Dood eind (2006)

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 | English

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.

Surprisingly good.

I went to the cinema without having any good hope for the movie whatsoever, the TMF campaign and all gave a cheap and baldy hyped image of the whole movie, so my view on it wasn't that positive. Overlooking some of the cliché moments and effects, this turned out to be a rather unfair judgment.

I was surprised by the overall quality of the movie, the attention to detail and the atmosphere created in some of the scenes. We all know survival horrors aren't always that interesting nor scary, this movie however gave it a twist. For a change, it had almost had me poop my pants certain moments. And I wasn't the only one, I remember the audience laughing and reacting overwhelmed by moments like, lets say the mirror scene. Which in my opinion was very well though out. The way Everon Jackson Hooi showed fear made me sit on top of my chair in that scene, not actually wanting to see what it was that made him so scared.

Overall, for a first time dutch movie in this genre I thought it worked out great. A must see for dutchies, and maybe even people outside of Holland. I'd say, subtitle it and bring out an international version and see what the world thinks.