Rent The Reaper (2011)
2.0 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 23min
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- Synopsis:
As a punishment for failing a test on the industrial revolution a group of teens are taken on a field trip to a railroad museum where a mysterious Mr. Steele (Tony Todd) tells them about "Railroad Jack"- a cold-blooded "Reaper" - an horrific creature who ushers souls to the afterlife and is known to haunt a stretch of desert highway called "Death's Door". On their return they travel along "Deaths Door" and their school bus crashes right beside a strange, deserted fairground. Enticed by the lights and the sounds of this deadly carnival, the teens set out to find help. But terror ensues when they discover the carnival is Jack The Reaper's hunting ground. "Railroad Jack" (Douglas Tait) has been waiting for them, armed with a pickaxe and he has laid claim to their souls. - Actors:
- Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland, Douglas Tait, David Beeler, Chris Bruno, Joel Bryant, Stacey Carino, Richardson Chery, Isabel Cueva, Adam David, Jemal Draco, Mark Erikson, John J. Fischer, Jay Gillespie, Joshua Gold
- Directors:
- Kimberly Seilhamer
- Producers:
- Sally Kirkland, Sheri Reeves, Douglas Tait
- Voiced By:
- Kimberly Seilhamer
- Writers:
- Kimberly Seilhamer
- Aka:
- Jack the Reaper
- Studio:
- Safecracker Pictures
- Genres:
- Horror
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Reviews (1) of The Reaper
Jack the Reaper. - The Reaper review by NP
A bus load of misbehaving teens find themselves in a sinister funfair, but they are being watched by … something, or someone.
Tony Todd, who features briefly here, seems to have earmarked himself a career appearing in films like this. Modest productions that occasionally attempt to offer something new. In that, ‘The Accursed’ partially succeeds.
The usual collection of bratty kids is given slightly more depth than usual, their backstories making them more than the usual cyphers this kind of film usually features. This doesn’t stop them from being irritating, but at least they’re supposedly meant to be; damaged youths, as opposed to permanently drunk/horny teens.
The setting is what makes this stand out. I find seaside towns, funfairs, circuses and the like incredibly sinister when ‘out of season’, or, as here, simply abandoned. The funfair setting is quite well utilised. The story has enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. My score is 6 out of 10.
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