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This movie was bearable through the first two acts, but then I guess the Jersey Devil killed the writers and it was up to amateurs to write up the finale where it just takes lame turns for the worst.

The plot is about the survivors of a vehicle crash in the Pine Barrons that happened a year prior to the events of the film. The leading atrocity of an actors character beleives her cousin is still alive, because she thinks she saw her taken by the Jersey Devil. Makes sense, right? They return to the area and hire a guide to take them to the area who lures them into danger and the movie just falls apart from there.

First of all, the movie doesn't have the worst actors I've ever seen, well for the most part on all but two of the actors, but one of the actors, who is the lead of this film, IS possibly the worst actor I've ever witnessed on film. How was she cast in this as the lead? She's hard to look at and even harder to watch at just how God awful her performance is that completely ruins what could have been a half decent flick if they used someone who maybe has attended acting lessons at least once or twice before being cast in this.

Trying to ignore the worst preformance by a lead actress ive ever seen, this movie does actually feel like a movie. It had a decent premise, and didnt look too cheap, but it needed a much stronger re-write or better editors to have it flow better than the many times it provided it's confusing cluster bleeps in the plot that made it seem like the decisions on where the story should go got filmed,instead of being decided on paper first.

Had a bit more thought process and time got put into making it all make sense in its direction, it might've been a pretty good flick.

However, with its miss direction and confused plotlines leading into a stupid finale, along with a leading lady whom I'm personally naming as the worst actress of this mellenium, I can only give you fair warning to not bother checking this film out. Not unless you're a film student and wanna see how a movie shouldn't be put together, or curious to see just how bad a lead role can be played, then I advise you to just avoid watching this all together. Especially one that claims it stars Joe Estivez, whom briefly appears in a 5 second role that is highly unnoticeable, and mustve agreed to do some drunk screaming for 2 mins if someone bought him lunch or something?

Right, well where to start?

First of all, I have to admit that I had never even heard a single word about this 2022 horror movie from writers Tricia Aurand, Suzanne DeLaurentiis and Sandy Lo, so I wasn't sure what to expect here. But with it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to sit down and watch what director Dale Fabrigar had to offer.

Well, the storyline is pretty weak. Sure, there were aspects to it that actually had potential. But the overall image was just a less than mediocre one. So this wasn't a particularly great horror movie experience. In fact, there wasn't really anything scary in the movie, especially not for someone well accustomed to the horror genre.

The dialogue in the movie was pretty awkward and it was somewhat toe-curling to listen to. But to make matters worse, then the actors and actresses were just fumbling around in the dark here delivering less than lukewarm performances and delivering the dialogue as if they were struggling to take it serious. The movie suffered terribly from these facts.

For a horror movie then "Reed's Point" was a swing and a miss. And this is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on. Some of us suffered through this movie so you don't have to. Trust me on that one.

My rating of "Reed's Point" lands on a very generous three out of ten stars.

The acting in this movie is so bad it made me want to cry.

The monster looks like someone in a cheap rental halloween ape costume, the bus crash was so badly filmed I could have done better on an iPhone 5. I cringed.

I turned it off after the monster tore off the dudes arm at about 10 mins in and then slapped him with the soggy end. I just can't.

How did this even get made??? I've never acted before or been to acting school or have any natural acting ability that I know of but somehow I feel that even I could have done a better job than some of the wooden spoons in this movie. Shame because it looked like it could have been a lot better - the scenery wasn't too bad and the general idea was good but like a previous poster mentioned..it's way to hard to overlook the acting (yes... looking at you, leading actress...)

Starts Off Bad, But Wait, it Gets Worse... Whoever makes this garbage should stop and focus on something else. Wedding videos maybe? Or possibly just a new career in general because this is fraud.

With unoriginal scenes, poor acting skills, and just a terrible plot- this movie has managed to make amazed at just how AWFUL a movie can be.

The best way to watch is with the sound down while wearing a blind fold.

Ok, the name and concept actually had abit of potential to be a good horror, but after seeing the awkwardness of the actors i knew it would be a painful watch, and it was.

Adam Evans please focus on something else, you cannot act at all, start up a hemp shop or something because you looked out of it during the whole film.

Joe Estevez at his best! Fabrigar's typical formula; cheesy script, weak story, a well-known actor thrown in with unknowns = a paycheck. But could anyone reading this do better? I'm saying probably not....making a feature film is not easy, getting it to the screen is even harder.

Having said that, the film still isn't worth a recommendation.

The film lacks in many areas, has the usual trappings and tropes but no momentum. It took me at least three hours of on, pause, on, pause, and repeat. I stuck with it quite honestly because I was making soup and this was just a distraction during a pretty mundane task.

Not much I can say other than to quote Joe's character "You've been warned, you've been warned!".

It's been a long time since I've seen acting this bad from this movie company.

Between the two leads, the female is the absolute worst. She needs to figure out something to do with her life cause acting ain't gonna be her bread and butter. She's not easy in the eyes, she has some weird speech impediment, and her delivery is just the absolute worst.

The guy isn't much better, but he doesn't come off like a high schooler in a play reading memorized lines like she does. Do these people, yeah people cause they sure as hell ain't actors and movie makers, even watch the final product? Can they really sit there and think they did a good job and delivered top performances? If so then these people are more delusional than I thought.

Overall, story might have turned out ok if not for the terrible acting bringing it down so low and making it so unbearable that watching it almost makes you want to take a power drill to your temple.

Skip this, even free with ads wasn't enough for me. I personally stuck it out cause I read the end took a turn for the worse from other reviews. I was curious how much worse this could possibly get. Just don't start this journey, heed the warnings and bad reviews as reliable advice.

After her friend goes missing, a woman joins her friends on a trip into the woods to investigate and find answers to what happened, but when they eventually stumble upon the purported Jersey Devil living in the woods they have to escape from the creature and another threat in the woods.

This was a rather fun and enjoyable creature feature. Among the stronger aspects here is the fun setup that provides this one with a rather intriguing setup. The cold opening featuring the accident that fuels her obsession with finding her missing cousin and the strange animal she claims she saw at the time is a good start, especially connecting this with the stories and reports about the creature living in the area. The various sightings told about it over the years and how it fuels the film going forward where everyone they come into contact with is aware of it gives this a nice starting point into the creatures' existence. Likewise, the search to find her and the strange hiking mission they undertake to go into the woods looking for her cousin which turns into a survival thriller involving them coming upon the shady hiker and the mysterious scientist living out in the woods creates some intriguing aspects to this one as it goes along. Aside from this, the film also manages to feature some rather enjoyable creature action the appearance at the crash site at the beginning is a nice starting point where its hairy legs and massive claws are the only brief hints shown as it slashes one of the victims and drags another away in a haze due to the injuries sustained in the accident. Likewise, the brief ambushes sequences out in the woods later on are quite fun, with it appearing on the trail of a victim looking to find the missing group and attacking, the ending ambush in the woods of it chasing down and hunting the last remaining survivors through the woods have some rather likable elements here with the night-time setting and dizzying woodlands location providing some enjoyable aspects. Along with the generally imposing creature costume that looks rather good and a fun pace that's never boring, this one has a lot to like about it. There isn't much to dislike here but it does have some issues. The biggest factor with this one is the film turning away from the creature feature setup to become a showing about the family vengeance that's a more prominent part of the second half. Hen the creature's origins are revealed and it turns away from that kind of film into more about the strangers holding them hostage, it becomes almost comical how ludicrous this section of the film actually is including numerous scenes involving characters knocking each other out with the butt of a gun to get the upper-hand or chaining them up only to escape moments later. The explanations for everything taking place aren't any more enjoyable and this part of the film is a bit of an issue. As well, combined with the obvious low budget here that comes through at the most inopportune points for the night-time sequences being too dark to tell what's going on, these here are the main drawbacks.

Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.

LAMEST MOVER EVER!!! EVERYONE'S ACTING SUCKED!!! ENDING MADE NO SENSE!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO SARAH!? DID THE SHERIFF TURN INTO THE JERSEY DEVIL!?? WAS THE JERSEY DEVIL KELSEY'S LOVER!?? THIS MOVIE WAS TERRIBLE, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!!

This movie had great dialogue. Something bad critics tend to lack. If your looking for blood and gore this isn't it but if your an intellectual you'll like it.

Being from South jersey minutes from where the Jersey Devil is from, this is annoying.

How do you call a movie Reed's Point, when it is from Leeds Point? Born to Mrs. Leeds. Hence why it's called Leeds Point.

At least follow the story somewhat instead of showing a bunch of news paper articles.

I don't know if it's because they weren't allowed to use the Family name or what.

That fact alone is horrible. Goes along with a flop of a movie. I wouldn't even waste your time with this horrendous movies and utterly bad actors.

I'm still waiting to find a decent movie to be made about the Jersey Devil from Leeds Point, NJ.

The movie as a whole was an interesting take on the entire Jersey Devil legend and it kept my attention throughout the course of the film. It bears a remarkable feature with the Blair Witch Project but in exact opposite. The Blair Witch was an utterly inane piece of boring garbage with a spectacular final 30 seconds which shocked most people in a stroke of genius that literally made you jump, while Reed's Point was a well played plot that kept you guessing right up to the final minute, but then it descended into complete gibberish which explained the story but made no sense whatsoever! I was furious as the waste of the entire plot with this garbage and a waste of 90 minutes of my life - it just made NO SENSE!

The other GLARING flaw was the actress who played Sarah who seemed incapable of expressing even a hint of emotion. Her rendition of someone ordering a cup of coffee had the very same impact as her portraying a person encountering a supernatural creature! There was a scene of her being faced with a woman pointing a gun at her and she delivered her lines with the emotion of someone being politely asked the time! I let out a slight laugh at it.

A decent plot with a decent flow and good expectations is a horrible thing to destroy right at the finish line!

A year after a teen (Madison Ekstrand) goes missing deep in the wilds of southern New Jersey, her cousin and beau, both journalistic college students (Sasha Anne and Evan Adams), hire a guide (Anthony Jensen) to search the area and find out the truth. The problem is, ongoing legends suggest that the notorious Jersey Devil dwells there.

"Reed's Point" (2022) is a low-budget Indie about the malevolent cryptid, but thankfully had a little more money to work with compared to the $5000 of "Leeds Point" from 14 years earlier. The story here is more compelling than "Carny," another Jersey Devil flick from 2009 featuring Lou Diamond Phillips, but the actors aren't as good. The only other Jersey Devil flick I've seen is "Dark Haul" from 2014, which isn't a conventional take on the topic and is great by comparison; very entertaining.

Leeds Point, New Jersey, is located a mere 13.2 miles north of Atlantic City and this is where the legend of the creature originated. So why is the movie called "Reed's Point" and not "Leeds Point"? Because there's already a micro-budget Indie by that name and, secondly, the events in this film take place deeper in the Pine Barrens where it's wilderness as opposed to the unincorporated town of Leeds Point. Obviously, the producers wanted a name that brought to mind Leeds Point, hence "Reed's Point."

Redhead Madison Ekstrand is a highlight and the script is interesting enough, but the middle portion gets dull and the acting is only serviceable (although I've seen way worse). Where the flick really goes wrong is the padding of the runtime at the very end, which wasn't necessary. They should've ended it after a certain revelation. Less is more. As it is, the closing scene in the cop car is just so illogical and eye-rolling it virtually ruins a decent spare change-budget creature feature.

The movie runs 1 hour, 17 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles with second unit work done in New Jersey.

GRADE: C/C-

Bad dialogue, bad acting, bad cinematography, bad directing, costumes, blood, everything about this is plain bad. The opening scene with the music on the bus? The music is drowning out the conversation to the point of rendering the scene as pointless. The crash? Seriously? The fake blood, the creature slapping the father with his own arm that he tore off.

The entire purpose of a movie is to tell a story on some level. Yes, the plot revolves around the Jersey Devil, a local legend that the majority of the state doesn't even know or care about. They named a hockey team after it here and people went "why are they calling them the New Jersey Devils?" I say "why was this movie ever made?"

I put this movie on when I was having trouble falling asleep. It did not put me to sleep, so that's a plus. I will say that my expectations were not that high. It's a low-budget "young people go into the woods and find a monster" movie. I was not expecting Masterpiece Theater. I was expecting that there were going to be plot holes, and people doing really stupid things, and a lot of monster-in-the-woods cliches. That's what I got, and the movie kept me awake and entertained for an hour and a quarter.

I also expected a cliched ending, because that's what you get in this kind of movie. But even cliches should be done well, and this one was not. It didn't make any sense to me, even in the context of a low-budget horror movie. I took a point off my rating for a bad ending, otherwise I like the movie.

Ok, being honest here I watched this for 2 reasons, because I figured it would be so bad it was funny and to see Evan Adams. Evan's role should have been larger and he should have been the star. The lead actress was lifeless to say the least and should pursue another line of work. Her short haircut was so butchered it was distracting in every scene. The other actors were trying but the script was dreadful and repetitive. The movie didn't make sense, and if humans actually wrote this, they too, should pursue some other line of work. There were a scant few times the dialogue was so pathetic I chuckled but this really wasn't funny and was just a waste of time.

Firstly, the good - this was streaming for free on Youtube. The bad - that was probably still too much to pay.

As I see it, low budget movies like this need to lean into the mayhem to get away with it. This outing aggressively refuses to do so - instead meandering with expository heavy dialogue, long scenes of wandering around yapping, wooden acting and scant signs of the Jersey Devil we dialed in to see.

The third act at least lifts this effort from a 1 or 2 star rating to the lofty heights of 3 stars, as it is only then that things become a little unhinged and fresh. But that doesn't serve to elevate the movie to anything more than 3 stars.

Music is one of the most important parts of a movie . It's suposed to set the right mood for each scene .

This is soap opera music . It's ruining the movie . I can't even get into it.

Music can make or break a movie . I can hear this one breaking .

Maybe if it put me in the right mood I would have actually finished the movie .

This music , and the bad acting put me more in the mood to look for another movie to watch .

Maybe another time I will watch it on mute and read subtitles to try and get through it that way .

But usually if a movie disappoints me already in the first quarter , I don't usually go back .