13 Days of Halloween: Night of the Reaper

Yeah, I remember being excited for the release, and then I looked back at my Letterboxd notes, and I really enjoyed it.

And then when you invited me to do this podcast, I'm like, Night of the Reaper, I don't remember a thing about that movie.

So I rewatched it this week, and I'm like, oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes, this is very good.

Okay, okay.

So I feel like the pitch for this movie was, what if Scream took place in the 80s? because i feel uh the story was beat for beat the original screen uh without all of course you know you know it didn't have nev campbell or skeet and

no phone calls

no phone call well no there were some phone calls uh but not like the yeah uh No, instead of the phone calls, you get the video, the camcorder stuff, and the videos that were sent to the sheriff and people.

But that's what I—because the movie really is a typical slasher, and it really delivers there, but also has a cat and mouse mystery to it, which— When we get into spoilers, I'll get more into that, but I feel much flatter.

It's much more of a later screen movie, let me put it that way, than the original screen.

But I...

The way this movie is set in the 80s, atmosphere can really give me days.

So they kind of – it's called Night of the Reaper.

They do kind of set it around Halloween.

So already those spooky vibes early in the fall.

I love movies set like that.

But then when it gets to the world that this movie builds – It's OK.

We are in the 80s.

And I see a lot of people make this debate of, you know, the 80s you see in the movies nowadays.

It's like, you know, you're Cyndi Lauper's.

You're very vibrant colors in the 80s.

I remember is very brown.

And that's what this movie is.

It's darker flannel clothing and the walls are the wood brown paneling and that that type of aesthetic that I kind of remember being.

like my grandparents' house in the 80s being.

And so I feel like it's a lot more of an authentic vibe that way.