The Covenant

The latest teen horror flick is set in a small Massachusetts town, at an exclusive, old boarding school. The premise is actually kinda cool and different: Four seniors, calling themselves the Sons of Ipswitch, are descendants of the town’s original founders. These guys have powers—they can levitate, move objects with their minds, fix broken glass, get into car wrecks without dying—but they don’t fully mature until their 18th birthdays. Caleb (Steven Strait), the leader of the pack, is about to turn 18. That’s when things get all crazy with a mysterious evil showing up in town —a descendent of a fifth founding family that was supposedly killed off during the Salem witch hunts. After the initial setup, the plot loses momentum, especially in describing why the bad guy comes to town in the first place. His grudge just doesn’t make sense. What The Covenant lacks in plot, though, it makes up for in cool-looking fight scenes and a drool-worthy cast.