Dead End (2003)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 85 minuten
Country:
United States / France
Directed by: Fabrice Canepa and Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Stars: Ray Wise, Alexandra Holden and Lin Shaye
IMDb score:
6,4 (35.488)
Releasedate: 26 September 2003
Dead End plot
"Read the signs."
Like every year, Frank Harrington will again this year with his wife Laura, son Richard, daughter Marion and his friend Brad on the way to his in-laws to celebrate Christmas. Along the way, Frank takes a shortcut to be with his in-laws earlier. But after a while he notices that there is no end to that long road in the dark forest. When he and his family keep seeing a strange young woman in white and a baby in her arms, they know something is wrong. The simple ride turns into a horrific nightmare.
Actors and actresses
Frank Harrington
Laura Harrington
Richard Harrington
Marion Harrington
Brad Miller
Lady in White
Doctor
Nurse
Man in Black
Worker #1
Reviews & comments
Collins
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- 7350 messages
- 4348 votes
Very nice comedy.
And so absolutely not a full-blooded horror or thriller. Ok, the film has a few scenes that are a bit gory and yes, there are a few jumpscare effects in it, but that's about it.
A fun setup in which 5 characters in one car are confronted with a considerable amount of stress. The film then goes full steam ahead with fantastically stupid dialogues, with magnified situations and with characters that are just wonderfully flat.
These are all recognizable elements that are actually not very different from those from an average horror film, I now notice. A real horror kicks in on top of these elements with a portion of fear, with a lot of tension, with gruesome plastic effects and with a real creep. All elements that I have not seen here.
The approach in this film is simply humor and not horror. The stressed characters humorously go all out in this black comedy. Stress does not only scary but also funny things to a person.
I've enjoyed it.
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Leland Palmer
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- 23787 messages
- 4904 votes
Great low budget horror comedy. Interesting concept, very fine execution, with a surprising ending. Nothing to say about this picture. Ray Wise is obviously a hero. Where in the beginning I could laugh a lot at my son with his comments, mothers and co. after that more and more out of the paint. Nice division of roles. And there is no end to that forest road! Fantastic. 
All the stress, bullshit and (exciting / funny) events along the way, very entertaining. Enjoyed very much. Nice playing time too.
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Laugh.
In terms of horror, you should actually take this with a grain of salt, because this felt more like a kind of parody of the horror movies. This actually keeps the horror itself fairly limited, but I still had a good laugh a few times.
It starts with the fact that it isn't exciting anywhere outside of a few scares, and the makers don't seem to really want that either. Acting is very solid, humor is often catchy. Here and there it is a bit bland, and they went on too long with a joke.
I had a lot of fun with this, I think it worked. For me this is really an example of how parodies should be done and that characters don't have to be thrown in everywhere from the nonsensical chaos. All the clichés are made fun of here, and that's what makes it so much fun.
Passed, one of the nicer horror movies I've seen so far.
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