Revealer

Really fun 80s set buddy movie (a stripper and a religious fanatic) with a dose of apocalyptic horror and two great leads. The two main actresses completely make the movie with their campy, but believable personalities and killer chemistry.

Judgment day theme is not my favorite type of movie. Especially when it's on a budget and having no serious plot twist. The horror is kinda boring. The scares are only effective against 5 year olds. And the ending didn't give the audience any closure they deserve. The only good thing we can get from this movie is just the moral lesson. Which we can get from any other sources without having to go through the boredom.

I thought finally, a movie with the biblical end times! Couldn't wait to see it. Well, let's just say, "well then..."

I think it was meant to be a cheesy movie, but it was too much cheese with an awful mixture of lame. The setting is really cliche - a stripper in a peep show house.

I do give the film credit for giving a little bit of emotional background to the two main female characters. However, that seems to be the only effort put into the story. I'm not sure if this was done on purpose or not. It is fun though.

The main characters come off as annoying as hell. Other than having them reveal a little background, I wanted to tear my hair out while listening to them argue with each other most of the time.

Finally, the demon aesthetics were terrible.

Right, well the cover/poster for the 2022 horror movie "Revealer" was interesting, especially given the 1980s vibe and the tentacles in the background. And being an avid horror fan and a Lovecraft fan, of course I opted to watch "Revealer", despite of never having heard about it prior to watching it.

I wasn't sure what I was in for here, from writers Luke Boyce, Michael Moreci and Tim Seeley, but I do believe in giving a movie a fair chance. And since "Revealer" was a horror movie, then I was already interesting in watching it.

The storyline told in "Revealer" was a bit too far out there for my liking. I mean, the end of days apparently takes place in the 1980s, and all we get to see, essentially, is the insides of a sleazy strip club. But wait, it gets better, then suddenly the demon Asmodeus shows up. Right.

Well, it might have worked if anything interesting actually took place during the slow paced progress of the narrative. But it didn't, and that means that you are stuck with a somewhat dull and monotonous storyline that takes forever to get nowhere and tells nothing worthwhile while doing that. Not really the recipe for a top of the line narrative.

The acting performances in "Revealer" were actually fair enough, despite of the cast ensemble being very small, and the actresses and actors virtually had next to nothing to work with. So at least that counted for something.

Visually then "Revealer" was okay, I guess. If you look aside from the inarticulate rubber mask that they used for Asmodeus.

All in all, then "Revealer" is not a fabulous horror movie, nor is it actually particularly scary or entertaining. If you enjoy horror movies, then I suggest you get your kicks elsewhere, like "Stranger Things" for example, as "Revealer" seems to be somewhat influenced by that series.

My rating of director Luke Boyce's "Revealer" lands on a three out of ten stars.

The movie screams to the 80's low budget horror fans and no one else. And that's ok. The best part for me, the ending, during the credits. Not the credits. But what's played during them. You know. The part no one ever watches.