Dood eind (2006)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Erwin van den Eshof

Writers:

Nick Jongerius (idea)
Erwin van den Eshof (writer)

Release Date:

3 August 2006 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

This house is angry

Plot:

A group of young people head off on a vacation. When the car breaks down they're forced to find help...

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Everon Jackson Hooi	...	Chris
Anniek Pheifer	...	Barbara
Alwien Tulner	...	Marie Mc Baine
Mads Wittermans	...	Sidney
Aram van de Rest	...	Ben
Victoria Koblenko	...	Laura
Micha Hulshof	...	Tim
Terence Schreurs	...	Joline
Perla Thissen	...	Joline's mother
Han Peekel	...	Han Peekel
Noah MacIntosh	...	Chris' son
Amber Teterissa	...	Chris' wife
Kimberley Kleczka	...	May Mc Baine (voice)
Régis Marquerink	...	Sidney's bandmember
Jeroen Schippers	...	Sidney's bandmember

Also Known As:

Dead End (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

Netherlands:90 min | Japan:94 min (DVD version)

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (RCA Sound System) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

Company:

Icuri Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the movie, Chris is in a hallway trying to find a way out. He tries to open a door by pushing his body into it. But if you look closely at the bolts you see that the door opens as a pull door instead as a push door, that's why it won't even move a little.

come on, we can do better than that

I saw this film on the first day it was released. I was glad it finally came, it would have been earlier. I had bad expectations, but as a Dutch horror fan and maker, I hoped it wouldn't be that bad.

But no matter how low my expectations were, the film was worse. It starts with the screenplay. Barely a story (the first half hour is mainly slowly walking through hallways with flashlights), uninteresting characters (you don't care if they live or die), and awful dialog. For no reason this story takes place in Scotland. Which leads to a Dutch actress talking half Englisch/ half what's-supposed-to-be Scottisch. Very funny, not intended to be.

Every horror scene is just one familiar from other American/Japanese films, badly imitated. The only things that are okay for Dutch standards are the score and the visual effects (not all of them). But this does not a good movie make!

I find it common sense that the makers had to search far and wide for investors, since this is obviously a piece of crap. And then comes the news that Tarantino's company is interested in making a remake. I'm sorry, but we can do much much better than this, when it comes to Dutch horror. Do NOT let this be the representative film for Dutch horror in the new millennium.