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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 read more...y closed, forcing five young travelers into a mysteriously abandoned travel oasis where they are soon confronted with disturbing visions of maimed travelers. Disturbed by the grisly series of visions and determined to escape the spooky motel and diner before whatever killed the previous customers returns, the frightened travelers soon meet a frantic stranger who claims to have recently lost his wife to a terrifying entity that seems to hover between life and death. As the night falls, a blind grad student with heightened senses proves the only hope for survival as the body count begins to rise and the smell of death becomes too suffocating to endure. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Dave Payne

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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007

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  • November 10, 2011
    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 morete on in the movie after a fairly slow build up. The conclusion of the film isn't quite wrapped up as tightly as it could have been and some people may be left scratching their heads. It's worth a look overall, but it's nothing great.
  • 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 moretmosphere. The picture was great and everything had a dark, chilling feel to it. The performances are solid, no complaints there, and although not as smart as it could have been, the script was still creditable but on a more simple level. At times it may have moved at a slower pace, but the characters helped fill any boredom with sly humor and conversation that it never losses it's grip. There's really nothing here that'll make your jaw drop, but you'll certainly have a good time with this one. It's one horror film you shouldn't miss.

    "When a lonely highway is inexplicably closed, five students sharing a ride to a party in the desert find themselves trapped at an empty motel. Refusing to let the new circumstances interfere with their fun, they settle in only to be interrupted by odd, haunting visions of severely mutilated travelers. The gruesome sightings may explain the sudden abandonment of the motel and diner, but the appearance of the retiree with a missing wife confirms their worst fears. He too has seen the dying people - victims of a killer, one that has likely taken his wife - a killer trailing a dark force of decay and rot."

    Dave Payne(director) has a horrible track record, which is why I'm surprised Reeker was as good as it was. It may not be the most original horror film, this theme has been done quite a few times, but not many horror films sprout originality nowadays anyway. I like to think of it this way - If 90 minutes of my evening watching a movie didn't feel like a waste of time because I was too busy having fun with it, than why complain? Being that Reeker was so simple, and at the same time very smart in choice of direction, there's not much I can blame it for in terms of being a complete suck-fest. Could it have been better? Of course they could have pushed the envelope more, improve the eye candy and raise some jolts, but the end result is still satisfying enough to please and make you accept Reeker for what it is. And
    what it is, is a pretty damn good horror movie.

    Creepy and entertainingly fun. It's a great movie to watch on a rainy night!

  • 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 moredrowning them in flashbacks at the end. It wasn't even hard to "get" in the first place. The characters are also your usual group of prey and the inclusion of a blind character is never capitalised on. Overall though it's a fun slasher that feels comfortable in its second hand clothing.
  • 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 moreonster has some good and some silly scenes, but at least the final twist is kinda neat. No groundbreaking horror material but decent entertainment.
  • February 10, 2008
    It's basically Dead End with serial slasher elements and less tension or atmosphere.
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • October 29, 2006
    I didn't have high espectations about this movie, yet it still managed to disappoint me.

    SPOILERY

    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 moremask was gorgeous, though.
  • 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 mored to finish it and that's when I got hit with one of the best endings I have seen in any horror film ever! I never even had a clue that it was coming. It tied up all the loose ends and weird things that I had just associated with it being a B-movie. Like I said, the acting is nothing special, the story is nothing different, and for the most part this film is "OK", but that ending, I just can't get it out of my mind, it really makes this one worth seeing.
  • 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 moreazy antagonist. I liked it, and thought that it was a smart little horror film for you and your friends to watch for a good little scare. But nothing big here.

Critic Reviews


David Nusair
June 25, 2010
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

An unusually dull slasher... Full Review

Brian Webster
October 26, 2007
Brian Webster, Apollo Guide

Is it dramatically worse than other run-of-the-mill horror/mysteries? Nope. But that's hardly a ringing endorsement. Full Review

Anton Bitel
August 6, 2007
Anton Bitel, Eye for Film

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

Matthew Turner
June 29, 2006
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

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

Rich Cline
May 6, 2006
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

There's one basic problem here: this horror flick isn't remotely scary. Full Review

Brian Juergens
April 29, 2005
Brian Juergens, Bloody Disgusting

A gore flick with surprising smarts and heart -- not to mention a flat-out fun ride. Full Review

Oz
April 22, 2005
Oz, eFilmCritic.com

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

Scott Weinberg
April 11, 2005
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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

John Anderson
March 27, 2009
John Anderson, Variety

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Joe Utichi
July 8, 2006
Joe Utichi, FilmFocus

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