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Toad Road

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Sara talks James into taking her to Toad Road, a place that is rumored to be a doorway to the Seven Gates of Hell.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 10/24/2013
2.5/5
Mr. Banker teases us with a dizzy, dislocating shooting style that throws up a succession of eerily arresting images. Even so, his film never overcomes the fact that watching drugged-out wastrels is rarely interesting ... Go to Full Review
Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine 10/21/2013
2.5/4
Director Jason banker finds the ironic beauty that arises from his characters' self-contemptuous and misplaced acts of destruction. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 10/17/2013
Think of it as the CliffsNotes version of Dante Alighieri's "Inferno." Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 11/12/2020
2/5
Unfocused, it can only ever hint at the chills it wishes to evoke, its lack of characterization meaning we never quite care who these people are or why they're acting so irresponsibly. Go to Full Review
C.J. Prince Way Too Indie 06/22/2019
What starts out as an utterly strange horror film turns into a brutally raw and unflinching look at aimless youth. Go to Full Review
Deirdre Crimmins Film Thrills 08/21/2018
Toad Road is not a success and I must continue to fantasize about how great the film could have been. Go to Full Review
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Eve Nov 9 Toad road? More like chode road. Was expecting to see a paranormal thriller with my siblings but saw some dudes junk. See more Tyler B May 13 The screenshots that total six seconds are the only thing of value throughout the whole running time. See more 10/02/2016 Pointless. This movie is short in actual duration, but felt like a 3 hour film. The only scary part of this "horror" film is simply that people this idiotic actually exist. See more 04/02/2016 had me reviewing these 'gates of hell.' very creepy film! See more 10/04/2015 In the vein of Larry Clark, this film chronicles a group of 20 somethings who indulge in many drugs, trying everything to get that ultimate high but where this differs from Clark's debauchery is that there is an urban legend that one girl, Sara, wants to debunk, Toad Road, a spot deep in the forest that is the home to the Seven Gates of Hell. She talks James into joining her, as he is about to try and leave the lifestyle. He awakes to find she is missing, no memory of what happened the night before. The police and their friends want to know what has happened to Sara but he has no answers except to tell them all what Sara was seeking. This film is so-so, a lot of talking, drug taking and casual sex. No horror per say but a sense of slight dread. It is well made and the 'actors' do their best with what they have in front of them. The director might do better with a bit of a budget so I'm not writing him off just yet. Interesting for sure. See more 09/11/2015 This is horror? really? Not the slightest bit scary. Just a bunch of druggies bumming around. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Sara talks James into taking her to Toad Road, a place that is rumored to be a doorway to the Seven Gates of Hell.
Director
Jason Banker
Producer
Jason Banker, Elizabeth Levine, Adrian Salpeter
Screenwriter
Jason Banker
Distributor
Artsploitation Films
Production Co
SpectreVision, Random Bench Productions
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 18, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 16m
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