A suspenseful and occassionally gruesome slasher with an interesting premise. But despite the eventual plot twist it isn't quite as unique as it thinks it is. A good little indie film though that provides plenty of little shocks and a nasty vicious villain who's revealed quite la... read more
Devon Gummersall,
Derek Richardson,
Tina Illman,
Scott Whyte,
Arielle Kebbel
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Five students driving through the desert encounter the inescapable stench of death in director David Payne's retro-inspired slasher/monster/supernatural horror hybrid. The highway has been inexplicabl... read more
Directed by: Dave Payne
DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
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Flixster Reviews (614)
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November 10, 2011
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June 2, 2009
Fun horror film, although I wish it would've been gorier. It just had the right feel to be an all out gore fest, and I was disappointed how much they shied away from some potentially creative, bad-ass kills. It did however have some standout, creepy moments and plenty of spooky a... read more
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November 7, 2008
Slasher meets the supernatural here but is such really a sickly mixture of many films that have come before it. Though this doesn't harm many of the latest films released this is just so similar it practically gives away its own plot and then treats the audience like an idiot by ... read more
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March 17, 2008
Taking a road trip to a desert rave five young people have to stop in a rundown motel for the night and have to go through the nightmare of their lives. That's not exactly new as far as slasher movies are concerned, but rather well done and with a few nice scares. The bad guy / m... read more
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February 10, 2008
It's basically Dead End with serial slasher elements and less tension or atmosphere.
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June 24, 2007
The CGI is ok for this sort of thing, but, although they tried really hard with it, the monster still looks like something from a video game.
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June 4, 2007
An ok low budget horror. Seen much better and much worse. The twist is a bit similar to a few movies lately, I won't name them as it will give it away.....hopefully we won't see it used over and over!
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October 29, 2006
I didn't have high espectations about this movie, yet it still managed to disappoint me.
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Originality points for the blind guy - but a bad-smelling corpse with a drill as the bad guy, really? "He'll stun you with his bad BO before blendering your brains!" Right. The gas... read more -
September 22, 2011
The majority of this film is your typical, basic, B-horror movie formula. That is, lots of gore, good looking people, and very bad acting. For most of this movie, I was unimpressed, thinking that it wasn't bad enough to turn off, but wasn't good enough to ever see again. I decide... read more
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September 4, 2011
You know, when you hear about a movie called "Reeker," about how a stench so disgusting that it kills people in gruesome ways, you'd think it'd be a pretty bad flick. But actually, it wasn't half bad. It was almost great, actually. It had very gruesome\terrifying scenes, and a cr... read more
Critic Reviews
Is it dramatically worse than other run-of-the-mill horror/mysteries? Nope. But that's hardly a ringing endorsement. Full Review
From its arresting opening to its mind-bending denouement, Reeker proves that the horror genre will always gain from the right amount of Payne. Full Review
The biggest problem is that unless your cinema is equipped with Smell-O-Vision, then the supposedly terrifying stench of the creature is likely to be lost on you, no matter how often the actors screw ... Full Review
There's one basic problem here: this horror flick isn't remotely scary. Full Review
A gore flick with surprising smarts and heart -- not to mention a flat-out fun ride. Full Review
The camerawork is polished, the production values high, the audience sufficiently kicked about, and the blood and guts ever-present. All in all, a pretty darn good effort. Full Review
I could name about a half-dozen horror movies that are very similar in story to Reeker, but this one's an improvement over most of those flicks. Full Review
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