Friday, March 6, 2026

NIGHT OF THE REAPER (2025)

 


Directed by: Brandon Christensen 

Written By: Brandon Christensen and Ryan Christensen

Cinematography: Clayton Moore 


Cast: Jessica Clement, Ryan Robbins, Summer H. Howell, Matty Finochio, Ben Cockell, Keegan Connor Tracy, Savannah Miller, Bryn Samuel


College student Deena visits home and is roped into babysitting. The local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence and is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer of another babysitter.

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This is one of the streaming channel SHUDDER’s originals that comes from Canada. this film, please like a modern update of a slasher film though unfortunately it plays like a typical one, not a supernatural/more of the human variety that by the end one unmasked doesn’t really have a good enough or really tight reason for their actions but works just enough for the film.


The film offers a harder opening scene than usual in these films, or there is real threat of children being killed


When can appreciate the homage and throwback qualities of the film? While luckily the film manages to save itself and add some surprises in a third act because everything before it is kind of run of the mill. But what a third act, which is when the film truly becomes thrilling as it kind of saved the film and set it apart from others of its elk. As what team playing at first, but want to start cooking got spicy.


They said in a suburban town everything feels darker than it needs to be as far as atmosphere characters the luckily not visually. Is the film does offer a good set up


In the end, this film pretty much PLEASE still like a beginner horror film, but a little harder than most of the ones I usually suggest if only because of the violence, as this is a good film for those who wanna get into hard and haven’t seen that many.


Casting-wise wise the film is great. Though why Bella throne doesn’t get into these types of horror films escapes me. 


Grade: C 

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