Grim Reaper (2021)
5/10
How to shoot a micro budget slasher in one weekend
25 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This is a typical slasherfilm but without all of the interesting bits.

If I watch a slasher I usually want at least one or two cool kills or interesting characters but this film lacks most of that.

It's pretty clear from the get-go that the director was inspired by Psycho (shower scene) and Halloween (the killer POV shot).

I would also say that I hated the fact that most of the kills takes place during the middle of the day and for that reason it never gets scary or atmospheric, I think the reason why is because they wouldn't have any problem with lighting in that way but if your picture quality is good doesn't mean that your film is automatically good or great. The characters are very forgettable because there's a big problem to know who any of these character's names are. The kills are mostly boring and by that I mean next to no blood or gore at all (except from a really funny head decapitation scene). The mask of the killer looks ridiculous and makes me think it was bought at the closest shop/supermarket in the area. If I have to point out any positive things about this film it would be the dialogue (which is really unintentionally funny at times) and the lighting in the film which makes me think this would be better if it was an action film and not a horror film. I had a few laughs when I saw the police officers in the film because of how stupid they looked.

Also I think I would of found this more entertaining if it was a SOV horror flick from the 80's.

Well... at least it wasnt that long and it had a kind of "so bad it's good" type of vibes to it. Im sure the people who worked on it must have had a blast though.

Only recommended if you like micro budget horror films.

5 out of 10.
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