Film Review – Night of the Reaper

Co-writer/director Brandon Christensen remains committed to horror entertainment. The helmer of “Superhost” and “The Puppetman” returns to fright features with “Night of the Reaper,” which hopes to be a little more complicated than the average slasher offering. There’s a lot to like about the picture, as Christensen is attentive to suspense and style, trying to play up threats on a limited budget as multiple characters get involved with dangerous developments in a small town. “Night of the Reaper” loses a lot of steam as it tries to form climatic relationships and events, hurting the overall viewing experience, but it opens with enthusiasm for genre events, giving it a nice push into danger, which the helmer manages to sustain for a good hour before explanations come to throttle any fear factor. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com