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Incident on and Off a Mountain Road

  • Episode aired Oct 28, 2005
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 51m
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Incident on and Off a Mountain Road (2005)
Incident On And Off A Mountain Road
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While driving at night along a lonely road through the mountains, Ellen gets distracted by her radio and hits a car parked on the road. She faints and looks for help since her car does not s... Read allWhile driving at night along a lonely road through the mountains, Ellen gets distracted by her radio and hits a car parked on the road. She faints and looks for help since her car does not start again. She meets Moonface pulling a woman in the woods. He's a deranged monster-like ... Read allWhile driving at night along a lonely road through the mountains, Ellen gets distracted by her radio and hits a car parked on the road. She faints and looks for help since her car does not start again. She meets Moonface pulling a woman in the woods. He's a deranged monster-like man that collects human bodies. She is abducted by Moonface, but she recalls the survival ... Read all
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  • Director
    • Don Coscarelli
  • Writers
    • Don Coscarelli(teleplay)
    • Stephen Romano(teleplay)
    • Joe R. Lansdale(short story)
  • Stars
    • Bree Turner
    • Angus Scrimm
    • John DeSantis
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  • Director
    • Don Coscarelli
  • Writers
    • Don Coscarelli(teleplay)
    • Stephen Romano(teleplay)
    • Joe R. Lansdale(short story)
  • Stars
    • Bree Turner
    • Angus Scrimm
    • John DeSantis
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    • 43User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Incident On And Off A Mountain Road
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    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Incident On And Off A Mountain Road
    Ethan Embry in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Ethan Embry in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Ethan Embry in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)
    Ethan Embry and Bree Turner in Masters of Horror (2005)

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    Bree Turner
    Bree Turner
    • Ellenas Ellen
    Angus Scrimm
    Angus Scrimm
    • Buddyas Buddy
    John DeSantis
    John DeSantis
    • Moonfaceas Moonface
    • (as John De Santis)
    Ethan Embry
    Ethan Embry
    • Bruceas Bruce
    Heather Feeney
    Heather Feeney
    • Young Womanas Young Woman
    • Director
      • Don Coscarelli
    • Writers
      • Don Coscarelli(teleplay)
      • Stephen Romano(teleplay)
      • Joe R. Lansdale(short story)
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    • Trivia
      Ethan Embry played another character in the unofficial third season of this show, Fear Itself (2008).
    • Goofs
      During the chase scenes through the forest, there is thunder and lightning heard all the time, but never any rain. There are also pictures of a full moon on a clear sky, despite the thunder and lightning.
    • Quotes

      Ellen: Hell of a night, huh Moonface

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      If Ever
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      Performed by Gratitude

    User reviews43

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    6/10
    Decent enough setup that leads to a disappointing payoff.
    On a secluded mountain road, Ellen (Bree Turner) loses control of her vehicle following a commentary distraction causing her to collide with an abandoned car. Checking the surroundings Ellen encounters a deformed albino serial killer named Moonface (John DeSantis) whom she must now elude. Intercut with Ellen's harrowing struggle for survival are flashbacks to her relationship with a crazed survivalist named Bruce (Ethan Embry) and the events that drove her to this point.

    The inaugural episode of Mick Harris' Masters of Horror anthology program, Incident On and Off a Mountain Road is directed by Don Coscarelli noted director of The Beastmaster, Bubba Ho-Tep, and the Phantasm series and written by noted writer Joe R. Lansdale and based on Lansdale's short story of the same name. This marks Coscarelli and Lansdale's second collaboration following their previous project, cult horror-comedy Bubba Ho-Tep. While the story is effective, it definitely feels like something that's been stretched from a short story and I wasn't a fan of the resolution.

    Bree Turner as Ellen is really good in the lead role of Ellen and sells it both in the present day settings using her acquired survivalist skills to outfox Moonface and also project vulnerability and optimism in the flashback scenes with Ethan Embry's Bruce that are gradually eroded over time and replaced with a hard edged cynicism. Moonface was admittedly not a point I liked, while the make-up is good and DeSantis is clearly giving his all, the character design just comes off as really silly looking with his silver teeth and bright white skin, especially in his introduction shot where he jumps into the air in front of the full moon. While the story is well told, I found a lot of the flashbacks tended to undercut the tension of Moonface stalking Ellen and probably would've preferred a "less is more approach". While I understand the episode had to fill 50 minutes, the episode feels like something that could have gotten away with a 30 minute runtime. I also wasn't a big fan of the ending where the movie almost seems to imply that Ellen has now become similar to Bruce or Moonface and it just kind of makes a head scratching not to go out on.

    Incident On and Off a Mountain Road is just okay. It's got a good lead in Bree Turner and some nice intensity and supporting performances, but it's also clearly stretched from a short story and has an ending that I didn't care for. Not peak Don Coscarelli or Joe R. Lansdale, but not an embarrassment either. Very much middle of this "Mountain Road"
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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2005 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • IDT Entertainment
      • Industry Entertainment
      • Nice Guy Productions
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    • Runtime
      51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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