Night of the Reaper

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Night of the Reaper

2025

1h 33m

Horror

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In the wake of the brutal murder of a teenaged babysitter, College Student Deena returns home for the weekend and is roped into a babysitting gig of her own. When the local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence that proves the murder may not have been an isolated incident, he is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer may be planning a sequel.

Critics Consensus

Night of the Reaper is an atmospheric indie slasher that balances genre enthusiasm and eerie direction to offer a fleeting but engaging diversion for dedicated horror fans.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Sep 25

2.5/4

Night of the Reaper is worth watching around Halloween but could have used a less twist-oriented screenplay to get the job done.

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Grant Hermanns

Screen Rant

Feb 12

4/10

It doesn't really have enough going for it to stand apart from its genre counterparts. It's a fairly slow, low-stakes journey that, despite its interesting ending twists, never has enough of a hook to feel like more than a slasher retread.

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

Nov 12

4.5/5

While it owes plenty to ’80s slashers, it carves out a comfortable place in the current slasher renaissance and strikes mystery, intrigue, and mayhem in equal doses.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Oct 31

3/5

“Night of the Reaper” ends up being a nice surprise and a little bit more than your run-of-the-mill slasher flick.

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Ian Bunting

Daily Record (UK)

Oct 14

Night of the Reaper is a true mixed bag. Strangely, its writing is its biggest flaw and plus, while the directing lends it an uncomfortable atmosphere.

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Cole Groth

FandomWire

Sep 29

6/10

Night of the Reaper is the quintessential Shudder original; a fine, 90-minute distraction that offers just enough mystery and atmosphere to keep dedicated horror fans engaged.

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Dennisson T

@RT40094191 May 10

What can be a measurably expressed to the invariability of the cinematic achievements even within the strict adherence to (many) horror flicks other than even more compliments for such a well respected genre in which this shining example undeniably can be attributively (respectfully) categorized to the many successes which manifested such a necessary addition that this is to the genre.

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Pinoy Short R

@emill_santos May 5

Pasado. Predictable masyado kung sino un killer pero fresh naman ang atake nung twists sa huli ng bidang babae. Ganda ng simula na parang Scream pero lumaylay din ang kwento

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Johnwil B

@Johnwil123 Apr 25

I like it from the start but I don't know happened to the next 1 hour and 20

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Jorge H

@jorge02 Mar 12

Good acting, Meh story but Good quality, Shudder has showed in 2025 how to make good movies .

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Jianre H

@jbear Mar 9

Trash b/c movie awful bad acting awful plot made absolutely no sense... Dumb cliche all over Girl is cute but she died in first scene so that doesn't help either

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Charles F

@RT28739519 Feb 7

Good camerawork, and good spooky exploration and clue finding themes in the first 2/3 of the film. Great music, 1980s atmosphere and visual effects. The only problem is that in the last act there is so many dramatic twists that it starts to seem silly. Overall a decent film however.

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Synopsis

In the wake of the brutal murder of a teenaged babysitter, College Student Deena returns home for the weekend and is roped into a babysitting gig of her own. When the local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence that proves the murder may not have been an isolated incident, he is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer may be planning a sequel.

Director: Brandon Christensen
Producer: David Hiatt, Matt Manjourides, Justin A. Martell, Michael Peterson
Screenwriter: Brandon Christensen, Ryan Christensen
Distributor: Shudder
Production Co: Not the Funeral Home
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2025
Runtime: 1h 33m