Dead End (DVD)

...victims….. Whatever you think Dead End might be, I think you'll probably be wrong. The directorial debut of Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Andrea is a curious little thing that plays with your head from start to finish. Part ghost story, part slasher and part science-fiction movie, Dead End feels like a dozen different things all at once but sadly struggles to do or be anything properly. The obvious conclusion to be drawn from the plot synopsis above ...
...is exactly what I thought Dead End was all about. The arrival of The Lady In White feels like the arrival of a survivor from another unfortunate family trip, and it is the realisation that this is not actually the case that first starts to rock the film's foundations. You get the feeling that there is something seriously wrong with this woman, and you know that you really don't want anyone to look at her baby underneath all those blankets. But then, ...

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Dead End Release Date: 2003 Certificate 15 Approx Running Time: 85 mins Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea Frank Harrington (Ray Wise) and his family are driving to his Mother-In-Laws house, to celebrate Christmas. In the car with him are his wife Laura (Lin Shaye), his daughter Marion (Alexandra Holden), his son Richard (Mick Cain) and Marion's boyfriend Brad (Billy Asher). The trip isn't very pleasant for Frank with an uneasy atmosphere between ...
...wife constantly nagging him about anything and everything, and his son doing his very best to annoy and wind everybody up, especially Brad, who he seems to have a dislike of. After singing a few christmas carols and a little more bickering between Frank and Laura, everyone in the car falls asleep, and frank continues driving, although the piece and quiet, makes him start to doze off too. He awakens by a cars horn and sees headlights coming towards ...

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...away the point of watching. Dead End is an experience all the way through, not just saving the twists for the end, and so I won't take away from that by telling you the ins and outs. It's very difficult to say WHAT this film is about, as a matter of fact. It's meaning is really down to interpretation, and there are many interpretations out there. As far as I'm aware (unless there is some extra on the DVD), the Directors / Writers have not given ...
...at other people's opinions on Dead End, is that a lot of people dismiss it outright, partly because it's a low budget film, and partly because it is not an immediately obvious plot. With regards to the 'not an obvious plot' side of this, what I would say is, if you don't mind not knowing exactly what the director was thinking, and having to put your own theories in there, then you'll get along just fine. If you like your well wrapped up happy endings, ...

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...Andrea, Fabrice Canepa Dead End Written By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa Studio: Pathe Distribution Ltd Dead End Cast: Ray Wise, Alexandra Holden, Lin Shaye, Mick Cain, Billy Asher, Amber Smith, Karen Gregan, Steve Valentine, Sharon Madden, Clement Blake, Jimmy Skaggs, Ivan Kraljevic Rating: 15 This isn’t a horror movie with lots of gore but more psychological. You’re seeing a family confined into a small and cramped car wanting to ...
...of gore to scare but Dead End does standout as it has some very funny and dark humour to it. It does have very scary moments that will leave your nerves jumping or finding the pillow to hide your face. The scare scenes do have a bizarre quirkiness to them, which will keep you gripped to the movie. The dialogues are very witty especially from the younger son Richard. It relieves a lot of the tension of the situation. The dialogue gets even funnier ...

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Dead End (2003) It’s Christmas Eve and the Harringtons are going to visit relatives in the country. It’s an annual do and Frank, the father, always insists on driving. Although this year he’s having a little trouble staying awake in the dark, and takes a different route off the highway to keep his mind stimulated. His wife, Laura, children Richard and Marion, and Marion’s boyfriend are all asleep. They all wake up when Frank dozes off and has a ...
...ruin the tension. Dead End is quite clearly the first film from writers and directors Jean Baptiste Andre and Fabrice Canepa, but in no bad way. The minimal locations and small cast are fitting with a low budget first feature, and they use them to the fullest. The amount of amusing and believable dialogue on display helps you ease into the plot and characters mindset. They’ve perfectly judged the introductory scenes to allow the anticipation to slowly ...

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DEAD END by Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa I really don’t know why “Dead End”, is rate as a low-budget horror. Remember Leland from Lora Palmer’s Diary, a father who abused and killed his daughter in “Twin Peaks”? Well, that’s him, starring Ray Wise, in the film “Dead End”. At first it feels like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone, but on the other glance, it's chilling enough ...
...a Twilight Zone episode stretched out into a horror feature, without subtext. I think that it can be rate as a road move just as well, because it is happening on one dark and gloomy road. It's the night of a Christmas Eve; Frank Harrington is driving his family to a Christmas diner at his family house. But his year, he's taking a short cut through the woods. A short cut that will become a decision they'll regret. A mysterious woman in white lurking ...

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I am a huge fan of horror films and I had not heard anything or seen anything about this particular film before I viewed it. I didn't really know what to expect apart from what it said on the cover, and we all know that they can often be very far from the truth. So I was pleasantly surprised by this film, there are some pretty frightening scares, and the tension mounts quite considerably until the climax. It made a refreshing change to the rather ...
...to even keep me enthralled never mind terrified. Without giving too many details about the plot and spoiling it, the film basically is about a family driving down to celebrate Christmas with a relative (the mother's mother). This roadtrip is a family tradition, it seems that every Christmas Eve this same roadtrip is made, the family comprises of mother, father, son, daughter and daughter's boyfriend. It all starts off innocently enough with the ...

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...played by Alexandra Holden (Drop Dead Gorgeous), is Frank’s pregnant daughter. Travelling with her partner (Brad) and family she becomes caught in the middle of some banter between Richard and Brad. Richard Harrington – played by Mick Cain, is Frank’s obnoxious son. Richard has little regard for the other family members and resents being in the car. He baits Brad throughout the journey. Brad – played by Billy Asher, is Marion’s partner, travelling ...
...in the face of provocation from Richard but is clearly becoming more annoyed. Lady in White – played by Amber Smith (How High), is a mysterious woman the family find on the side of the road in the forest. The Harrington’s try and be helpful by taking her to the nearest ranger post for help. ** Opinion ** “How bad can it be?” is a question that we have all regretted asking at one time or another. In this case, I certainly regret challenging the ...

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...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 ...
...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 ...

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I don't own this dvd but i do have this film on video. I have read many reviews saying that this film is a load of shit but i actually thought it was quite good. Written and directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa, this film was released late 2003. It crosses many genres such as horror, mystery and comedy. Plot: Frank Harrington is driving his family to his mother-in-law's for Christmas. For the past 20 years he has always took the ...
...The road he ends up on seems to go on forever. There are woods on either side but they just seem to lead back on to the road. He passes the same signs over and over again. The family encounter a woman dressed in white clutching a pile of blankets in which is her baby. When she's asked how the baby is going to breathe under them, she replies "my baby's already dead". Frank and his family are going mental. The woman disappears and a mysterious carriage ...

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...the woman in white, gone. Dead and mutilated, Brad is found further up the road. The madness continues on the scary, endless wooded road. Dead End is a great horror masterpiece with an ending that made me sit for half an hour afterwards thinking about the possibility of how the scenario could become a reality. The film includes a fine cast, and shows interactions between a typical family with each character bringing profound personality and quirks ...
...gives a great performance to make their characters as over-the-top as they can. All in all this film is a must see, with twists and turns all along the never ending road, and a shock near the end that will make you think back through the whole film from a different point of view. If you like the supernatural and horrors flicks, you will not be disappointed with this film. ...

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The first time I watched this film I thought it was quite intriging however, the secondtime I watched it I found the film some what repeatitive meaning I found most of the film extremely boring. If you are easily entertained, easily scared and confused this may be the film for you and I may have reccomend this, some scenes in the film are what toddlers might call "jumpy", nothing exciting. The plot is not particularly a strong one in my opinion but ...

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I love watching a good horror film but unfortunately there isn’t many about. I watched this at 1100pm with all the lights out which all ways helps I really enjoyed this film as with all good movies its about a very perfect family (plus the little secrets they keep to them selves) on there way to there mothers which they go to every Christmas for the past 20 years when they take the scenic route well you no what happens when you go the wrong way ...
...the scenic route when they all fall a sleep only waking up when the nearly crash in to another car this is when the five turns in to less and less after driving for a while wondering why the road is so desolate when they nearly hit a woman in white clutching a bundle of rags (maybe a baby) after letting her ride in the car she seams she is in shock or so she might seem after going back to a wooden hut to find a phone which doesn’t work then comes ...

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...back in circles around a dead end. Each one of them gets tired, and they stop when seeing a woman holiding a child in this "middle of nowhere" and offer her a lift. In the end each one of them slowly gets killed off! Gory, whether it be sliced off ears!! Eww, haha. Everytime someone is killed they are seen in a black hearse being carried away. The mother (cannot remember her name) is a hilarious character which stars in 2001 maniacs as well. You ...

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What to say about this? When I watched the dvd it was described as being a comedy horror, which watching the acting, most definately was! Ignoring the acting, and sometimes hilarious script, provided a decent enough no-brainer to watch. Some elements did provide a little jump although no problem for watching with the lights off! The plot line while nothing innovative, did, taking account of the ending, provide a reasonably clever storyline (not ...
...splatters of blood and gore kept the horror elemnt alive although some other locations of filming would have been nice. The script proving numerous explanations why the scenery didn't change, with the ignorant actors not achknoledging this was a bit annoying though. Overall an ok film as long as you don't expect too much ...

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