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If you enjoyed school of the damned you'll enjoy this. For anyone else 90%+ people it's crap, I wonder if Netflix got a job lot of crap films thinking the pandemic would make us lower our standards.
- gurumaggie
- 2 set 2021
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Where to start? I'm about 40 minutes in and most of that was wasted. The characters are unlikable, the sound track is shockingly jarring and bad... We don't have cabins in the woods in the UK. You might find a caravan park or chalets, but we don't have Evil Dead style cabins like that here. We don't hate Americans (unless they're rude etc) and our small pubs generally welcome customers as they're all in fear of being shut down. Was this shot in America with a few Brit actors or shot in the UK with people who hate the country? There just isn't anything to like so far APART FROM (No spoilers) a hilarious scene with hammers - though I'm not sure it was supposed to be funny or menacing? The tone is all over the place, the script is terrible and ripping off a lot of much better horror movies. Is is supposed to be a 'so bad it's good' low budget horror is were they just bad at making it? I don't really care anymore, it's not worth the hassle.
- raven_guest
- 7 set 2021
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One of the worst horror movies I have watched recently on Netflix. From bad acting, to a script written by someone who probably either never visited the UK, or bears a particular amount of malice towards the country. Come on mate, our pubs aren't really that unfriendly to begin with. And I say this having actually gone to some pretty remote parts of the country. Pubs are quite welcoming, and no one hates Americans!
- siddhartha-ghosh-in
- 4 set 2021
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- nogodnomasters
- 16 lug 2019
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- johannes2000-1
- 11 ott 2021
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I'm not sure if this film was meant to be serious. They act so badly that you might think they did it on purpose.
It's so bad I kept watching. God it's so bad.
It's so bad I kept watching. God it's so bad.
- hamburgerin-88057
- 29 set 2021
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- markbreen-72572
- 17 set 2021
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It's difficult to know where to start with a film like this. All aspects of it are absolutely abysmal. It's only redemption comes by default which is the laugh out loud moments it delivers when the tension should be at it's peak. If you want a lazy script full of clichés, delivered by a bunch of unlikeable characters, over an awful soundtrack that didn't fit in, with 10 bob special effects then this is for you. Personally I found it an insult to the genre I love.
- smilingontim
- 8 set 2021
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Soul Reaper: This film had potential: an English pub called The Jolly Hangman, full of odd locals; a gathering at a cabin in he woods. A well meaning Psychotic killer dispatching people with a hammer, Occult Rituals. Even a Gateway to Hell. But the whole thing is a mess, just does't hang together and the effects are wanting. Somehow it kept me watching until the end. Directed/Co-Written by Bob Pipe. On Netflix. 3/10.
Wait... horror? Not to close!
Close to ridiculous I say! Not even a sense of British humor (someone wrote it). Amateur, low budget, horrible effects, plot and cast.
One star cause there isn't 0 on IMDb!
Don't bother!!!
Close to ridiculous I say! Not even a sense of British humor (someone wrote it). Amateur, low budget, horrible effects, plot and cast.
One star cause there isn't 0 on IMDb!
Don't bother!!!
- josearmando14
- 19 ott 2021
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If you want to watch a really bad movie, this is it.
It has a lot of great animations. The whole story is just so on point. It has twists you'd never expect. The acting was just great. And the music was the best. I was so scared all the time I could'nt barely watch it.
I can't watch another movie in my life because nothing will ever compare to this masterpiece.
If you really are a fan of horror movies you have to watch it now. Best 87 minutes of my life. It also curred my depression because watching it made me laugh so hard.
I would give this Movie 1000 stars if I were able to do.
Just watch it. Trust me.
It has a lot of great animations. The whole story is just so on point. It has twists you'd never expect. The acting was just great. And the music was the best. I was so scared all the time I could'nt barely watch it.
I can't watch another movie in my life because nothing will ever compare to this masterpiece.
If you really are a fan of horror movies you have to watch it now. Best 87 minutes of my life. It also curred my depression because watching it made me laugh so hard.
I would give this Movie 1000 stars if I were able to do.
Just watch it. Trust me.
- mutzbauermelina
- 21 lug 2023
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In the middle of the British nowhere; a prankster's bachelor party is supposed to take place at a rotten cabin. Instead weird, creepy things start to happen to the guests. Only doomed fools would think it's all a prank...
SOUL REAPER is a British low budget horror movie that has to deal with some of the usual tropes and limitations of indie horror. Yet, this is one of those pleasant surprises that's able to capture the audience's interest beyond all limitations.
Filmmaker Bob Pipe gets the best out of story, cast and crew, all peppered with some WTF-ideas like a male character appearing in a wedding dress, unexpected weapons, twists and turns in the film's story and some well chosen songs.
It's an indie horror film worth checking out and a good calling card for Pipe who made his feature film debut here after his award winning short THE MONSTER (you can check this one out on YouTube).
I'm curios to see what's coming next from him (beyond his great segment in the Christmas horror anthology DEATHCEMBER).
SOUL REAPER is a British low budget horror movie that has to deal with some of the usual tropes and limitations of indie horror. Yet, this is one of those pleasant surprises that's able to capture the audience's interest beyond all limitations.
Filmmaker Bob Pipe gets the best out of story, cast and crew, all peppered with some WTF-ideas like a male character appearing in a wedding dress, unexpected weapons, twists and turns in the film's story and some well chosen songs.
It's an indie horror film worth checking out and a good calling card for Pipe who made his feature film debut here after his award winning short THE MONSTER (you can check this one out on YouTube).
I'm curios to see what's coming next from him (beyond his great segment in the Christmas horror anthology DEATHCEMBER).
- dominik-82602
- 24 nov 2020
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Just awful. Not aur how we lasted 40 mins. Almost hilariously awful, but then that might have made it worth watching. It wasn't. The acting was so cringe worthy, it was painful. The characters were the most mundane clichéd set of people going that clearly no imagination was used. Script was dire. It's not even B movie worthy. More like Z. Could be used as a tool in interrogation it is so painful to watch.
- karentindale
- 24 set 2021
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2 hours of my young life that I will never get back...Always one to enjoy a B movie, I fear I may never stray away from Blockbuster movies ever again. Who the hell sanctioned this? How did it make Netflix? The actors must be mortified....
I feel the producer/director watched the epic "The cabin in the woods" and took a vague and pitiful punt at recreating a great horror.
My god... There was no storyline, too many innocuous characters and far too many shots of random red trees. The effects of the random portal/hole thing in this day and age had my partner howling.
Have a word with yourselves.
I feel the producer/director watched the epic "The cabin in the woods" and took a vague and pitiful punt at recreating a great horror.
My god... There was no storyline, too many innocuous characters and far too many shots of random red trees. The effects of the random portal/hole thing in this day and age had my partner howling.
Have a word with yourselves.
- eve_connor
- 10 ago 2023
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- mayromerop
- 9 set 2021
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The writers thought no-one would notice if they mixed and matched a few different films together.
I highly recommend this film for a skip, or an example of "what not to do" for film students.
A
Abit of Let's Kill Ward's Wife, opening credits from True Blood, then into American Werewolf in London, set in Shrooms, with Cabin in the Woods as a ghost story. Throw in a handful of whatever monsters they could borrow costumes for, and end with a cross between...spoilers sweetie, and a little Dragonslayer, or Krull. NOT a good combination, but a fun game of Spot the Plagiarism.
I'll clear up some of the nonsense claims made by other reviewers. Everyone hates Americans, not just here but the whole world. Because they do things like make snide remarks about driving on the wrong side of the road. We do have isolated cabins in the woods, they're just expensive holiday rentals, not the American log hunting cabins like the one in the film (because we have farming to get our food instead of chasing it round the woods like Neanderthals). Pubs have no reason to particularly welcoming to Americans because, as mentioned above, everyone hates them.....and they are the lightest of light-weights so there's no point welcoming people who will manage a half a shandy each and annoy the other customers. And there are lots of small town and village pubs with only a handful of regulars who are a little suspicious of stangers. Also, the characters in the film weren't customers, they walked in and asked for a "bathroom", no landlady would take kindly to that. The cider was over the line though.
This absolute load of tosh appears to be written and, embarrassing, performed by Brits, since I recognise Alex as "Wesley Presley, from that London" from Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and the director and co-writer Bob Pipe appears to be english. But it's very clear, from a couple of very telling comments like "the further you get from London, the weirder these pricks are" that the writers are also from that London. It takes a very specific point of view to label the Cornish as a backward cult of lunatics in this century. At least I'm pretty sure that's where they're supposed to be, it seemed Cornish was the accent they were aiming for, the Jolly Hangman is a real pub in Cornwall and they are somewhere south of London.
It is also abundantly clear that this film was written by two separate writers, who may possibly have discussed the character names but that's as far as the collaboration went. They were each writing their own film then just crammed it all together and hoped for the best. The different ideas clash constantly, sometimes it's a supernatural thriller, sometimes a low budget slasher, but always a poor attempt at imitating better films.
I highly recommend this film for a skip, or an example of "what not to do" for film students.
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Abit of Let's Kill Ward's Wife, opening credits from True Blood, then into American Werewolf in London, set in Shrooms, with Cabin in the Woods as a ghost story. Throw in a handful of whatever monsters they could borrow costumes for, and end with a cross between...spoilers sweetie, and a little Dragonslayer, or Krull. NOT a good combination, but a fun game of Spot the Plagiarism.
I'll clear up some of the nonsense claims made by other reviewers. Everyone hates Americans, not just here but the whole world. Because they do things like make snide remarks about driving on the wrong side of the road. We do have isolated cabins in the woods, they're just expensive holiday rentals, not the American log hunting cabins like the one in the film (because we have farming to get our food instead of chasing it round the woods like Neanderthals). Pubs have no reason to particularly welcoming to Americans because, as mentioned above, everyone hates them.....and they are the lightest of light-weights so there's no point welcoming people who will manage a half a shandy each and annoy the other customers. And there are lots of small town and village pubs with only a handful of regulars who are a little suspicious of stangers. Also, the characters in the film weren't customers, they walked in and asked for a "bathroom", no landlady would take kindly to that. The cider was over the line though.
This absolute load of tosh appears to be written and, embarrassing, performed by Brits, since I recognise Alex as "Wesley Presley, from that London" from Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and the director and co-writer Bob Pipe appears to be english. But it's very clear, from a couple of very telling comments like "the further you get from London, the weirder these pricks are" that the writers are also from that London. It takes a very specific point of view to label the Cornish as a backward cult of lunatics in this century. At least I'm pretty sure that's where they're supposed to be, it seemed Cornish was the accent they were aiming for, the Jolly Hangman is a real pub in Cornwall and they are somewhere south of London.
It is also abundantly clear that this film was written by two separate writers, who may possibly have discussed the character names but that's as far as the collaboration went. They were each writing their own film then just crammed it all together and hoped for the best. The different ideas clash constantly, sometimes it's a supernatural thriller, sometimes a low budget slasher, but always a poor attempt at imitating better films.
- sicklittlebunny
- 26 mag 2022
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I've never seen such a bad movie in my life. Nothing makes sense. The characters are so annoying and just not likeable and the scripts are literally awful. I've wasted to much time with watching that movie.
So I sometimes (more often than not) am being too soft and I reckon cut certain movies a bit too much slack. I imagine some may think this is the case here too and I won't argue anyone saying just that. If you have seen as many movies as I have you may understand that there are other movies out there, that are far worse.
Also if you take into account the budget this probably had ... or the money it didn't have ... it is quite decent in its overall effort. Acting is ok too - yes no Oscar worthy performances, but I've seen far worse too. Cinematography for such a low budget movie is ok too. Again always be aware what you are watching and what they had at their disposal to work with ... otherwise don't even bother watching ... because yes predictable and yes a bit too long. And CGI won't really help the case either - no pun intended.
Also if you take into account the budget this probably had ... or the money it didn't have ... it is quite decent in its overall effort. Acting is ok too - yes no Oscar worthy performances, but I've seen far worse too. Cinematography for such a low budget movie is ok too. Again always be aware what you are watching and what they had at their disposal to work with ... otherwise don't even bother watching ... because yes predictable and yes a bit too long. And CGI won't really help the case either - no pun intended.
- alexmirandarj
- 17 set 2021
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God tier movie tbh. Never been more satisfied with a beginning, middle and end of a film. Would recommend to people of all ages. Definitely in my top 10 best films of all time.
- connormckeown
- 17 feb 2022
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Charlie, a Londoner, has invited a group of friends from America to join him for his bachelor party... in a rather rundown cabin in some remote woodland. In the prologue the first two arrive and are attacked by somebody, or something. More arrive later, after stopping off at a particularly unfriendly pub where an odd man warns them against staying in the cabin... obviously they ignore him. Once they are at the cabin they are joined by others who play a 'scary' prank on them... things are about to get scary for real though as unpleasant things start to happen.
While I didn't expect too much from this I did expect more than I got. It took ideas from better films; the cabin from 'The Evil Dead', the unfriendly pub from 'An American Werewolf in London' and made something that even for the horror genre felt unreal. We are meant to think the group are far from civilisation but anybody who knows England will know that nowhere is that far from a town or village and you don't find rundown cabins in the woods. The story was a mess, sometimes accidentally comical, the acting wasn't great and the special effects in the finale wouldn't have looked out of place in an episode of 'Doctor Who' from the '70s. Overall I'd only suggest watching this if you are a connoisseur of low budget horror looking for a laugh.
While I didn't expect too much from this I did expect more than I got. It took ideas from better films; the cabin from 'The Evil Dead', the unfriendly pub from 'An American Werewolf in London' and made something that even for the horror genre felt unreal. We are meant to think the group are far from civilisation but anybody who knows England will know that nowhere is that far from a town or village and you don't find rundown cabins in the woods. The story was a mess, sometimes accidentally comical, the acting wasn't great and the special effects in the finale wouldn't have looked out of place in an episode of 'Doctor Who' from the '70s. Overall I'd only suggest watching this if you are a connoisseur of low budget horror looking for a laugh.
Whilst a not bad concept of a film, the acting is just... no.
Combination of a mid script and mid actors makes the movie difficult to watch from the opening scene.
Some of the actors attempt to make it a decent film.
As far as comedy is concerned, there is none. Badly written puns and lines makes you cringe and question the movie itself. The portrayal of some 'British' people is intolerably American and plain old weird. The plot was back and forth, followed an ok direction, attempts at British humour was not good.
Overall, the acting was the main problem. Along with the odd sound affects, you won't be missing much if you skip this one.
Combination of a mid script and mid actors makes the movie difficult to watch from the opening scene.
Some of the actors attempt to make it a decent film.
As far as comedy is concerned, there is none. Badly written puns and lines makes you cringe and question the movie itself. The portrayal of some 'British' people is intolerably American and plain old weird. The plot was back and forth, followed an ok direction, attempts at British humour was not good.
Overall, the acting was the main problem. Along with the odd sound affects, you won't be missing much if you skip this one.
I spent so long trying to figure out whether this movie was satire or not it was such a bad job at a "thriller/horror".
All aspects of it are absolutely abysmal. My teeth hurt from the cringe i felt watching the "acting" by the most unlikeable characters in history. It was more like watching a really cliché school project performed by teenagers.
The script is lazy, the story boring, flops around all over the place with no understanding. The music/sound design is HORRIBLE. Doesn't fit at all and lends even further to the "school project by teenagers" feeling.
I would almost laugh at how bad it is, if it wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. If anything its insulting to call it the horror genre.
All aspects of it are absolutely abysmal. My teeth hurt from the cringe i felt watching the "acting" by the most unlikeable characters in history. It was more like watching a really cliché school project performed by teenagers.
The script is lazy, the story boring, flops around all over the place with no understanding. The music/sound design is HORRIBLE. Doesn't fit at all and lends even further to the "school project by teenagers" feeling.
I would almost laugh at how bad it is, if it wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. If anything its insulting to call it the horror genre.
- sianclement-57879
- 28 apr 2022
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Quite possibly one of the worst films I've ever seen, hammy British accents, no character development or investment, dreadful acting, this is a high school project trying to be something meaningful and the result is just awful.
Can't even begin to describe the levels of sucking this cheap ass B side improvised flick has reached.
Acting is BAD from the get go, the first two lines from the first two characters are already horribly delivered and set the tone for the rest of the movie.
What follows is a script so badly written that you're constantly thinking "wait, what?", while the acting goes from bad to worse. Then there's the "special effects" which are CHEAP, look amateurish and just plain laughable. All of f that backed by the horrible horrible horrible soundtrack. Yeah, these people couldn't even get the music right for this one. What a mess.
I only give it one star because I can't give it a ZERO. Really, on a scale from 1 to 10, this movie deserves a "NO".
Acting is BAD from the get go, the first two lines from the first two characters are already horribly delivered and set the tone for the rest of the movie.
What follows is a script so badly written that you're constantly thinking "wait, what?", while the acting goes from bad to worse. Then there's the "special effects" which are CHEAP, look amateurish and just plain laughable. All of f that backed by the horrible horrible horrible soundtrack. Yeah, these people couldn't even get the music right for this one. What a mess.
I only give it one star because I can't give it a ZERO. Really, on a scale from 1 to 10, this movie deserves a "NO".
- david-brun
- 9 ago 2022
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