Dead End

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Dead End

R,

2003,

1h 23m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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80%

10 Reviews

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60%

10,000+ Ratings

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When a family en route to a Christmas Eve gathering decides to take a shortcut down a wooded road, an eerie sequence of events signals trouble ahead. After nearly colliding with an oncoming car, father Frank picks up a ghostly hitchhiker and her infant child. With the sudden appearance of their new passengers, the route becomes dark and treacherous -- and the family's numbers rapidly begin to dwindle in a series of seemingly connected, grisly roadside accidents.

David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18, 2025

8/10

Dead End takes a car ride and slowly builds it from something mildly disconcerting to something so horrifying and perverse that I knew it was something special many years ago after I first watched it.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Dec 7, 2023

4/5

The ending, which comes out of nowhere for no one other than the characters, will urge viewers to deduct points from the overall score, but this is a movie where the journey is far more important than the destination.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 29, 2009

There's just nothing here to like at all.

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Johnny Butane

Dread Central

Feb 1, 2006

3.5/5

A small film like Dead End sneaks in and manages to floor pretty much everyone that's seen it.

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

May 9, 2005

3.5/5

There's great promise in Dead End, and a script that is often clever, combined with a carload of decent actors, really helps cover a multitude of flaws.

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Draco G

Dec 25, 2018

A good horror + a good comedy = Great Movie

Albus S

Sep 24, 2018

A notch above the usual thriller fare.

George L

Aug 5, 2018

The characters can be quite unpleasant but the actors make everything really fun to watch, as the movie flirts with absurdity to the point of hilarious (especially when family secrets come up in the most bizarre situations) and offers us enough tension to compensate for its silliness.

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Ron M

Jun 8, 2018

A misunderstood film with hints of dark comedy that will detour you into your own imagination.

Luke R

Feb 2, 2018

Starts out really promising, but the awful screenplay and the uneven and misguided comedic tone of the film weighs the entire movie down, even if the ending "resolves" everything.

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Hermione M

Nov 16, 2017

The worst horror film I have ever seen. :(

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Jean-Baptiste Andrea

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Fabrice Canepa

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Synopsis

When a family en route to a Christmas Eve gathering decides to take a shortcut down a wooded road, an eerie sequence of events signals trouble ahead. After nearly colliding with an oncoming car, father Frank picks up a ghostly hitchhiker and her infant child. With the sudden appearance of their new passengers, the route becomes dark and treacherous -- and the family's numbers rapidly begin to dwindle in a series of seemingly connected, grisly roadside accidents.

Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Producer: James Huth, Gabriella Stollenwerck
Screenwriter: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2018
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Surround

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