I'm not someone who requires a script to spell everything out or walk me through plot points, but you gotta give me SOMETHING to work with. Location and atmosphere are top-notch. Lead actress very authentic. She just didn't have much to do. Most of the "action" - seriously like 90% - is our lead, Carrie, wandering around a creepy rail yard museum with a flashlight. Unfortunate, because the basic elements were there - location, cool horror premise, good acting, nice cinematography. But at the end of the day, things need to, you know, HAPPEN. And finally when something actually seems to happen, I seriously have no clue what it was. Mood can make or break a horror movie - and this one definitely has mood nailed - but without some sort of structure, the whole thing falls flat. I would actually like to see this re-made with a decent script - same location, same lead, same premise. There was wasted promise here.
45 Reviews
More like bleak-town
Stanlee1072 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This is another depressing dystopian film. It is low budget and criminals in the future are allowed to cut down their sentence served in jail by working in reaptown... Characters are so unlikable that one can not care about their fate. The foreboding feeling elements during this film amounts to a pointless ending.
Bore off
jonerogers1 November 2020
I used to review a lot but got out of the habit, seeing this and another film in past 2 days has forced my hand to write again and mainly to warn others of what dire crap this film was.
There is no point to this film, no meaning what so ever, I sat there thinking what is actually going on? I actually thought I had fallen into a coma or deep sleep, maybe my partner had drugged me and tied me down, no purpose to it is being kind.
My only regret it watching more that the opening credits...
Please do yourself a massive favour don't do it!!
There is no point to this film, no meaning what so ever, I sat there thinking what is actually going on? I actually thought I had fallen into a coma or deep sleep, maybe my partner had drugged me and tied me down, no purpose to it is being kind.
My only regret it watching more that the opening credits...
Please do yourself a massive favour don't do it!!
So bad, I BOO'ed when it was over. I watched the movie alone.
manuelasaez6 December 2020
There really is nothing positive to say about this movie. Everything was just so boring!!! Almost the entire movie consists of dark spaces and loud noises, and when things do happen, it's such a short sequence you aren't really sure what you just saw. The story itself is serviceable, but why make it such a drag? You could have done so much with such an interesting premise, but it just didn't work.
Avoid this movie.
Avoid this movie.
What the hell did I just watch?
mrslathan0928 February 2021
Awful
ferdmalenfant30 September 2020
Craptown
tmccull524 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Our story opens with Trisha Baldwin (played by Dani Colleen) being dropped off by her employer to work as a security guard at a railway station. She isn't there for very long when she hears what sounds like a baby crying. Trisha goes in search of the mystery infant, and instead finds a dark entity. The scene then cuts away to an aerial view of the building that Trisha was in, and we hear her scream in terror. Then we see the dark entity again.
The movie then cuts to local reporter Lauren Weltroth (played by Chrissy Carpenter). Lauren is trying to sell her editor on a series of murders that appear to be related to the railway station that Trisha Baldwin was employed at. Lauren tells her editor that five different women, all hired as security guards to work at the railway station, and all five were either murdered, or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Lauren's savvy doesn't believe in the credibility of the story, and tells her to drop the story and focus on something more newsworthy.
We then cut to Trisha's sister, Carrie, (played by Brooke Bradshaw). Trisha and Carrie are both felons/ex-cons. Carrie manages to be assigned to a supervised work release program, so that she can look into whatever might have happened to her sister. She is dropped off, just as Trisha had been, at Building # 11. After listening to a training message played over a 1940s style radio set, Carrie begins her patrol. She is told that she will be picked up at 6:00 AM the following morning to be returned to prison.
Armed only with a flashlight, Carrie begins her patrol. As she is walking, we see her flashlight off in the distance, and there is the sound of heavy, raspy breathing. Ostensibly, she is being watched by the dark figure responsible for Trisha's disappearance. While on patrol, Carrie believes that she catches a glimpse of something, or someone, and goes to investigate. Again, all that she has for protection is a six-inch flashlight.
The movie then flashes back to a conversation between Carrie and Trisha, with Carrie doing her best to reassure Trisha about their impending jail sentences. The movie then jumps forward again, to Carrie being picked up the following morning, as scheduled. She places a call to someone, asking about the job, but no one answers, and she has to leave a message. Then Carrie picks up a message from a female caller who states that she knows why Carrie is there, and what she's doing. The caller tells Carrie that she is not safe there, and needs to leave.
Carrie's immediate supervisor, Donna, returns Carrie's call, but misses her. Donna leaves Carrie and attaboy-you're-doing-a-great-job message. Carrie then speaks with the motel manager, where Trisha was staying, and asks if Trisha left anything behind. The manager tells Carrie that Trisha did leave a few things behind, and will meet with Carrie to give her Trisha's things.
We then cut to Lauren, who is working the missing female security guards/railway station story, despite her editor having told her to drop the story.
There is another flashback, narrated by Trish, which details that she and Carrie were busted on drug charges, with the intent to distribute. Trisha had recorded this, and mentions having heard a baby crying while at work. Carrie listens to the recording, and reports for work that night. We get a brief, fuzzy glimpse of the dark figure/entity.
Again, Carrie goes on patrol, armed with only a small flashlight. While going through Building # 11, she hears what sounds like someone crying out, and rushes off to investigate. She goes through a red metal door into another section of the railway station, where she hears more mysterious noises. She finds a cat sitting in the middle of the floor in a large room, and briefly flashes back to petting what used to be her dog. She pets the cat for a bit, then goes to a restroom to wash her hands. While in the restroom, she sits in a corner and falls asleep. While she's nodding off, the door to the restroom opens and closes by itself. This wakes Carrie up and she heads out on patrol again. She gets a brief jump scares that turns out to be nothing, then has a cigarette as she waits to be picked up the next morning.
Carrie receives another call from the woman who had left her the message with the warning. This time, the caller advises Carrie to find her way into the basement at the railway station, and then to locate a specific box. When she finds the box, she should listen to what she finds inside of it.
That night while on patrol, Carrie goes looking for the entrance to the basement. The caller warned her that it would not be easy to find, but that she should try until she does find it. Carrie searches the railway station, and while she does so, she hears mysterious noises and catches brief glimpses of something moving in the shadows. Eventually, Carrie finds the steps leading down into the basement. She finds a lightswitch and turns it on, illuminating most of the basement. She eventually finds a box with an old cassette recorder/player, and a cassette tape.
Carrie listens to the tape, which refers to a very specific incident of a young girl having gone missing. A local man named Warren Verne is considered a suspect in her disappearance. The locals tracked Verne down, and found him eating the missing girl. Suddenly on the tape, a woman named Susan begins to choke violently.
After listening to the tape, Carrie calls her boss, Donna, and tries to quit. Donna threatens Carrie with greater jail time if she quits, and so she agrees to stay on the job. That night, Carrie goes back into the basement and returns the tape and player. While in the basement, she hears a baby crying. She then inadvertantly runs into the figure of a man covered in soot, whose mouth and chin are slicked with blood.
Carrie runs, fleeing the basement and gets back to the ground floor, where she hears the baby crying again. Then she sees Mr. Bloody Face, who locks her in Building # 11. As Carrie searches for another way out, she hears more mysterious noises. She finds a door, but it is padlocked from the inside. She sees Mr. Bloody Face again and flees. While looking for another way out, she finds a long trench cut into the floor, but decides not to risk going into it, and backtracks her way away from the trench. She wanders around the various railroad cars stored in Building # 11, and finds another door. Before she can open it, Mr. Bloody Face shows up. Carrir starts screaming. Then, we see her outside, in the daylight, being picked up.
Carrie calls the reporter, Lauren, and tells her that she is going to Las Vegas. Lauren encourages her to go, and says that she'll meet Carrie there. She knows EVERYTHING, and wants to help Carrie out.
We then see a new person, a young woman named Cassie, who has been hired by the railroad to work security, as Trisha and Carrie had done. The End.
So, for some reason, Mr. Bloody Face didn't kill Carrie, and Lauren knows why. She also knows what happened to Trisha and the women that went missing before her. Lauren knows all of these things, but you, as the viewer, aren't made privvy to any of it. The movie just ends. We don't really know what happened to Trisha and the others. We don't know why Mr. Bloody Face didn't kill Carrie. We don't know how Carrie was able to finagle her way out of the work release program, and her prison sentence, to get to go to Las Vegas, but reporter Lauren knows all. Roll credits.
If this means that there will be a sequel, I won't waste my time on it as I had done with this piece of crap.
The movie then cuts to local reporter Lauren Weltroth (played by Chrissy Carpenter). Lauren is trying to sell her editor on a series of murders that appear to be related to the railway station that Trisha Baldwin was employed at. Lauren tells her editor that five different women, all hired as security guards to work at the railway station, and all five were either murdered, or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Lauren's savvy doesn't believe in the credibility of the story, and tells her to drop the story and focus on something more newsworthy.
We then cut to Trisha's sister, Carrie, (played by Brooke Bradshaw). Trisha and Carrie are both felons/ex-cons. Carrie manages to be assigned to a supervised work release program, so that she can look into whatever might have happened to her sister. She is dropped off, just as Trisha had been, at Building # 11. After listening to a training message played over a 1940s style radio set, Carrie begins her patrol. She is told that she will be picked up at 6:00 AM the following morning to be returned to prison.
Armed only with a flashlight, Carrie begins her patrol. As she is walking, we see her flashlight off in the distance, and there is the sound of heavy, raspy breathing. Ostensibly, she is being watched by the dark figure responsible for Trisha's disappearance. While on patrol, Carrie believes that she catches a glimpse of something, or someone, and goes to investigate. Again, all that she has for protection is a six-inch flashlight.
The movie then flashes back to a conversation between Carrie and Trisha, with Carrie doing her best to reassure Trisha about their impending jail sentences. The movie then jumps forward again, to Carrie being picked up the following morning, as scheduled. She places a call to someone, asking about the job, but no one answers, and she has to leave a message. Then Carrie picks up a message from a female caller who states that she knows why Carrie is there, and what she's doing. The caller tells Carrie that she is not safe there, and needs to leave.
Carrie's immediate supervisor, Donna, returns Carrie's call, but misses her. Donna leaves Carrie and attaboy-you're-doing-a-great-job message. Carrie then speaks with the motel manager, where Trisha was staying, and asks if Trisha left anything behind. The manager tells Carrie that Trisha did leave a few things behind, and will meet with Carrie to give her Trisha's things.
We then cut to Lauren, who is working the missing female security guards/railway station story, despite her editor having told her to drop the story.
There is another flashback, narrated by Trish, which details that she and Carrie were busted on drug charges, with the intent to distribute. Trisha had recorded this, and mentions having heard a baby crying while at work. Carrie listens to the recording, and reports for work that night. We get a brief, fuzzy glimpse of the dark figure/entity.
Again, Carrie goes on patrol, armed with only a small flashlight. While going through Building # 11, she hears what sounds like someone crying out, and rushes off to investigate. She goes through a red metal door into another section of the railway station, where she hears more mysterious noises. She finds a cat sitting in the middle of the floor in a large room, and briefly flashes back to petting what used to be her dog. She pets the cat for a bit, then goes to a restroom to wash her hands. While in the restroom, she sits in a corner and falls asleep. While she's nodding off, the door to the restroom opens and closes by itself. This wakes Carrie up and she heads out on patrol again. She gets a brief jump scares that turns out to be nothing, then has a cigarette as she waits to be picked up the next morning.
Carrie receives another call from the woman who had left her the message with the warning. This time, the caller advises Carrie to find her way into the basement at the railway station, and then to locate a specific box. When she finds the box, she should listen to what she finds inside of it.
That night while on patrol, Carrie goes looking for the entrance to the basement. The caller warned her that it would not be easy to find, but that she should try until she does find it. Carrie searches the railway station, and while she does so, she hears mysterious noises and catches brief glimpses of something moving in the shadows. Eventually, Carrie finds the steps leading down into the basement. She finds a lightswitch and turns it on, illuminating most of the basement. She eventually finds a box with an old cassette recorder/player, and a cassette tape.
Carrie listens to the tape, which refers to a very specific incident of a young girl having gone missing. A local man named Warren Verne is considered a suspect in her disappearance. The locals tracked Verne down, and found him eating the missing girl. Suddenly on the tape, a woman named Susan begins to choke violently.
After listening to the tape, Carrie calls her boss, Donna, and tries to quit. Donna threatens Carrie with greater jail time if she quits, and so she agrees to stay on the job. That night, Carrie goes back into the basement and returns the tape and player. While in the basement, she hears a baby crying. She then inadvertantly runs into the figure of a man covered in soot, whose mouth and chin are slicked with blood.
Carrie runs, fleeing the basement and gets back to the ground floor, where she hears the baby crying again. Then she sees Mr. Bloody Face, who locks her in Building # 11. As Carrie searches for another way out, she hears more mysterious noises. She finds a door, but it is padlocked from the inside. She sees Mr. Bloody Face again and flees. While looking for another way out, she finds a long trench cut into the floor, but decides not to risk going into it, and backtracks her way away from the trench. She wanders around the various railroad cars stored in Building # 11, and finds another door. Before she can open it, Mr. Bloody Face shows up. Carrir starts screaming. Then, we see her outside, in the daylight, being picked up.
Carrie calls the reporter, Lauren, and tells her that she is going to Las Vegas. Lauren encourages her to go, and says that she'll meet Carrie there. She knows EVERYTHING, and wants to help Carrie out.
We then see a new person, a young woman named Cassie, who has been hired by the railroad to work security, as Trisha and Carrie had done. The End.
So, for some reason, Mr. Bloody Face didn't kill Carrie, and Lauren knows why. She also knows what happened to Trisha and the women that went missing before her. Lauren knows all of these things, but you, as the viewer, aren't made privvy to any of it. The movie just ends. We don't really know what happened to Trisha and the others. We don't know why Mr. Bloody Face didn't kill Carrie. We don't know how Carrie was able to finagle her way out of the work release program, and her prison sentence, to get to go to Las Vegas, but reporter Lauren knows all. Roll credits.
If this means that there will be a sequel, I won't waste my time on it as I had done with this piece of crap.
The reviewers who gave this a 10 must have watched a different movie
jstlucas18 April 2021
Oh golly, some people got access to a train yard and made a 77 minute movie, of which 70 minutes is someone running around the train yard at night w. A flashlight.
We kept thinking that something was going to happen, given the creepy person at the beginning of the film, but honestly it was a complete letdown.
After it ended, we said "what the heck, what's this ending all about?" The ending is incomplete, incoherent, and will make you say "couldn't I have just soaked in a tub of ice water for an hour and gotten more out of that?" Avoid at all costs. 2 stars because I used to work for a railroad and I like trains.
We kept thinking that something was going to happen, given the creepy person at the beginning of the film, but honestly it was a complete letdown.
After it ended, we said "what the heck, what's this ending all about?" The ending is incomplete, incoherent, and will make you say "couldn't I have just soaked in a tub of ice water for an hour and gotten more out of that?" Avoid at all costs. 2 stars because I used to work for a railroad and I like trains.
Had Potential
twelve-house-books23 October 2020
Film made with a budget of ten bob!!
martyn056321 March 2021
Wasn't expecting all female (almost) cast
jessicachamblin-1324030 September 2020
Caught this stoned at 1am under new releases. Tagline for this movie really does relate to the main woman. When I read it I thought it was gonna be like a psychological horror. It is not. Str8 up supernatural and builds to a pretty freaky scary moment. Cool exercise in minimalism
Slow-burn supernatural thriller
ECreviews28 October 2020
Super creepy, slow burn thriller that constantly keeps you on the edge of your seat. Filmed almost entirely in a dark, eerie, claustrophobic setting this film has hints of the 2005 thriller "The Cave". Creepy and suspenseful.
Just DON'T. If your parents taught you to trust strangers, don't.
sir-jordan12 November 2020
If you thought you've watched the worst movie ever, you need to watch this one. I would stop after ten minutes or less, but what kept me going was it is only a 77 minute movie.
Skip it while you can. Go watch a banana getting peeled, paint getting dry or anything of the sort. Just don't waste your time and don't get fooled by good reviews.
Skip it while you can. Go watch a banana getting peeled, paint getting dry or anything of the sort. Just don't waste your time and don't get fooled by good reviews.
Up to you
RuckenZucker13 October 2020
should be called reek town ( substract 10 from the 1 star rating )
bilfil-6847917 November 2020
I was the smart one, according to other reviews. and gave up on this stinker right away. the mundane, mediocre and unattractive actresses in this movie, who were poor at acting at best, were enough for me to give up on it. seems like the cinema world is doing its best to fill up a bottomless pit with lousy movies these days.
Liked it fine, until the ending sequence
shaneandamy-1962924 October 2020
This movie was enjoyable. Not great but, I wanted to know what happened next. The ending of this was just a total let down because we the viewers are left totally clueless. Seriously, it's like the left out major scenes at the ending of this. The acting was good and for a low budget indie it could have been one of the better ones but, you can't leave your audience like that.
Worst movie ever
arshadshahzaib-485239 November 2020
Disappointing, Pathetic even.
meganlauriee2 November 2020
I have never witnessed such an awful Horror film in my entire life the story line was not the worst it could have been executed so much better!
The actors.. I'm sorry but worst acting I've ever seen even the voice acting ( phone calls in the film) was terrible too I'm shocked!
Cannot believe this is actually a film, I'm confused how it was allows to be made this can't be serious!
Whoever made this needs to never make another film again or if they do for the love of god pick better actors and actresses (voice included)
Ridiculous. Only had 1 star as 0 wasn't available
The actors.. I'm sorry but worst acting I've ever seen even the voice acting ( phone calls in the film) was terrible too I'm shocked!
Cannot believe this is actually a film, I'm confused how it was allows to be made this can't be serious!
Whoever made this needs to never make another film again or if they do for the love of god pick better actors and actresses (voice included)
Ridiculous. Only had 1 star as 0 wasn't available
A review of the reviews, Trolls are everywhere
berg-7453214 October 2020
We are covered head to toe with 1000 horror movies per year that are nearly identical. Frankly if I see one more found footage fake real, real fake, real real or I'm sure everyone has forgotten Blair Witch buy now or it's not paranormal identity, yes it is I'm gonna fill my pockets with rocks and walk off a short pier or I'm going to find a huge bear and start to poke it with a small stick. The more horror movies with a new plot that doesn't have impossibly attractive people with zero talent the better. This seems real and by real I mean actual people, attractive people that have at least some depth some ability to emote. Is this perfect, no. Is this movie perfect, no. Is this movie good, better than good. The atmosphere is excellent the mood is great how this movie looks is exceptional, the setting is unique and the presentation is excellent. The things I listed are what makes a horror movie good. The fact that from the start you have no clue where it's going and the ride is new and unique in its own right makes it good and the setting and how the story is presented make you feel it it. What the story is about is personal loss and how a person deals with the unknown. It's incredibly easy to put yourself in the lead characters shoes and at least for me it brings back the dread that I had going to a darkens basement alone as a kid, not something that bothers you now but the felling that is brought back immediately the second you see it. The is unconventional, the story is simple and easy to follow and most of what occurs has more to do with what it does in your brain then what happens on the screen. You have jump scares and for some that's a problem but that to is an individual thing that says more about the person saying it than a legitimate criticism of the movie personally I think if someone complains about jumps scares it says to me that that person doesn't like horror movies and shouldn't be allowed to review them. I want to feel uncomfortable watching a horror movie, i want to have that childlike feeling of dread and to need KNOW where the remote is at all times so I have that quick escape. That's what I felt watching this and that's a horror movie. I'm not going to talk about the end at all, how the story ends is never less important then a horror movie. Think about how many open ended movies you've seen, movies that had ambiguous endings with huge plot holes, I'm not saying that that happens here, I'm not saying that at all, I'm only saying that because the ending of any movie is usually the biggest problem people have and that even if has that issue it shouldn't matter. It's the ride that counts and as far as I'm concerned this ride was excellent. It's not the greatest horror movie ever but I was never comfortable, what more could you ask.
Liked it!
baccaruda110 November 2021
Feels endless & not worth it
leah_vaughn-1664913 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
We watched this looking for a suspenseful thriller & got something worse than scooby doo: miner 49'r.
It truly is just a woman walking around a train yard with b-roll.
Just skip to finding evidence & then the last 10 min.
It truly is just a woman walking around a train yard with b-roll.
Just skip to finding evidence & then the last 10 min.
A decent horror movie I watched in 2020
shankarprathap729 October 2020
Slowburn horror
gdalesmith25 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Reaptown is perfect for in depth analysis by people who hope to make a micro-budget independent movie themselves some day. Apparently Dutch Marich produced a very inexpensive film based on his own screenplay, and edited it as well. He also appears onscreen, sort of. Unlike many movies that have a virtual army working behind the scenes as it is made, or during post edit, here Marich is an army of one.
He certainly hit a home run with his choice of setting, a run down railroad equipment repair yard. An eerie place at night, made even creepier with the lighting effects Marich employed. It's possible all the scenes recorded there were completed in one or two days. Same for the motel room segments. Expansive drone camera shots provide a refreshing contrast to that depressing railroad yard, and Chrissy Carpenter adds some sparkle to a generally gloomy atmosphere.
In any case Brooke Bradshaw is quite believable as the ill-starred protagonist. Unfortunately, her role is severely limited by a simplistic script that has serious logic problems. Nearly every film has some, but here they are easy to spot (unlike a Shapeshifter). The last scene she appears in is a perfect example. Baldwin did what she could with what she was given, however, and her performance in Reaptown will be a nice addition to her resume when seeking future roles.
He certainly hit a home run with his choice of setting, a run down railroad equipment repair yard. An eerie place at night, made even creepier with the lighting effects Marich employed. It's possible all the scenes recorded there were completed in one or two days. Same for the motel room segments. Expansive drone camera shots provide a refreshing contrast to that depressing railroad yard, and Chrissy Carpenter adds some sparkle to a generally gloomy atmosphere.
In any case Brooke Bradshaw is quite believable as the ill-starred protagonist. Unfortunately, her role is severely limited by a simplistic script that has serious logic problems. Nearly every film has some, but here they are easy to spot (unlike a Shapeshifter). The last scene she appears in is a perfect example. Baldwin did what she could with what she was given, however, and her performance in Reaptown will be a nice addition to her resume when seeking future roles.
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