Rachel Miner, Mimi Rogers, Michael Berryman

Penny, a young woman traumatized by a childhood auto accident that killed her parents, accompanies her therapist on a road trip back to the scene of the accident as part of her therapy to overcome her...( read more  read more... ) fear of cars. But, when the two women accidentally cross paths with a dark and mysterious Hitch Hiker on a lonely stretch of mountain highway an attempt at healing suddenly takes a terrifying detour into a horrorific life-and-death struggle with a ruthless, deranged killer bent on preying upon Penny's worst fears.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Richard Brandes

Release Date: November 18, 2006

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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007

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  • July 17, 2009
    A small town film with a big city attitude, this movie although being a short film is an amazing piece of horror history containing Mrs Voorhees and Jason himself! but apart that plays amazingly well on screen.All the elements of making a successful fright flick are present and t...( read more)hen some ... my review would be fantastic movie obviously created and made with care, and job well done! loved it! oh... and if you have a blonde haired child dye its hair there just really spooky! But all in all with amazing actors and a witty fast paced movie your not for one second sitting there bored! your on the edge of your seat the whole way through! And extremely striking imagery and settings!
  • November 5, 2008
    The sheer stupidity of everyone in this movie made it impossible to enjoy. And Penny herself was just so IRRITATING! The villain seemed chilling until he started spouting inane nursery rhymes and being overpowered by a frightened teen girl. At first he came off as some kind of fl...( read more)esh-eating monster, but he's revealed to be yet another escaped mental patient (how original). Not a bad premise, but the execution was just dreadful.
  • September 7, 2008
    "Not worth a penny and frankly quite dreadful" said one reviewer. I know why it doesn't work - the protagonist has no reason for the audience to identify with her!
  • August 31, 2008
    Ah, don't you just love it when a movie turns out to be completely unexpected and full of surprising twists that keep on building until the final climax?
    It's so refreshing when you reach the end of a cinematographic display in absolute awe, overwhelmed by its magnificent and com...( read more)pelling plot, its luring set of characters and its ingenious artistic vision.
    Cinema truly is a mind blowing field of opportunities...

    On a completely unrelated note, this movie made me want to choke on my own vomit.
  • August 26, 2007
    Now I could make some sort of joke about how this is just Plain Dreadful, but then I would be stooping to the same levels as this film. On one hand it is kind of brave, it attempts to mix both psychological horror and slasher horror together. It doesn't work however as rather tha...( read more)n joinging as one they collide head on. The whole film being set in a car starts off as interesting and then becomes boring as hell. It's obvious the writer found problems as well, adding in a small subplot about some people close by just to off them and make it a tad more interesting. I couldn't care less about anyone or anything by the end and almost didn't make it. Balls.
  • October 22, 2009
    The only After Dark Horrorfest movie I actually enjoyed
  • August 24, 2009
    I didn't like the story, it was slow, but scary in some scenes.
  • August 6, 2009
    OK movie but as someone said, it's like Cujo without Cujo...
  • June 24, 2009
    Penny Dreadful is not a great horror film, I've seen better. But what it is is an amazingly brilliant psychological thriller , Penny dreadful is a well made and well acted horror film that will satisfy any horror lovers urge for a good time. After surviving a horrible automobile ...( read more)accident that killed both her parents Penny Dearborn has an unstable and perpetual fear of cars, her therapists suggest that they confront her fear head on. So they take a road trip to cure Penny's fear, but it has dangerous and disastrous results when they pick up a psychotic hitchhiker. Penny Dreadful is a dark and gritty psychological thriller that takes you into the mind and soul of a frightened and traumatized young girl and her fight to say alive. This film explore three main themes, 1. terror and what it can do to you if you let it control you. 2: What certain events in your life can do to change who you are and what you are. 3: What the darkness of a quiet woods can do to turn your worst fears into a reality. Penny Dreadful is a psychological thriller that is right up there with the best and will continue to shock and scare you for a long time to come.
  • May 16, 2009
    i can't in good conscience give this movie a rating. b/c i've only seen where the guy gets stabbed and screams. manly scream.

    not.

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