Okay so I'm cheating just a bit. Since I knew I'd be moving this week I figured I'd watch two movies last week....JUST in case I couldn't get to one this week. I have a feeling I won't be getting to one this week.
But if I do, I'll post again! I know! You're all SO excited!
Contain yourselves.
Anways, I checked out Reeker on Showtime (Showtime has been a WEALTH of horror films lately!).
A quick overview: A group of stereotypical college kids are ride sharing to a Burning Man like get together in the desert. Unfortunately along the way their car breaks down by an abandoned motel. As they work to get the car up they begin to find terrifying things like people who are now only torsoes and a horrific odor following them. The odor belongs to The Reeker who is a creepy bastard with a BO problem and nasty looking weapons. Chaos ensues.
Not much of a synopsis but then its not much of a story. But despite its simplicity it wasn't horrible. Actually its better than I expected and I did like the slight twist ending that it had. Its hardly an award winner but its entertaining at times.
The characters were very two dimensional but not overly annoying...except the stoner guy...hated him. I especially liked our leading lady from South Africa, Gretchen, who turned into quite the bad ass near the end. And while the blond named Cookie (I kid you not) was a bit bland, she had a pretty awesome death scene in an out house. And for those of you who have seen this movie, did the weird contraption in the toilet remind anyone else of the trash compactor monster from Star Wars?
But honestly? That out house death scene and the fight on top of the motor home at the end did make it worth my watch. The gore is pretty fun too. Not a ton of gore but what's there is well done. Also I did like the design of The Reeker too and if this movie had a stronger story I think we could have had a pretty good Horror villain to add to the top cannon.
I did hear the sequel, No Man's Land: Rise of the Reeker is a lot better than this one. did anyone see that?
3 comments:
Hey, I clicked over here from X-E. I really gig what you've got going on here. You're a girl after my own black little heart.
Thanks, DJ D! We hope you stick around!
Cins:I saw the last half an hour of this on SciFi, I think. I like the poster for it-- better than the usual sassy floating heads you get. I'm curious to see it all.
DJ-D>>Aww, you flatter us! Stick around and read for a while if you can!:)
Stac>>Like I said, its okay. Hell most of the movie I forgot right after I saw it. If it didn't have a death scene in a toilet and a blind guy I probably would have forgotten to review this!
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