Dead End

I recently rented the film, with the intention of watching a cheesy, humorous horror film. To my surprise I was scared out of my mind. Neil Smith, a BBC film reviewer shares some of the same opinions in his review. The low budget film had nothing terribly unique to it, but the simplicity of it is what had me hiding. In the review by Neil Smith, he discussed the main points of the movie in a non opinionated way before sharing his true thoughts of the movie.

A mysterious woman in white lurches out of the shadows and sends the Harrington's spinning into a dark vortex from which there seems to be no escape. Signposts point to a town that never materialises, frustration turns to panic, and every time they stop, a hearse appears and whisks one of them away.

To make matters worse, the already strained relationships between husband and wife, brother and sister, and boyfriend and girlfriend are stretched to breaking point.

After going over the basic plot, he goes into his own views of the film. He acknowledges the low budget, without completely tearing the movie apart. He then supports my own feelings of the movie by discussing the feeling involved.

Where it scores is in its canny exploration of family dynamics and a jet-black gallows humour that will have you tittering into your popcorn even as you cower behind your Big Gulp.

I think that his review is a good representation of the film. Though it might not have been an original, big budget movie, it did provide for 85 minutes of pure suspense and genuine fear.