Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Sin Reaper’

Written by Scott Edwards 

Dreams can be a very powerful thing. If you are able to retain any memory of what happened in them, you can discover much more about your subconscious and put it to work in your benefit. Some writers are able to put their dreams down on paper to sell to the masses, while other people find out that they have strange fears that they were completely unaware of. It just depends on what you are able to remember and take away from the experience that can help you change your life.

Samantha Walker has been plagued with nightmares for the past ten years. Without her family to fall back on for help, she has turned to a therapist to try to keep herself sane. Her therapist has recommended that she draw what she sees in these dreams and bring them to their sessions so hopefully they can uncover what is really going through the young woman’s mind. During their latest session, the doctor is able to discover that the drawings of buildings that his young patent has brought in are real structures in Germany; a monastery in fact. 

Not knowing what this means, the doctor urges Sam to take the next step in her therapy and visit this location so she can hopefully figure out what she is scared of. Arriving at the monastery, now a museum, Samantha is greeted by several men that are willing to discuss the stories of the old abbey, but each one gets cut off when they are about to speak about the reason why it was shut down. Taking a tour of the old building, she sees a mask and mace that were used by a man called the Sin Reaper, that killed in the name of God. This was back during the crusades and Sam takes little notice of them, for they are not the items that are plaguing her dreams.

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Meeting a young man at the monastery that is taken with her, Sam is able to convince him to break into the old building to try to find out why it is haunting her dreams. The young man’s friends follow the couple and the group starts to investigate the abbey, looking for anything that looks out of the ordinary. Sam keeps to her search and nothing else, finding a journal in an old room that was in her dreams, she has found a clue to her past and why the building has been ruining her life. At the same time, the Sin Reaper is back and killing everyone in the building who has sinned on this night.

Sin Reaper follows Samantha Walker as she tries to find answers to her dreams and her past. As she pairs up with a group of new friends, she is worried that nothing will help during her search. Meeting resistance from the locals and the owners of the monastery who are planning their own fraudulent heist, the Sin Reaper comes into the picture and protects the abbey. Only knowing the presence of these possible thieves, the Reaper serves God by punishing them for the sin of trespass. Seeing young Samantha face to face, the Reaper puts his mace aside to take note of who she really is. 

This is a different type of movie that will have you shaking your head to all of the things that are carried out in God’s name. Samantha does not seem to be drawn into this belief as she is only worried about her and her friend’s survival, but when all of the doors are locked, they have little chance of surviving. When the Reaper reveals his true intentions and what his plans are for Samantha, she is left with a difficult decision that will affect her life forever. Stay Scared.

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