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Dead End (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
New Zealand ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Fabrice Canepa

Written By:
Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Fabrice Canepa

Actors:
Ray Wise ..... Frank Harrington
Lin Shaye ..... Laura Harrington
Mick Cain ..... Richard Harrington
Alexandra Holden ..... Marion Harrington
Billy Asher ..... Brad Miller
Amber Smith ..... The Lady in White
Karen S. Gregan ..... Dr Helen Marcott
Steve Valentine ..... The Man in Black
Jimmie F. Skaggs ..... 1st Worker (as Jimmy Skaggs)
Clement Blake ..... 2nd Worker

Synopsis:

For the past 20 years, Frank Harrington has grudgingly driven his family to celebrate Christmas with his mother-in-law. This year, he takes a shortcut. It's the biggest mistake of his life: The nightmare begins. A mysterious woman in white wanders through the forest, leaving death in her wake. A terrifying black car - its driver invisible - carries the victims into the heart of the night. Every road sign points to a destination they never reach. The survivors succumb to panic, to madness; deeply buried secrets burst to the surface, and Christmas turns into a living hell.

A family making their annual Christmas pilgrimage to Grandmother's house finds their journey taking an ominous turn when they attempt to take an unfamiliar shortcut in this low-key chiller from first-time director Jean-Baptiste Andrea. For 20 years, Frank Harrington (Ray Wise) has driven the same, mind-numbingly familiar route to the annual holiday gathering, but the discovery of an unfamiliar shortcut simply proves too enticing for the loving but strained father to resist. As the road grows increasingly dark, the eerie sight of a young woman carrying a small infant sets into motion a horrific series of roadside deaths that finds the family's numbers quickly dwindling. Though there are no other travelers on the long and dark stretch of road, the appearance of a menacing black hearse seems somehow connected to the spectral woman and her child. Could it be that a vengeful entity was the previous victim of a roadside accident, returning to torment any trespasser who happens to wander down her silent stretch of road, or could the answer to the horrific mystery lie deep within the conscience of one of the few remaining family-members?
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French newcomer Jean-Baptiste Andrea salvages an overly familiar storyline by imbuing it with the kind of refreshing details and interesting, quirky, and sympathetic characters that will likely win over horror fans tiring from overexposure in his 2003 chiller Dead End. Anyone who has seen such films as The Hills Have Eyes or Wrong Turn knows the basic setup of 'vacationing group opts to take unfamiliar shortcut with horrific results' as presented here, and though director/screenwriter Andrea does in

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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