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Dead End (DVD) |
| Date: |
29.04.08 (74 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: a good few jumps and scares .
Disadvantages: not a lot .
Every year for the last 20 years Frank Harrington takes his family on a trip to see their inlaws for christmas, he does this however much against his wishes as he would rather be at home.
This year through boredom mainly he decides to try a shortcut way of the beaten track they usualy travel every other year, this turns out to be the biggest mistake of Franks life.
After driving for some time down this road Franks wife begins to realise that they are passing the same point and the same road signs time after time althought they havent turned but have been driving a straight line.
shortly after finally agreeing with his wife they pass a woman dressed in white carrying a baby and claiming to need help but they soon find out the baby shes carrying isnt ill but dead.
the woman in white seems to roam the forrest leaving a trail of death, they also encounter a black car which appears to have no driver but turns up to take the dead of into the night.
As they continue to drive down this never ending road with costantly repeated signposts to a place they never reach, the family start to go mad and some deep dark secrets surface.
What should have been a christams vacation to the inlaws turns into a hellish nightmare.
I found this film to be a great watch, a real horror movie at last. made up of creepish eerie music and jumps and scares just at the right points. it does contain the usual teenage type humour lines that all horros seem to use these days but they are well fitted in to the movie by the excellent acting of Alexandra Holden who plays Marion Harrington the daughter and Mick Cane who plays Richard Harrington the son.
all said and done if you like a good horror then you are bound to like this film. It has all the right ingredients for a good horror movie in my opinion.
the main cast list for this movie is as follows.
Ray Wise ... Frank Harrington
Lin Shaye ... Laura Harrington
Mick Cain ... Richard Harrington
Alexandra Holden ... Marion Harrington
Billy Asher ... Brad Miller
Amber Smith ... Lady in White
Karen S. Gregan ... Doctor
Sharon Madden ... Nurse
Steve Valentine ... Men in Black
Jimmie F. Skaggs ... Worker #1 (as Jimmy Skaggs)
Clement Blake ... Worker #2
the movie runtime is only 84 minutes quite short for a movie these days. its suitable for 15 years or over as it contains adult language.
the dvd has no extras to speak of other than the usual various subtitle languages, the production does seem to be a bit of a b grade movie but i found the story to be first class!
Summary: Stick to the motorway`s !!
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