
A group of unsuspecting teens face a railroad reaper in his desert carnival.... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of unsuspecting teens face a railroad reaper in his desert carnival.
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| User ReviewAndy GJack the Reaper is ok horror movie about kids on bus stuck at a carnival with killer. C+ |
| User ReviewGaspar ONot terribly original or creative, but damn if it wasn't entertaining. For some reason after their bus stops, a group of students go to a deserted carnival in the middle of the nowhere, and then go on all of the rides. They are watched then the railroad reapers starts killing them one by one. To be honest, it is quite entertaining, and there are interesting characters. Not the usual bunch one sees in slasher flicks. Jack the Reaper is by no means great, but it is fun. |
| User ReviewEd COne line summary: Teen murder elimination derby; better than some, worse than most. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Charon High School:' now there is a great start, Charon being the oarsman on the boat that crosses the rivers Styx and Acheron separating the living world from the underworld. The film is a murder elimination derby, so nice telegraphing. Twenty-something actors playing teen characters in high school gather for a field trip. Heather is pregnant by a not ready for fatherhood boy. Jesse's being treated badly by her father. Various bullying pairs are present. One of the girls is deaf. All the idiots on the bus have not completed a paper about the Industrial Revolution for one of their classes. The teacher makes everything clear: do the field trip without nonsense, then pass the class. Otherwise, fail. Mr. Steele gives the first lecture at a location filled with memorabilia from the 19th century part of the Industrial Revolution. He emphasizes the dangers of the iron horse. One of the kids sees a figure by the road on the way there. Mr. Steele later identifies him as Railroad Jack, who is a reaper of sorts. If one has seen him, then he has eyes on you, and so on. On the way back, the trouble starts. The bus crashes. The f word is issued liberally. The cell phone coverage fails. The teacher is gone. The bus driver is gone. Then the kids see the 'carnival.' Sure. The kid who warns about the man she kept seeing on the way is laughed down. They find no one, they find no telephone that works. Are these clues? They get a number of the attractions to operate, and have fun for a while, but then the fun ends. Will any of these deserving teens survive? -----Scores----- Cinematography: 4/10 Camera shake, washed out appearance. Seems to be only VHS quality in sunlight as well. Sound: 7/10 I could make out the spoken words. The incidental music was not the best. Acting: 4/10 All the actors portraying teens gave poor performances. Why not hire absolute amateurs of the correct age and get better performances? Tony Todd was great as usual; that's what the +4 is for. Screenplay: 4/10 Teen murder elimination derby; better than some, worse than most. SFX: 0/10 Horrible. |
| User ReviewAl MJack the Reaper is very simple, almost minimalistic teenage horror / slasher....the exposition is somewhat long, but overall it is good flick, so if you're looking for a way to kill a night with a killer-chasing-teens slasher movie, it's worth a watch..... |
| User ReviewRobert BI just didn't get this movie. A carnival just appears in the middle of a desert and no one finds that odd? Then came the end and I wasn't really sure what just happened. The movie wasn't good enough for me to watch it all over again to figure it out. The Reaper is pretty frightening when you finally get a look at him. |
| User ReviewJohn TMy Rating: 1/5 star; Grade: D+; Gesture: Two Thumbs Down; Status: Closely Worse (Rotten); Emoticon: >:-(. |
| User ReviewAnthony T"Oh no, my twin brother" says the main character when his twin who looks nothing like him dies.... What a badly written film haha |
| User ReviewJordon JTerrible film thank the lord it was a free Netflix watch. I say SKIP IT!!! |