Forgetting that Google gave me a free month of Showtime as compensation, I started watching it in the final week of my freebie. I stumbled across Reeker.
The opening scene bugged the hell out of me. A woman was driving her family down the highway when she hits a deer. I think she pressed on the brakes once, but mostly she spends at least 2-3 seconds fumbling for the windshield wipers. By the time she got the wipers working and the gore wiped off, she should have already been stopped, because who the hell keeps speeding down the highway with an obstructed view?
I almost did not watch the rest of the movie because of that stupidity. After the movie, it occurred to me that there was a reason why they showed her still driving rather than stopped. It was tied to the fates of the college students that get hunted down and slaughtered like in most slasher flicks.
This movie was a fairly pedestrian horror flick, but as I thought about the ending, I realized that the movie was being rather clever. The problem is that you cannot tell how clever it was being until after the movie is over. So while I recognize the effort the filmmakers made to develop something interesting and neat, you're distracted by how uninspiring the movie looks when the scenes are being played out.
I walked away from this with the opinion that I would not recommend the movie to anyone. I still wouldn't say it was a great movie, but I gained an appreciation for what the filmmakers were trying to do, even if I feel they didn't quite reach their goal.
This movie came out in 2005, and I never heard of it. I'd have to think it was released theatrically, but I have no memory of any trailers. It made not even a whimper. Has anyone else heard of this movie?