A college student returns to her hometown, takes a babysitting job, and becomes the target of a masked serial killer.
Halloween without 80s, synth tracks, suburbia, babysitters, imbeciles, and massacre is not Halloween! Here’s co-writer/director Brandon Christensen’s film in a nutshell: the standard, unoriginal yet effective opening sequence sets the tone. Predictable development after that: Introduction of the main characters and their problems, ensuring the killer’s return for more bloodshed. Then, an increase in suspense, thriller and horror by implicating the whole community and their deaths, and enhancing the “whodunit” mystery!
So, is there anything new? No! Do you need to watch it? Absolutely yes! The heroine hears a sound outside, so she leaves the house with the door open to go to the forest! Oh, she also goes to the dark basement, saying, “Hello?”. Really?! Anyway, it is Halloween, and films like Night of the Reaper keep the “celebration of the dead” fresh and relevant, making your problems fade away for just a little while. Shudder does a brilliant job with horrors that don’t require too much thinking and involve a lot of blood.
Its downside is the twists. They bring Scream vibes to the party, but even they have ended up being a visual fatigue, as they try too hard to be smart for their own good, undermining the audience’s intelligence.
Back to Night of the Reaper, forget its flaws and have a blast with it. It’s Halloween!
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