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Title: Day of the Reaper (1984) Post by: claws on January 07, 2015, 07:53:42 AM This one will most likely only appeal to fans of Director Tim Ritter, or people with a fetish for private super-8mm home movies. Day of the Reaper is about five young women on vacation in Florida, stalked by a hooded cannibal killer.
The super-8 footage makes for an energy draining viewing experience. Its amateur backyard 'filmmaking' at its most tedious (dubbed voices). I don't even think this one counts as a real film. If you hated the quality of those shot on vhs video movies of the 1980s, you'll have a field day with DOTR because, well, super-8mm looks definitely worse than vhs video in my opinion. Surprisingly (or not) this got a limited to 100 copies (!) special edition BD-ROM (!!) release ($30) that is already sold out. (http://forum.blu-ray.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=103115&d=1418265918) I guess ever since Elijah Wood named Tim Ritter as one of his favorite directors it became a hip thing to like (in this case) "crap." For the curious ones, Day of the Reaper is on YouTube for your viewing pleasures. Title: Re: Day of the Reaper (1984) Post by: claws on January 07, 2015, 08:01:05 AM Forgot to add: those expecting a forgotten cheesy 1980s slasher gem will be disappointed :tongueout:
Title: Re: Day of the Reaper (1984) Post by: Trevor on January 07, 2015, 08:18:00 AM However bad that may be, it can't be worse than Tim Ritter's other classic: Dirty Cop, No Donut. :buggedout: :buggedout:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190541/?ref_=tt_rec_tt (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190541/?ref_=tt_rec_tt) Title: Re: Day of the Reaper (1984) Post by: claws on January 07, 2015, 08:25:22 AM Besides DOTR I've only seen everyone's favorite Tim Ritter film Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness (1986) :bluesad:
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