn, Ernie and Lori Lively are in this film. Along with Bart Johnson (Robyn Lively's husband) and also Kelly Blatz (Blake Lively's ex-boyfriend)

External links

• Official Simon Says website
• Official Myspace Page
• Simon Says at the Internet Movie Database
• Simon Says at AllRovi
• Simon Says Review on Variety.com