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The dead travel fastPlot:
When a man finds out his mother is dying and tries to hitchike his way to the hospital, he is picked up by a stranger with a deadly secret. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Fright auteurs speak on the art of horror (From Fangoria. 23 April 2009, 8:54 AM, PDT)
Teaser Trailer For Twisted Pictures The Tortured!
(From Icons of Fright. 3 April 2009, 7:33 AM, PDT)
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Forgive them for they know not what they see? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jonathan Jackson | ... | Alan Parker | |
| David Arquette | ... | George Staub | |
| Cliff Robertson | ... | Farmer | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Jean Parker | |
| Erika Christensen | ... | Jessica Hadley | |
| Barry W. Levy | ... | Julian Parker (as Barry Levy) | |
| Jackson Warris | ... | Six-Year-Old Alan | |
| Jeffrey Ballard | ... | 12-Year-Old Alan (as Jeff Ballard) | |
| Peter LaCroix | ... | Mature Alan | |
| Chris Gauthier | ... | Hector Passmore | |
| Robin Nielsen | ... | Archie Howard | |
| Matt Frewer | ... | Mr. Clarkson | |
| Simon Webb | ... | Grim Reaper | |
| Keith Dallas | ... | Orderly | |
| Danielle Dunn-Morris | ... | Mrs. Janey McCurdy |
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Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and some nudity.Parents Guide:
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USA:98 min | Argentina:98 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16Fun Stuff
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Based on a story of the same name by Stephen King that was written exclusively for the internet. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Alan sets down the envelope the tickets were in twice moreSoundtrack:
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Arguably this is the most outrageously stupid rating on the IMDb site! Seems to me, one in every four or five reviewers has the perception to SEE this film as it really is. I would say unequivocally this is the best interpretation of a Stephen King novel to date - Hell, King even admitted that much himself! It is a multi-layered work (both the book and the film) and that is where it has lost so many viewers. This was never about horror, things that go bump in the night etc - it's about CHOICES. It is not until the last six minutes of the film...that the essence of what has gone before is crystallized. The final scene, during the very end credits in fact, wherein Arquette is told to take a hike, is what this is all about.
Superb little turn by Cliff Robertson and the always watchable Barbara Hershey delivers another very good performance here. probably the flashbacks and the "Sliding Door" sequences were "lost" on some reviewers who were simply wondering when the first vampire was going to turn up! As for the insensitive and clueless reviewer who describes the "Bullet" as a "pathetic old roller-coaster" I am led to presume your life has unraveled thus far with little compassion and understanding, let alone sentimentality.
Magic IS out there but you must find IT I'm afraid.