Plot
Strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.
Release Year: 2005
Rating: 5.3/10 (5,690 voted)
Director:
Dave Payne
Stars: Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Tina Illman
Storyline Strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.
Cast: Devon Gummersall
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Jack
Derek Richardson
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Nelson
Tina Illman
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Gretchen
Scott Whyte
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Trip
Arielle Kebbel
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Cookie
Michael Ironside
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Henry
Eric Mabius
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Radford
Marcia Strassman
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Rose
Les Jankey
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Trucker
David Hadinger
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The Reeker
Carole Ruggier
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The Mom
Paul Greenstein
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The dad
Paul Butcher
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The Kid
Steven Zlotnick
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Officer Bern
(as Steve Zlotnick)
Christopher Boyer
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Officer Mansfield
Taglines:
If you can't breathe, then you can't scream.
Opening Weekend: £112,047
(UK)
(2 July 2006)
(103 Screens)
Gross: £233,659
(UK)
(9 July 2006)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
After Nelson jumps through the window and we see the piece of glass embedded in his neck, the prosthetic which is used to attach the fake glass to his neck is clearly visible.
Quotes: Jack:
Smell is the first sense you have when you're born... and the last sense you have when you die.
User Review
A sick mystery in horror clothing
Rating: 9/10
I went to one of those secret test screenings they do here a lot in Los
Angeles. I knew this was a horror, am a big fan, but had never heard
of it. We were urged not to talk about the story until it opened,
especially the surprise ending. If their so worried about the big
twist, then don't screen it!
The movie opens on a family traveling in a minivan demolishing a deer
on the road. Then they encounter a mysterious noxious gas that maims
their dog and nearly decapitates the father. The first 3 minutes is
totally sick and whack.
Then these college kids, strangers, share a ride through the desert. I
especially liked the blind guy and the music obsessed geek. When their
truck breaks down and they get trapped at a motel, the movie really
takes off. It veers into weird, funny, scary, strange to totally
messed up. A psycho ecstasy dealer (who I recognize from "Resident
Evil") is after them -- or isn't he? There are sightings of mutilated
dying people -- including a hilarious and gory appearance of a "half a
trucker." An old man shows up in a RV looking for his missing wife.
And I don't even really need to say it, but, someone or something is
killing them off one by one...
It's the mystery that really makes this light years better than most
horror films I've seen recently. Unlike THE GRUDGE, this one makes
sense. I'll admit, I'm still trying to sort out all the little details
of what really happened. I worked my way back through the movie all
night and it's even better in the morning. Not all the special
effects were finished and the sound wasn't done either, so I can only
imagine Reeker will get even better. Two mangled thumbs up!
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