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Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

2005 · 51 min

A grim, unrelenting cat-and-mouse chase through dark woods, punctuated by brutal violence and a cold, nasty twist.

Directed by
Don Coscarelli
Genres
Horror, Tv movie
Overview
While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

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Directed by
Don Coscarelli
Genres
Horror, Tv movie
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • revenge
  • trauma
  • violence
  • betrayal
Places
  • wilderness
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, tv movie
Directed by
Don Coscarelli
Written by
Don Coscarelli, Stephen Romano
Starring
Bree Turner, Angus Scrimm, John DeSantis, Ethan Embry, Heather Feeney
Music
Christopher L. Stone
Cinematography
Jon Joffin
Runtime
51 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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