"Dead End" is like an extended episode of "The Twilight Zone". It's as spooky and intriguing, but unfortunately, the ending is just as foreseeable and ridiculous.
As long as the movie is running, it's good though. The atmosphere is dark and mysterious and some scenes are genuinely creepy. While it's a good thing the directors didn't rely on cheap scares, after a while one would wish for a few more jumps now and then. There are many opportunities for shock scenes that are not taken.
When I started watching "Dead End" I wasn't aware just how much of a comedy it would be. The characters in this movie are arguing so much and shouting so many brilliant one-liners at each other, it's a blast. Maybe a little more sincerity would have created a better all around atmosphere, though, but maybe too much sincerity would have revealed the plot to be completely ridiculous.
Some things in this movie are really bad. Like one character leaving the car in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night, while it's freezing cold outside, to go into the forest and jerk off to a picture of Miss July (!) he brought along. In another scene after one character has already been found brutally slaughtered, the same guy goes into the woods again to smoke a joint and dance to some "crazy" rock music he listens to over his head phones (the music in this movie was a shame, too, by the way). I really hope that this kind of stupid scenes was done on purpose.
The only reason why I'm grouching so much is because "Dead End" could have been a GREAT movie with its basic premise and the way a lot of scenes were executed. As it is, it's merely a fine little sleeper, that's still recommendable.
As long as the movie is running, it's good though. The atmosphere is dark and mysterious and some scenes are genuinely creepy. While it's a good thing the directors didn't rely on cheap scares, after a while one would wish for a few more jumps now and then. There are many opportunities for shock scenes that are not taken.
When I started watching "Dead End" I wasn't aware just how much of a comedy it would be. The characters in this movie are arguing so much and shouting so many brilliant one-liners at each other, it's a blast. Maybe a little more sincerity would have created a better all around atmosphere, though, but maybe too much sincerity would have revealed the plot to be completely ridiculous.
Some things in this movie are really bad. Like one character leaving the car in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night, while it's freezing cold outside, to go into the forest and jerk off to a picture of Miss July (!) he brought along. In another scene after one character has already been found brutally slaughtered, the same guy goes into the woods again to smoke a joint and dance to some "crazy" rock music he listens to over his head phones (the music in this movie was a shame, too, by the way). I really hope that this kind of stupid scenes was done on purpose.
The only reason why I'm grouching so much is because "Dead End" could have been a GREAT movie with its basic premise and the way a lot of scenes were executed. As it is, it's merely a fine little sleeper, that's still recommendable.