History Film / Reel

* AllThereInTheManual: There's a downloadable PDF called ''[[OverlyLongTitle 50 Movies That Inspired Me To Be The Greatest Director Ever]]'' on the official site that describes much of Slasher's childhood in detail, in addition to being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* YouNoTakeCandle: Whenever Slasher writes or types something, it's in disjointed English, which one of the actors he hired to make a movie about his childhood, notices.
* YourCheatingHeart: Todd accuses his brother's wife of this, but never really has any basis for it except that his daughter doesn't look like him, with any attempts to find evidence failing spectacularly.

** As shown in the ''Who Wants to be Reely Famous'' web series. Though he's so obsessed with becoming famous, Slasher forbade one assistant from using social media while they were still in the process of filming, though his assistant's goal was to give him the fame he wanted. [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution He eventually pulls knife on him for it, and then ties him and tortures him to death when he tries to walk out]]]].

* ShoutOut: The cover art for the DVD is an obvious one to ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject''.

!!These tropes are in both movies, my friends:

* ArcNumber: [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]. The sequel reveals that it's Slasher's address (666 Ontario Street, specifically), and his goal is to kill 666 victims, or in his words, [[DeadlyEuphemism send 666 stars to the golden house]].

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: As shown in the ''Who Wants to be Reely Famous'' web series. Though he's so obsessed with becoming famous, Slasher forbade one assistant from using social media while they were still in the process of filming, though his assistant's goal was to give him the fame he wanted. [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution He eventually pulls knife on him for it, and then ties him and tortures him to death when he tries to walk out]]]].

* BlackComedy: While much of the violence is played horrifying straight, there's a little bit of it.
** Slasher blubbering that he's still not considered the greatest director ever in the second movie, and he thinks that it's because [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he didn't cast a female "lead" in the first]].
** Though the snuff scenes at the end of each movie are disgusting and horrifying, some of the things the [=McKuttle=] clan have to say as they torture their victims are disturbingly hilarious.

** Slasher blubbering that he's still not considered the greatest director ever in the second movie.

** Although Slasher is pretty far gone mentally, he still looks up to his big brother, James, who he dedicated the first movie to.

* {{Foil}}: Todd, to slashervictim666. Both of them grew up in the same town with disapproving parents, have egos despite being failures in their filming endeavors, and resort to criminal actions for the sake of popularity and film it. However, the worst thing Todd ever does is break into his brother's house and make absurd accusations, whereas Slasher has already killed a number of people by the start of the first movie; Slasher's father agrees to help finish both his movies while Todd's parents resent him for pursuing a different job than what they expected of him; and Todd's family was relatively normal.

** [[spoiler:Slasher gives one to ''himself'' in the sequel, with a movie slate embedded with razor blades.]]

* SnuffFilm: The last 20 or so minutes of both movies are shot like this. It's also all but shown to be the [=McKuttle=] family business.

* TooDumbToLive: Okay Todd, go ahead and follow the mysterious man in black who you just saw [[spoiler:having sex with your brother's wife in front of her daughter]] — which ''very'' likely implies it wasn't consensual — for several hours, despite the fact that he's ''clearly'' onto you. What harm could come of it?

* PlatoIsAMoron: Slasher is disdainful of other horror icons such as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], and [[Franchise/{{Scream}} Ghostface]], because he sees them as "fake horror" ([[{{Hypocrite}} never mind that all the movies he listed as inspirations are just as fake]]) and is proud of his intended body count, where they killed far less victims than he hopes to.

''Reel'' is a pair (with a third in the making) of Canadian independent FoundFootage horror movies, following the exploits of one "slashervictim666" (or "Slasher" for short), a serial killer obsessed with becoming the greatest filmmaker ever.

The first movie sees him stalking a vain Website/YouTube movie reviewer named Todd Smith (no, not [[Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil that Todd Smith]], though both series are Canadian), who grew up in the same small town as him, while comparing their personal lives. The second movie is the result of an InUniverse CreatorBreakdown, where slashervictim666 is upset because his first movie wasn't the hit that he thought it would be. He eventually comes to the conclusion that in order to make his movie a much bigger hit, he has to "cast" a woman in the "lead" role. Around this time, he befriends "Assistant Jane", a Polish immigrant who's at risk of being sent back home.

--> My name is SlasherVictim666. I am the greatest director of all time and keeper of The Golden House. Before I was on my path I was known as John McKuttle but John is no more and SlasherVictim666 is forever. On the street if you yelled ‘John!’ – I would not answer.

* NoNameGiven: Subverted. Slasher's real name is [[spoiler:John [=McKuttle=]]], as revealed in the second movie and on the official Facebook page. Though there's no certainty behind who his actor really is. Nobody seems to really know what he even looks like beneath the mask he wears onscreen.

* YourCheatingHeart: Todd accuses his brother's wife of this, but never really has any basis for it except that his daughter doesn't look like him at all.

** Slasher {{wangst}}ing that he's still not considered the greatest director ever, and bawling about it in the second movie.

* ShoutOut: The cover art for the DVD is an obvious one to Film/TheBlairWitchProject.

* UncreditedRole: Slasher's actor is never revealed in the end credits of either movie. It just adds to the creepy anonymity.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While Doug is perfectly okay with making brutal snuff films and abusing his children, the sequel shows that he [[spoiler:murdered James because he was appalled that he was having an affair with his wife, who was, of course, James' mother.]]

* ILoveTheDead: According to ''50 Movies That Inspired Me To Be The Greatest Director Ever'', Slasher's brother James tried to teach him the [[SarcasmMode proper way]] to a woman's heart is to her dead body.

* SerialKiller: The footage of the two movies shows Slasher stalking and cutting up victims. His family members are, too.
* SmugSnake: Todd's biggest flaw is his hubris and self-certainty, and as a result, he does a lot of stupid things that would have gotten him in trouble if he posted it on [=YouTube=] like he'd planned.

* VerbalTic: Slasher frequently ends his narrations with "my friends", directly addressing the audience.

* ArcNumber: [[TheNumberOfTheBest 666]]. The sequel reveals that it's Slasher's address (666 Ontario Street, specifically), and his goal is to kill 666 victims, or in his words, [[DeadlyEuphemism send 666 stars to the golden house]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Slasher's mentality is exceedingly immature and he has unrealistic goals, like [[GloryHound becoming the greatest director of all time]] by sending [[TheNumberOfTheBeast 666]] stars to the "Golden House". His drawings aren't much more than stick figures.

* NoNameGiven: Subverted. Slasher's real name is [[spoiler:John [=McKuttle=]], as revealed in the second movie and on the official Facebook page. Though there's no certainty behind who his actor really is. Nobody seems to really know what he even looks like beneath the mask he wears onscreen.

* ArcNumber: [[NumberOfTheBest 666]]. The sequel reveals that it's Slasher's address (666 Ontario Street, specifically), and his goal is to kill 666 victims, or in his words, [[DeadlyEuphemism send 666 stars to the golden house]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Slasher's mentality is exceedingly immature and he has unrealistic goals, like [[GloryHound becoming the greatest director of all time]] by sending [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] stars to the "Golden House". His drawings aren't much more than stick figures.

The first movie sees him stalking a vain Website/YouTube movie reviewer named Todd Smith, who grew up in the same small town as him, while comparing their personal lives. The second movie is the result of an InUniverse CreatorBreakdown, where slashervictim666 is upset because his first movie wasn't the hit that he thought it would be. He eventually comes to the conclusion that in order to make his movie a much bigger hit, he has to "cast" a woman in the "lead" role. Around this time, he befriends "Assistant Jane", a Polish immigrant who's at risk of being sent back home.

* {{Jerkass}}: Todd in the first movie. He starts out seeming like a decent enough fellow, but then he starts complaining about his family — more specifically, his brother's marriage to Melissa — and posting it on [=YouTube=] for the whole world to see, and blaming his viewers for not giving him enough views on his shitty attempt at a short film.