End of the Line (2007)

Karen boards a late-night train and fights with several other passengers to survive a murderous night after becoming trapped in a tunnel.

Director:

Maurice Devereaux

Writer:

Maurice Devereaux

Stars:

Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ilona Elkin	...	Karen
Nicolas Wright	...	Mike
Neil Napier	...	Neil
Emily Shelton	...	Julie
Tim Rozon	...	John
Nina Fillis	...	Sarah (as Nina M. Fillis)
Joan McBride	...	Betty
Danny Blanco Hall	...	Davis
John Vamvas	...	Frankie
Robin Wilcock	...	Patrick
Kent McQuaid	...	Ron
Robert Vézina	...	Jerry
David Schaap	...	Bernie the Conductor
Lori Graham	...	Brenda
Christine Lan	...	Viviane

Storyline

Dead-tired, Karen, a young psychiatric nurse, catches the last subway train of the night. Before long, she finds herself trapped, along with a handful of other late-night passengers, fighting for their lives against the murderous zealots of a doomsday cult. Now, as the bodies start piling up, Karen, and the rest of the lucky survivors, must fight tooth-and-nail to stay alive, facing the unknown, and the impending apocalypse. But, at the end of the line, there is no place to go but down.

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Plot Keywords:

religious cult | tunnel | subway | cult | virginity | 

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Taglines:

The end is coming...

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

During the dream at the beginning of the movie, Karen finds an envelope from Viviane with the phrase "Claviceps Purpurea Ergot." Claviceps purpurea is a type of ergot fungus that can grow in rye and has been known to cause hallucinations. An alternate read of the movie is that the demons aren't real, and instead are just hallucinations due to tainted church muffins. The only people who are confirmed to see demons are church members (Betty, Frankie) or people who are shown to have eaten the muffins (Karen).

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Quotes

[first lines]
newscaster: [from clock radio] ... have been found dead outside their homes. According to other sources, more than 120 people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings and attacks. The main targets were religious institutions and security. In an overcrowded market at least 12 died with more than 40 injured... 50 died in a blast at a Shiite pilgrim site in Kabbalah... 70 were killed at a police recruiting-station. These attacks bring the total number of victims in the region to close to ...

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Connections

References Conan the Barbarian (1982)

User Reviews

Much like Jesus, this film is just alright with me

And I thought the Mormon missionaries were relentless! This movie takes place at night on a subway train where a crazed religious cult has decided that it's the "end of days" and starts killing everyone with crucifix daggers to "save their souls". It ends up being kind of a claustrophobic "Night of The Living Dead" knock-off, and quickly begs the question of why there would be so many members in a fringe cult group, and why they would waste so much time going after a handful of passengers on late night subway car. There is an interesting twist at the end based on strange and truly terrifying visions the heroine has been having, but they kind of fumble it.

This movie is definitely effective in places, but it suffers the typical problems of modern day horror movies. There is not enough character development before the killing,for instance, to make you care much for any of the characters, and the movie often tries to be shocking and outrageous simply for the sake of being shocking and outrageous. There's one pretty tasteless scene that does the Sharon Tate murder one better (and I don't mean the Tate murders, I mean the actual murder of Tate herself). On the other hand, there is some pretty clever black comedy like the way the cult members mindlessly chant, "God loves you," as they stab people to death (as the Manson Family reportedly did). And the filmmakers seem pretty horror literate, paying homage not only to classics like "Night of the Living Dead", but also much more obscure films like "Who Can Kill a Child?". But much like Jesus, this film is just alright with me.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2008 (Canada)

Also Known As:

End of the Line

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maurice Devereaux Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1