Ray Wise, Alexandra Holden, Lin Shaye

Frank Harrington's Christmastime car trip to visit his mother-in-law literally turns into a nightmare when he and his family find themselves on the wrong road.

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R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa

Release Date: September 26, 2003

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DVD Release Date: November 19, 2004

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  • December 29, 2008
    Nobody yells, "Laura!" like Ray Wise, but unfortunately that's the most powerful thing in this movie. It's also cool to watch a character play with their own exposed brain, and I want whatever kind of weed that makes you so high you don't notice when a ghost bites your lower lip ...( read more)off. The actors give their best, but this is just a mostly crap script with no special effects to make it tolerable. A very mild horror, suitable for family viewing during the holidays, but genuine horror fans should avoid unless you're looking for crappy horror to share with loved ones instead of reruns of "It's a Wonderful Life". Very predictable ending. One other positive point: the credits include a thank-you at the ending for sticking through the credits (more films should do this).

    Moral of the story: don't take shortcuts on road trips because whichever family members don't die will start confessing things better left as secrets.
  • December 17, 2008
    Excellent Christmas horror movie. The atmosphere here is what really steals the show. But this movie is still eerie with the story alone as well(and that damn lady in the white dress...what a creepy bitch!) lol...and sexy too :)

    Dead End is chillingly saturated in dark spooky ...( read more)atmosphere. The long stretched road of death, in which the supernatural await in every corner of the shadowy, cold, and dreary woods that surround around it. As the Harrington family drive to Frank's in-laws house for the Christmas season, Frank takes a shortcut that will lead the family on a detour to hell! Suddenly, the road never ends. They always end up back where they started. And to top it all off, they're being harassed by seemingly evil entities, and a mysterious black Cadillac hearse. Can the Harrington family bind together, keep their sanity, and be able to survive the horrors in the town of Marcott??

    Dead End is creepy, funny, and one hell of a little thrill ride! Ghoulishly, and mystifying, dark cinematography. Good enough acting for what it is(better than most DVD premieres of it's kind), and never becomes distracting from telling it's own story(an amazing story by the way). The twists that come at the end totally blow the top off of it's roof. It's well executed and thoroughly thought out and planned(kudos to the great screenwriters!) Watch Dead End and see if you can guess what's coming next!? lol Good stuff!

    Dead End plays off like a made for TV horror movie, but a better one than that. It plays off like a TV horror movie on a spin off of some kind of creepy Twilight Zone episode.

    That's what Dead End is exactly like! It's like one long Twilight Zone episode...but one that's in color...oh, and one that's rated R!

    Just in time for Christmas! AND Dead End is a perfect little Christmas horror movie. A great ghost story to watch on a cold and snowy night, snuggled under the blankets.

    And although it has it's flaws, Dead End still is a unique little horror film, and never becomes anything less than just simple, spooky, fun entertainment. It's a precious little gem and I highly recommend this movie!



    "Dead End wound up being a quality filled, cleverly humorous, classy and spine-tingling road trip to hell that should be seen by all."
    - Arrow in the Head

    "Here's a movie that deserves Black Christmas tagline; If this doesn't make your skin crawl...it's on too tight. Dead End is simply a masterpiece of horror, don't listen to the bad reviews, I have no idea how true horror fans can hate this."
    - Slasherpool

    "Dead End is a refreshing horror film."
    - Popcorn Picture Reviews

    "Dead End takes a turn off the page of classic horror cinema by mixing a bizarre sequence of events with terrifying imagery and a simple story, while maintaining it's integrity throughout the entire film."
    - Bloody-Disgusting

    "Dead End is one of my favorite films of any genre of the last 5 years. I knew I wanted to write a review of something good for this site, for a change, so I knew Dead End had to be it."
    - Horror's Not Dead

    "Will hopefully remind you what it's like to be scared by a good story, excellent characters, and a very simple premise."
    - Dread Central

    "Well Dead End is a crazy tale, kind of similar to the Blair Witch Project story wise, not production wise mind you. With a great cast and an odd tale Dead End holds up it's own, it's creepy and the believable acting are what make this film."
    - The Horror Review

    "Dead End was one heck of a freakishly strange and wild ride. At times throughout the movie I thought I had it all figured out - and I did, to a point."
    - FearScene

    "Dead End is a very unique, interesting, character driven film that puts the viewer on this back road in the middle of no where, stranded in the dark on Christmas Eve night right there along with the Harrington Family."
    - Killer Reviews
  • August 5, 2007
    This much is guaranteed though, the test audiences enjoyed the flick. We laughed at its many left of center one-liners. We were jolted by its sudden scares and some graphic gorey scenes. And the denouement, however contentional, does not dilute the immediate consensus that the "p...( read more)rocess" was one helluva ride.
  • June 24, 2007
    A very predictable and cop-out ending spoils an otherwise intriguing film with lots of gory shocks along the way.
  • March 27, 2007
    This is a strange film, very creepy and has a twist that you either saw coming or will hit you for six!
  • October 19, 2009
    Horror flick with some humor thrown in
  • September 14, 2009
    My ex told me it was good. She was wrong.

    Some good deaths, but mostly moronic.
  • September 9, 2009
    Traditional.nothing new.
  • September 5, 2009
    this movie is pretty creepy, i watched it with my friend at the middle of the night, and i was too scared while the ghost killed them one by one every time they stopped . this is psychological film, i just can't imagine what Ray Wise feeling if his wife were lying to him in years...( read more), and his boy was a drug user, and his daughter was pregnant. Wow the plot and story consist too many conflict that one by one of each family member got shocked and almost crazy. The ending of film is twisted with one character (Steve Valentine) that showed up at the ending . How finally she got to Marcott hospital, and she wasn't killed by the ghost?? ... Disappointing ending, but once again this is a good psychological story. The moral of the story is DON'T PLAYING SMART unless you really know shortcut in road trip, and there are things better keep as secret.
  • August 27, 2009
    I can't stand it, i almost fell asleep.

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  • severinlx
    June 27, 2009
    for it was verry interesting, almost for the incertitude how it will be finished.. i was thinking the moovie will rezolve the questions that arisened, but it was finished so stupidly... howether it was interesting, psychological horror
  • jimmorrison713
    July 12, 2007
    This movie just made me laugh from start to finish. some movies are made to be scary, drama and sad..well this is a comedy.. a great one at that...
  • keminiwilliams
    February 19, 2007
    This was the funniest movie I ever saw! I can't say anything bad about it.

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