"Reunion of Terror" DVD Review - Written by Anthony T

Reunion of Terror
Year: 2008
Director: Michael A. Hoffman
Stars: Christian Anderson, Alvie Baker, Monique Barajas
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Studio: Disruptive Media Productions / Shock-O-Rama
Running Time: 80 Mins
Official Website: http://www.reunionofterror.com/




Movie Synopsis:

"Reunion of Terror" focuses on a group of six friends who grew up together and went to high school together. They reunite ten years after their graduation to throw a reunion party. They decide to rent a hunting cabin in the middle of the woods, away from civilization. Their party was going well, until a couple of the friends suddenly go missing without any notice. Soon the night of fun the six people were suppose to have, turns into a night of screams, as they uncover a secret that might kill them all.

Movie Review:

Reunion of Terror" is a suspenseful and shocking slasher film. Co-Writer / Editor/Director Michael A Hoffman direction was very good. He does a good job keeping the story’s action, while focusing on the characters at hand. Hoffman makes this film dark and creepy by through his editing, as it was very good. Also, I thought the scenery also contributed to its creepiness, which helps make it entertaining. The acting was also good here. The actors didn’t make their characters annoying, which made the film interesting. They also had that good chemistry, which is needed to have your interest, in these types of horror films.

Hoffman also co-wrote the screenplay with Meghan Jones, who is also the co-producer for this film. They did a very good job building the characters and the relationships that they had with each other. It makes the characters interesting and not dull and stupid. The screenwriters also provide a lot of suspense in the film, as it’s scary and the killings weren’t senseless or boring. But, what made this film good was it’s ending. I would love to go into this in a little more detail, but I’m sworn to secrecy about it. The only thing that I can tell you about it was the fact that the ending to Reunion of Terror is very original and very shocking. That’s all I’m going to tell you about, as I really want you to see this film.

DVD Extras:

First on the DVD, is the Audio Commentary track with Director/Writer Michale Hoffman, Writer/Co-Producer Meghan Jones and Composer Ryan Copt. This is a very good track, as the three go into the production of the film, through the various stories to the certain aspects of the characters to some of the problems on set. I also liked, the fact that it also does a good job going into the film's score and editing and the films that inspired it. By doing that, your getting some interesting tidbits All in all, this is a very informative track, but watch the film first before listening to this track as it contains spoilers.

After the commentary track,you have three behind the scenes featurettes. First, there is a five minute featurette called "The Music of Reunion of Terror". The featurette goes into the behind the scenes of the music that was used in the film, It has interviews from the composers and the director of the film, which give insight on how the final score of the came about.

The next featurette is "The making of Reunion of Terror" This eleven minute featurette does into the production of the film.This was not your normal behind the scenes featurette, as it mostly focuses on the troubles that this production had and behind the scene footage on set.

The last featurette is "Post Production on Reunion of Terror". The five minute featurette goes into the post production. It's a very interesting featurette, as this into how some of the various problems was corrected, during this process. Not a bad set of featurettes here each of them brought something different to the table.

After that, you have a blooper reel, 2 Deleted scenes, 3 Music videos and trailers from other Shock-O-Rama releases.

Final Thoughts:

Overall, this is not a bad DVD package, as the behind the scenes stuff and the commentary track did a good job explaining the production process that happened during the making of the film. Reunion of Terror is very frightening and shocking slasher film that will leave you with shock and awe.

Film Review: Four Stars
DVD Extras: Three and a Half Stars

"Reunion of Terror": Official Trailer