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When a family en route to a Christmas Eve gathering decides to takes a shortcut down a wooded road, an eerie sequence of events signals trouble ahead. After nearly colliding with an oncoming car, father Frank (Ray Wise) picks up a ghostly hitchhiker (Amber Smith) and her infant child. With the sudden appearance of their new passengers, the route becomes dark and treacherous -- and the family's numbers rapidly begin to dwindle in a series of seemingly connected, grisly roadside accidents.
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Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Neil Smith BBC.com Rated: 3/5 Apr 9, 2004 Full Review Paul Lê Bloody Disgusting The ending, which comes out of nowhere for no one other than the characters, will urge viewers to deduct points from the overall score, but this is a movie where the journey is far more important than the destination. Rated: 4/5 Dec 7, 2023 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed There's just nothing here to like at all. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Johnny Butane Dread Central A small film like Dead End sneaks in and manages to floor pretty much everyone that's seen it. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 1, 2006 Full Review Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com There's great promise in Dead End, and a script that is often clever, combined with a carload of decent actors, really helps cover a multitude of flaws. Rated: 3.5/5 May 9, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Farah R I was deceived into believing this was a good movie by the ratings. Dead End is disjointed, dull, and dumb. If you've got the patience to watch it all through, the ending might make the time spent a little worth it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Logan D A disfunctional family on the way to grandmother's house on Christmas Eve takes a treacherous shortcut. A clever film that just falls short of being able to convey it's idea rewardingly, mainly for the copout ending. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/31/23 Full Review JJJJJJ J Overstays its welcome. Once you know the premise to some extent you are just waiting for the next one to go. Or something to happen. The last bit they spend a bit too long dabbling around when everyone knows they are going to just die. Other than that fairly okay. This film has that 2000s aesthetics too and works it well. Not trying to do too much. Definitely middle of the road worth a skip unless your studying wrong turn films or something... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/14/23 Full Review Rodney G Thank you for adding this film to your line up Shudder. I loved it. Ray Wise fans rejoice. This is so funny and weird. A+ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/07/23 Full Review tim s During Christmas Eve a family of four plus the daughters boyfriend take a road trip to a relatives house and end up travelling along an unfamiliar road. As the journey progresses things become disturbingly strange when they encounter a woman and baby. Slowly the passengers realise that the road does not seem to end, instead it seems to keep looping back around to points they have already travelled before. Meanwhile a rather suspicious car seems to be following them which both unnerves and angers the family in equal measure.  " Dead End"  is a satisfying supernatural film that has dark humour and some gross out moments. Both Ray Wise and Lin Shaye are excellent in their roles as the parents, particularly as the film reaches its horrifying conclusion.  Despite many since similar premise movies," Dead End" still manages to retain an element of shock that stays with its audience for a long time after. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Liam D A truly underrated horror movie full of great macabre humour and frights Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a family en route to a Christmas Eve gathering decides to takes a shortcut down a wooded road, an eerie sequence of events signals trouble ahead. After nearly colliding with an oncoming car, father Frank (Ray Wise) picks up a ghostly hitchhiker (Amber Smith) and her infant child. With the sudden appearance of their new passengers, the route becomes dark and treacherous -- and the family's numbers rapidly begin to dwindle in a series of seemingly connected, grisly roadside accidents.
Director
Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Producer
James Huth, Gabriella Stollenwerck
Screenwriter
Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 11, 2018
Runtime
1h 23m
Sound Mix
Surround
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