Review – Reaper

Fear the reaper. Or at the very least, fear having to sit through this boring stinker. This is one of those whodunits that goes on so long and makes so many contrived twists that ultimately I lost interest in the crimes, the investigation, the suspects, and the whole nine yards. Chris Sarandon plays a mystery writer who secludes himself in a motel in a small Maine town in an attempt to clear a bad case of writer’s block. Naturally someone starts committing crimes in the general vicinity that mimic the slayings in our hero’s most recent best-seller. Is the author himself – off his meds and drinking too much – killing young women? Is it the gruff, misogynist sheriff? Is it the odd, nerdy deputy? Some other character who gets hauled into the plot late in the game? How long til the movie ends? Now how long? Is it over yet? See if desperate