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Reeker (2005) DVD Review
Reeker (2005) DVD Credits:
Reeker (2005) Directed by:
Dave Payne
Reeker (2005) Written by:
Dave Payne
Reeker (2005) Cast:
Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Tina Illman, Scott Whyte, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Ironside, Eric Mabius, Marcia Strassman, David Hadinger
Reeker (2005) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Reeker (2005) DVD Release Date:
24th September 2007
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Reeker (2005) Synopsis:

Young strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.

Reeker (2005) DVD Review:

The budget begins to show its face in some of the sequences, giving it a cheap quality that is normally a constant reminder that it is only a movie. This is a common occurance in horror films, which is ironic considering the need for the audience to buy in to the mood and scenarios in order to be frightened. Despite the specific demands put upon viewers when watching a horror film, it seems to be one of the most popular genres in low budget filmmaking. With the advances in digital technology it is becoming easier still for these films to be made, even if the films hardly tend to carry enough believability to make any of the scares frightening. Reeker begins this way, but with the creative addition mystery in the plot. Creativity and uniqueness are the two qualities that can save a horror film, and Reeker manages to recover from many of the production weaknesses that couldn’t be helped.

There is trouble from the beginning when a college student rips off a drug dealer’s stash of Ecstasy for a huge party in the desert called Area 52. A group of students all pitch in to make it to the party on a road trip through the desert and the drug stealing frat boy receives a call from the dealer soon after they have left informing him that they will be followed until he gets his drugs back. This is the least of the group’s worries when their car breaks down at an abandoned hotel and gas station. They can’t get gas because nobody is working but the hotel is open for them to use as is the diner. They don’t think to question the fact that the rest stop is completely empty until bloody corpses run by their path during the night. A man with no bottom half is found in the dumpster and he quickly scurries away into the night. The five students find themselves in the classic struggle for survival. One-by-one they mysteriously die after they are able to pick up a mysterious signal on the radio saying all of the roads have been closed due to some tragedy.

As if the obstacles were not plentiful enough, one of the students also happens to be blind. This proves to be as helpful as it is burdensome when his heightened senses prove useful in anticipating an attack from the mysterious assailant. The DVD contains a photo gallery and trailer, but the making-of feature is by far the only feature even worth watching, but it gets old when the interviews aren’t at all intelligent of thought out.

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Reeker (2005) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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