Product Details

• Actors: Anna Brewster, Geoff Bell, Daniel Caltagirone, Emma Catherwood, O.T. Fagbenle
• Directors: Nick Cohen
• Writers: Chris Baker, Mark Anthony Galluzzo
• Producers: Brian Allen Levine, Carl Pauwels, Charles Gauvain, Insha Pauwels, Laurie Hayward
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: March 23, 2010
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00344EAP0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,359 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Reeds" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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REEDS - DVD Movie

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There's something in The Reeds, February 6, 2010

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Mezzanine (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Reeds (DVD)

Set in the Norfolk Broads, a desolate but photogenic part of the UK, six attractive Brits go on a weekend boating trip on the Corsair Star to celebrate two of their number getting engaged to each other, little realising that there's more to the reeds than, well, the reeds. There's laughing, joking, high-jinks, and then some weird local kids appear and things start getting creepy. Suddenly the film turns, as most good horrors do, from nicey-nicey to oh-my-God-how much nastier can it get??? I think that the final act could probably have done with a little bit more thought, but I don't think the film suffers terribly from this. To the contrary, for the most part it's an extremely watchable horror. The slightly retro feel is very 'movie': you can tell this was shot on film and not digital, and the piece benefits from this.

The girl who plays the lead 'Laura' (Anna Brewster) is very good, natural and believable and the Brit TV actor Will Mellor makes a great, humorous and then horrific (in a good way) impression. The cinematography is good, very good in fact. From a directing/writing perspective there's certainly not too much fat on the story, and what is clever is that there's sufficient misdirection to keep the eventual outcome in the balance. I think this would deserve another half-star IF - and only IF - the last act had had a bit more thought, and maybe punch but then some will really love it and some won't.

Three point seven-five stars, which Amazon nicely rounds up to four for me.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice attempt at creativity, but falters somewhat, February 4, 2010

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C. Christopher Blackshere "Mackshere" (hampered by what's acceptable) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Reeds (DVD)

It's a shame that After Dark Horrorfest 4 only got a week long run in the theater. The Reeds is the second film I was able to catch on the big screen, and it was a solid attempt by writer Chris Baker and director Nick Cohen.

The story is pretty basic--a group of 20-something year old friends embark on a weekend boating trip through the Norfolk Broads. Disaster strikes as something stalks them from the reedy tidewaters.

This story is developed pretty well, taking its time with character development and building tension. There is solid acting from the cast, plus believable dialogue. The setting is superb, as the tall reeds in the water make for difficult navigation. But when a horrible accident occurs, things start to sink rather quickly.


I'm all for a story with a mysterious deadly force wrecking havoc on an unsuspecting crew. Nothing groundbreaking, but it provides one hell of a creepy story. But eventually I'd like to have some sort of halfway legitimate explanation of the evil forces--what the hell is going on here? Ghosts, demons, river bandits, dopplegangers, zombies? It seemed this film didn't really know where to go, so it decided to go nowhere.

Plus the end was totally ridiculous. Not wanting to give anything away, but it seemed to me (and several people in the theater) to just be a bad joke on the audience.

Maybe with another attempt I'll get more out of this film. As for now, I can only recommend it for bored horror fanatics. 2.5 stars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Children Of The Reeds..., October 8, 2010

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Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein "bigfootsalienbaby" (under the rubble) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Reeds (DVD)

Yet another group of young, beautiful people take a trip into unknown, terror-filled territory. This time out, they take a boat into THE REEDS, where they encounter juvenile delinquents, tragedy, and death. After the first few minutes, I settled in for one more killer-kids-from-hell movie, only to discover that I was completely, happily wrong! THE REEDS is actually a chilling ghost story w/ tons of dread, foreboding, and doom! The twisty finale is the black icing on the whole rancid cake! Definitely one of the better AFTER DARK films...