I stumbled across this recently on Lovefilm and it seemed an interesting idea. The cast is pretty natural and includes the always watchable Will Mellor. The characters are thankfully quite likable which is rare for a horror movie and makes you care more about what happens to them. The setting on the Norfolk broads is stunning and quite eerie which is of a huge benefit to the film. It's certainly not a place you'd want to be stranded. This isn't an out and out horror more of a ghost story but there is a nice air of tension built up throughout and some creepy scenes. You will probably guess what's going on from a long way out but it's handled so well it doesn't really matter. For a film with a very modest budget this is an impressive effort and I found it very enjoyable.

This movie had potential, at least from the directorial point of view. Unfortunately, the story is highly derivative. The "story-in-a-loop" shtick dates back all the way to "Dead Of Night", a movie from the mid-40s, and has been utilized – with great success (I don't mean box-office-wise, I don't care about that) – in the excellent 2009 movie, "Triangle". Hence for this movie to use the same damn plot-twist as a movie that was made just a year earlier is pretty weak indeed. "Dead Birds" also comes to mind, and a few others. Fine, originality isn't the key factor when it comes to horror films, but I still expect to at least not be bored with yet another stereotypical ending. As in "Triangle", even a lot of the plot is on water, in a boat, frcrissakes. That's a little too much.Besides, plenty of nonsense is going on here. 1) The old geezer was shooting down dead teens AND driving the black guy around in a boat, at the same time; this doesn't even make sense within the movie's rather chaotic supernatural-loop premise. 2) He doesn't kill Joe at the camp-fire. Why? He seemed perfectly happy to kill everyone else from that group just a little later. 3) How can the main female character not remember that she witnessed all those murders years earlier? She seems mentally undamaged (apart from picking a loser for a boyfriend). 4) That whole almost slapstick-like nonsense when A wounds B by mistake, with a machete, and then B kills C by mistake (I don't remember their names), and all of this occurring within a mere minute. That's what I call a comedy of errors, not a plot-twist.The cast is generally OK. The two "lesser" females (i.e. the ones we knew would get knocked off eventually because they were featured AFTER the main female character) are fairly attractive. The only issue I have is with the black guy who is a terrible actor, at least for horror films. He almost seemed BORED at times, in spite of being surrounded by impaled friends, loony teens, burned bodies, and aggressive apparitions. His performance is so low-key (that's one way of putting it) that I even suspected briefly he might be somehow involved with the horroric shenanigans. As it turns out, the character he plays was just as much a victim as everyone else on that boat – i.e. he is an appalling actor who can't feign being scared. Perhaps he should have taken part in MTV's drama course, "Scream Queens".The usual clichés: 1) the phone doesn't work (this happens TWICE), 2) 3 pairs of young people, though at least they're 20-somethings as opposed to daft teens, 3) the main couple survives, 4) the others all snuff it, with the overly cocky male being the first victim, 5) the main characters that survive are more intelligent, less aggressive, and more educated than the four who snuff it, 6) and of course the time-loop cliché.There are other ridiculous plot-devices here too, but why bother? This movie barely gets the average grade.

The Reed's tells the story of six friends who plan a weekend boating trip through the Norfolk Broads but soon find themselves caught in the middle of the struggle between an old man and the very teenage life's he took many years ago. The spirits of the murdered teen's now haunt the old man and anyone who steps foot on the Corsair Star boat. I want to start off by saying that so far this is my favorite out of the latest batch of After Dark films. As most people know I love movies dealing with ghosts and the paranormal but unfortunately a lot of them are just done horribly. That is not the case with The Reeds which is a beautiful example of a movie based around a haunting. The acting in this film is very solid and the special effects are beautiful all of which appear to of been practical effects no CGI that I could spot so if it was in there it was done well and unnoticeable. The story really blew me away its hard for me to review this one without giving up important parts of the movie because I just loved the story so much and the way it progressed at a very nice steady pace ending in a very satisfying way. The plot twists were executed perfectly. The Reeds does an excellent job of building tension and unlike a lot of today's horror it also delivers at the end. It didn't feel rushed or like they weren't sure how to end it like a lot today's movies seem to be plagued with it was done very well and really left you with a wow feeling as you finish piecing together what you just witnessed. If you enjoy a good haunting movie with a strong storyline beautiful blood and gore where needed all rolled up in a neat package of pure horror enjoyment I highly recommend you pick up a copy of The Reeds. 8/10

I am a horror movie lover.I am 37 years old so you can imagine how many films i have watched so far in my life.Not all of them had a large budget on the contrary.But the film "The Reeds" was such a crap.First of all it was a bad copy of "The Triangle".The plot was childish, everything lacked interest.I guess it's a financial crisis year and there is shortage of funds but this film was one of the worst i've ever seen.There were some scary seconds and those because of the sudden camera and sound effects.Nothing interesting, a boring film.It was a waste of time. Last years HORRORFEST contained some excellent movies but this year ..."HOUSTON WE VE GOT A PROBLEM".