I enjoyed much of "The Redeemer," even though I found several faults with it. I watch horror films more than any other genre and especially find seventies and eighties horror most to my liking. I was not familiar with this film until I recently found it for sale on the Code Red site. I took a chance and was not at all disappointed. Other reviews have summarized the plot, so I won't go into that here. I will merely state that the film certainly is different from other horror films in style and, for at least about half of it, substance.
What I found a little troublesome were a few scenes: one, the group of young people are trying to figure a way out of the school, when suddenly Jane (Nikki Barthen) is wandering around outside the school. How did she get there? If she got out, why couldn't the others get out? Two, after one of the group is killed by being set on fire, the scene immediately jumps to a scene of his friend sitting and telling the others about it. What happened to the guy who was set on fire? His friend just left him there? Why wouldn't he be a little more agitated telling his friends about it instead of calmly sitting there? It was very disjointed. Finally, Kirsten is also somehow outside the school and is confronted by the Redeemer wearing a Grim Reaper outfit. The scene ends with a freeze-frame of the Redeemer standing in front of Kirsten and she is suddenly back inside, telling the others about it. So, the Redeemer just left without doing anything? It's as though the director didn't know how to end the scene and just decided to freeze it.
These lazy scenes aside, I would recommend this movie to horror fans, especially those who dig seventies and eighties horror and don't mind a low budget film with a no-name cast.
Review of The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
