REEKER (DVD Rental Review) - 4/6/06

This is certainly a rare treat! What starts off as a teenage slasher turns into a fairly creepy little chiller which messes with your perceptions and eventually screws your head round. Some very fine touches in the shape of SFX and and storyline lead a fairly unknown ensemble cast with the exception of Michael Ironside in a nice cameo as a possably loopy husband looking for his lost wife. Kids go out to an all-night party and gradually lose contact as mobile phones die, TV stations won't tune in and there is nothing on the radio apart from static. Batteries start to lose power and horrific mutilation victims pass through these wastelands as other stranger things happen. As the tension racks up - the blood really does start to flow and things take a nasty turn as a strange shadow flits in and out of view with a variety of unpleasant blades stashed around it's person. While not quite certain what is happening your liable to jump in a couple of places like I did until the final pieces in the puzzle fall into place revealing just how far off the beaten track you've gone. A clever tale that although derivative deserves to be seen on it's own merits.