Dead End
2003 · Movie · R · 83 min · ★ 6.4 · 70% critics
On Christmas Eve, a family takes a late-night drive to visit relatives and tries an unfamiliar shortcut. The road quickly turns strange and threatening, trapping them in a tense, surreal ordeal where fear, bickering, and dark humor collide as they struggle to find a way out.
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Details
- Years
- 2003
- Release date
- 2003-12-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (600 votes)
- Box office
- $75,000,000
- Budget
- $900,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a compact, creepy road-trip horror with surreal mystery, mounting dread, and flashes of dark comedy, in the vein of Triangle or Session 9; Not for you if you need heavy gore or straightforward scares.
Pros: tense, eerie atmosphere; darkly funny moments; strong family performances | Cons: twist feels telegraphed; tone can wobble; occasional mid-movie lull
Themes
- baby
- coma
- shotgun
- pregnancy
- victim
- forest
- road trip
- whiskey
- grandparents
- cabin
- car accident
- family
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Ray Wise
as Frank Harrington
Alexandra Holden
as Marion Harrington
Lin Shaye
as Laura Harrington
Mick Cain
as Richard Harrington
William Rosenfeld
as Brad Miller
Amber Smith
as Lady in White
Karen S. Gregan
as Doctor
Sharon Madden
as Nurse
Steve Valentine
as Man in Black
Jimmie F. Skaggs
as Worker #1
Directed by Fabrice Canepa, Jean-Baptiste Andrea