The Endless (2017)

As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.

Directors:

Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead

Writer:

Justin Benson

Stars:

Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez

5 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Moorhead	...	Aaron
Justin Benson	...	Justin
Callie Hernandez	...	Anna
Tate Ellington	...	Hal
Shane Brady	...	Shane
Lew Temple	...	Tim
Kira Powell	...	Lizzy
David Lawson Jr.	...	Dave (as David Lawson)
James Jordan	...	'Shitty' Carl
Emily Montague	...	Jennifer Danube
Peter Cilella	...	Mike Danube
Vinny Curran	...	Chris Daniels
Ric Sarabia	...	Early 1900's Man
Catherine Lawson	...	Exit Counselor
Josh Higgins	...	Beer Distro Ted

Storyline

This mind-bending thriller follows two brothers who receive a cryptic video message inspiring them to revisit the UFO death cult they escaped a decade earlier. Hoping to find the closure that they couldn't as young men, they're forced to reconsider the cult's beliefs when confronted with unexplainable phenomena surrounding the camp. As the members prepare for the coming of a mysterious event, the brothers race to unravel the seemingly impossible truth before their lives become permanently entangled with the cult.

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Plot Keywords:

brother brother relationship | time loop | video tape | cult | moon | 

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Taglines:

Time is a prison.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Before Benson and Moorhead directed The Endless and Spring (2014), they broke onto the indie scene with their micro-horror Resolution (2012), which also had its world premiere at Tribeca, back in 2012. Some of the characters from Resolution appear in this film.

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Goofs

After Justin makes his dive into the lake and they are rowing furiously away from the location, the camera pans up to an aerial shot to show what is perhaps a silhouette of the monster/alien's image. For a second, you can see the shadow of an airplane, presumably the plane filming this shot.

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Quotes

Unknown: We never anticipate the ways we're gonna isolate ourselves from the ones we care about.

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Connections

Featured in WhatCulture Horror: 8 Weirdest Horror Entities That Can't Be Explained (2020)

User Reviews

Well written Sci-Fi Thriller for those who like to think.

Nicely paced reveals without actually giving any end-game full answers. Was really pleased with this. I'm not a horror fan, but a huge thriller buff and I appreciate tension, build, mystery, more tension, some nail biting, tossing in questioning of reality, and deeper meaning layered into the context. Yeah, some of the free-will questions are spoon-fed, but there are other western family/religion and political ideals being questioned as well. There is one quote in the film that really put the entire thing in a nutshell, but I don't want to give anything away. It got incredibly high rating everywhere I've looked except IMDb, so was suprised at 6.5 here. I assume its from people expecting a horror and being given a Sci-fi philosophical thriller and being miffed about it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Endless

Filming Locations:

Camp Oliver - 8761 Riverside Dr. Descanso, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,083, 8 April 2018

Gross USA:

$272,020

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$956,425

Company Credits

Production Co:

Snowfort Pictures, Pfaff & Pfaff Productions, Love & Death Productions (LDP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 111 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1