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Dead By Dawn · 2007

Dead By Dawn 2007

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7 films · 7 reviews

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The Backwoods (Bosque De Sombras)

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It is as though all the moral ambiguity and mean-spiritedness of 1970s cinema had never died.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A British couple's Spanish holiday turns to horror after a disturbing discovery on a hunting trip.

(Country: UK, France, Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Koldo Serra; Writer: Jon Sagalá, Koldo Serra; Stars: Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Virginie Ledoyen, Lluís Homar, Yaiza Esteve, Andrés Gertrúdix, Jon Ariño, Kandido Urango, Álex Angulo, Savitri Ceballos, Patxi Bisquert, José Andrés Zalguegui)

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End Of The Line

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You know you can’t be certain of anything. And that’s disturbing.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Armageddon on the subway.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2006; Director: Maurice Devereaux; Writer: Maurice Devereaux; Stars: Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Robin Wilcock, Joan McBride, Neil Napier, Tim Rozon, Emily Shelton, Danny Blanco, John Vamvas, Nina Fillis, Christine Lan)

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Flight Of The Living Dead (Plane Dead, Outbreak On A Plane)

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This has everything you could want from a film set in the air. Except originality.

Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
Zombies on a plane.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Scott Thomas; Writer: Sidney Iwanter, Mark Onspaugh, Scott Thomas; Stars: David Chisum, Kristen Kerr, Sarah Laine, Kevin J O'Connor, Richard Tyson, Erick Avari, Mieko Hillman, Dale Midkiff, Derek Webster, Ashley Bashioum, Siena Goines, Laura Cayouette)

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The Hitcher

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For all that the Hitcher is an ambiguous horror film it is also a spectacular piece of Eighties action cinema.

Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
A thriller about a hitch-hiker with murderous intent.

(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Robert Harmon; Writer: Eric Red; Stars: Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Jackson, Billy Green Bush)

Full review See: Interview with Robert Harmon about The Hitcher

Shutter (Shutter - They Are Around Us)

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The latest in the line of hairy hauntings, Shutter, for the most part conforms to expectations, although it has a pay off which lifts it above the pack.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A man and his girlfriend become haunted by the spirit of a girl after a road accident.

(Country: Thailand; Year: 2004; Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom; Writer: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Sopon Sukdapisit, Parkpoom Wongpoom; Stars: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool, Chachchaya Chalemphol, Samruay Jaratjaroonpong, Abhijati 'Meuk' Jusakul, Binn Kitchacho, Jitrada Korsangvichal, Panitan Mavichak, Sivagorn Muttamara)

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Southern Gothic

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The horror/vampire elements fundamentally feel like something of an afterthought.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
Vampires in church.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Mark Young; Writer: Mark Young; Stars: Yul Vazquez, Nicole DuPort, William Forsythe, Dani Englander, Jonathan Sachar, Emily Catherine Young, Joe Inscoe, F X Vitolo, William Boyer, Brett Gentile, Lindsay Nicolo)

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Zombie Virus On Mulberry Street (Mulberry Street)

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The important thing is, thanks to a smart and involving script, we care about whether they make it until morning.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
Manhattan gets ratty.

(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Jim Mickle; Writer: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle; Stars: Nick Damici, Kim Blair, Vonia Arslanian, Laurel Astri, Ron Brice, Bo Corre, Larry Fessenden, Larry Fleischman, Adam Folk, Rodney Gray, Tim House) , Trailer

Full review See: Tribeca Film Festival diary: Days 4 and 5