YellowBrickRoad (2010)

1940: the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked up a winding mountain trail, leaving everything behind. 2008: the first official expedition into the wilderness attempts to solve the mystery of the lost citizens of Friar.

Directors:

Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton

Writers:

Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton

Stars:

Michael Laurino, Anessa Ramsey, Alex Draper

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview:
Michael Laurino	...	Teddy Barnes
Anessa Ramsey	...	Melissa Barnes
Alex Draper	...	Walter Myrick
Cassidy Freeman	...	Erin Luger
Clark Freeman	...	Daryl Luger
Tara Giordano	...	Jill
Sam Elmore	...	Cy Banbridge
Laura Heisler	...	Liv McCann
Lee Wilkof	...	The Usher
Joseph Collier	...	Ticket Boy

Storyline

One Morning in New England, 1940, the entire population of Friar New Hampshire - 572 people - walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. They left behind their clothes, their money, all of their essentials. Even their dogs were abandoned, tied to posts and left to starve. No One knows why. A search party dispatched by the U.S. Army eventually discovered the remains of nearly 300 of Friar's evacuees. Many had frozen to death. Others were cruelly and mysteriously slaughtered. The bodies of the remaining citizens are still unaccounted for. Over the years, a quiet cover-up operation managed to weave the story of Friar into the stuff of legends and backwoods fairy tales. The town has slowly repopulated, but the vast wilderness is mostly untracked, with the northern-most stretches off limits to local hunters and loggers. In 2008, the coordinates for the "YELLOWBRICKROAD" trail head were declassified. The first official expedition into a dark and twisted wilderness ...

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Plot Keywords:

new hampshire | 1940s | new england | franklin d. roosevelt | guam | 

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Taglines:

They were searching for an evil in the forest. . .but the forest found the evil in them.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violent content, language, some sexuality and drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Yellow Brick Road

Filming Locations:

Lancaster, New Hampshire, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Points North Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many of the cast and crew are alumni of Middlebury College in Vermont.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Quotes

Melissa Barnes: Are you going to kill me now? Here?
Daryl Luger: Yes.
Melissa Barnes: Does there have to be so much pain?
Daryl Luger: Yes.

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Connections

References A Cry in the Dark (1988)

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Soundtracks

After Midnight
Written by John Etheridge
Performed by John Etheridge

User Reviews

I liked it

Bit of a mix between Lost and The Shining, I really enjoyed this actually. In fact I love it when I find a really low scoring film on IMDb that I enjoy! Quite creepy, incredible sounds / score, especially the constant old style music that plays incessantly through the woods, driving the characters insane.

Quite light in gore (no bad thing) but the few scenes there are are fairly shocking, especially the one seen from a distance, which was pretty chilling.

If I had to choose between Saw, Scream (any) or this, I would choose this any day.

Oh yeah I mentioned the sound already but its really good. Very atmospheric.

Been googling for 'meaning behind the film' type stuff since the DVD stopped, and that in my opinion is what a decent horror should make you do.