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Dark Ride

  • 20062006
  • RR
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
6.4K
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Patrick Renna in Dark Ride (2006)
  • Horror
  • Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institu... Read allA group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
6.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Craig Singer
  • Writers
    • Robert Dean Klein
    • Craig Singer
  • Stars
    • Jamie-Lynn Sigler
    • Patrick Renna
    • David Clayton Rogers
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  • Director
    • Craig Singer
  • Writers
    • Robert Dean Klein
    • Craig Singer
  • Stars
    • Jamie-Lynn Sigler
    • Patrick Renna
    • David Clayton Rogers
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 105User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
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    Jamie-Lynn Sigler
    Jamie-Lynn Sigler
    • Cathy
    Patrick Renna
    Patrick Renna
    • Bill
    David Clayton Rogers
    David Clayton Rogers
    • Steve
    • (as David Rogers)
    Alex Solowitz
    Alex Solowitz
    • Jim
    Andrea Bogart
    Andrea Bogart
    • Jen
    Jennifer Tisdale
    Jennifer Tisdale
    • Liz
    • (as Jennifer Kelly Tisdale)
    Brittney Coyle
    Brittney Coyle
    • Colleen
    Chelsey Coyle
    Chelsey Coyle
    • Samantha
    Dave Warden
    • Jonah
    Jim Cody Williams
    Jim Cody Williams
    • Ticket Taker
    Erin Dawson
    • Pretty Hippie
    Jack Doner
    • Old Man
    David Ury
    David Ury
    • Attendant #1
    Atticus Todd
    Atticus Todd
    • Attendant #2
    Steven Mattila
    Steven Mattila
    • Homeless Man
    Damon Standifer
    Damon Standifer
    • Officer Reggie Burke
    Julie Bickel
    • Teen Female #1
    Jessica Lobaina
    • Teen Female #2
    • Director
      • Craig Singer
    • Writers
      • Robert Dean Klein
      • Craig Singer
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      "Dark ride" is an old term used in the carnival business to describe rides that involve getting in a cart or buggy and traversing a dark, enclosed building designed to have characters or props appear at intervals, designed to surprise or entertain.
    • Goofs
      When they pull away from the college to begin their road trip, there is a suitcase left in the street that you can see as the car speeds off.
    • Quotes

      Jen: I totally believe in seat-belts. Safety first.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the credits we hear the laughter of a child as the My2Centences logo appears.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Rewind This! (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Meko
      Written by Chris Grace

      Performed by Chris Grace

      Produced by Chris Grace

      Engineered by Joe West

      Mastered by Ted Jenson at Sterling Sound

      C&P Chris Grace Publishing LLC (BMI)

      Eucommia Records

    User reviews105

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    5/10
    Campy And Formulaic Horror Flick, Similar To Tobe Hooper's "The Funhouse".
    Part of the popular After Dark Horror Film Festival (which included the remarkable horror film, "The Abandoned" among seven others), "Dark Ride" is a weirdly entertaining little slasher film heavily reminiscent of Tobe Hooper's "The Funhouse". The story follows a group of college friends who decide to go on a trip during spring break. While driving through New Jersey late one night, they have a bizarre encounter at a gas station, and later pick up a ditsy hitchhiker with a good stash of drugs. The kids decide to stop at an amusement park to check out the "dark ride", a horror ride that was closed down for years after two twin sisters were murdered there in 1989. The murderer is now institutionalized, but for these unlucky teenagers, he has escaped within the past two weeks. As they enter the ride and decide to spend some time messing around in there with all of the scary props and whatnot, they aren't aware of the real horrors that await them.

    While this film was very obviously inspired by Tobe Hooper's slasher film, "The Funhouse", it honestly is nowhere near as good. But would one expect it to be any better? Nah, I don't think so. Besides this, "Dark Ride" is still an enjoyable little blood-soaked horror flick. The plot is beyond derivative, and the script is pretty jammed full with typical horror set-ups and clichés - we've seen it all before, plenty of times. Not much originality here, but oh well. While the story does lack any uniqueness or originality, it makes up for it with some good thrills and a full plate of some cheap (but clever) scares and violence. It's a pretty gory film, but I think that's what it was going for anyway so it works. We have plenty of gruesome stabbings, slashings, head-splittings, and a grossly clever decapitation that could likely become of cult status (I won't explain, you'll know it when you see it for sure). The sets inside the horror ride were really nicely done, and appropriately spooky. Amusement rides like that have an eerie thing about them anyway, so I love the setting.

    The acting in the film is so-so. Jamie Lynn-DiSalca (of TV's "The Sopranos") is the heroine, and is just alright - not anything mind blowing, but passable enough with her performance. The male stars are actually the better actors in the film though, I'm sure some of you will recognize Patrick Renna of the '90s Disney film, "The Big Green", I knew I'd seen that face before. The rest of the cast isn't bad, but the performances were overall no more than average (if not a little below). When considering what type of movie this is though, the acting quality is almost irrelevant. The killer in the film is creepy, not because of his physical deformity, but more so because of his child-like porcelain mask that he wears throughout the film. I thought the 'twist' in the end was actually pretty good, it came totally out of nowhere for me, so I have to give that some credit because the writing there was pretty good.

    Overall, "Dark Ride" is an enjoyable little slasher fest that isn't much more than that. It's formulaic, clichéd, and predictable in quite a few ways. But it still manages to be entertaining and fun aside from it's downfalls. Hardened horror buffs will know exactly what to expect, and will feel like they've seen it a hundred times. But if you enjoy a good old corny slasher flick, this weird little throwback to '80s style splatter pictures might be an enjoyable find. It isn't a great movie by any means, but I have to give it a half-and-half rating at least because it was pretty entertaining for what it was. 5/10.
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    • Mar 29, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La casa del terror
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lions Gate Films
      • My2Centences
      • Blue Omega Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $321,875
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,482,000
      • Nov 19, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $321,875
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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