Hallow Road

It's the middle of the night and a married couple (Rosamund Pyke and Matthew Rhys) are woken by a frantic 'phone call from their teenage daughter Alice. Alice has taken her father's car without permission, she has crashed it on a remote woodland road, hitting a young woman in the process. Mum (a paramedic) and Dad drive the 40 something miles to find her. Most of the movie consists of Alice talking on the 'phone to her parents in their vehicle and their drive is in real time, quite an interesting idea though it will not please everyone, no doubt some viewers will find it boring. The good performances and the urgency of the family's plight do help keep the movie together. This is a film that you could follow with your eyes closed for the bulk of the running time. And it also proves that suggested horror can be far more scary than actually seeing it. Hallow Road is a creepy and unnerving journey. However, it is not all good. For a start I found the ending a bit disappointing, I had hoped for more. Also the film is set in England/The UK, the road markings aren't British, the car's Satnav reads in miles but its speedometer is in KM/H (it was filmed in Ireland and the Czech Republic). And it is obvious that the vehicle isn't always moving when it is meant to be (bear in mind most of the plot takes place in the car). I didn't know what to expect from this suspense thriller, it is quite unique and I was fairly happy with it though I wouldn't watch it again.

Honestly you could just skip 3/4 of the movie and it'd still be the same. I hope they weren't really driving in order to film this because that would be a waste of gas. The actors - good acting not gonna lie - seemed sad and confused and honestly by halfway I felt the same. Do your self a favour and skip this one.

I really liked the movie, the premise, the suspense and it keeps you at the edge of your seat, the acting is great and exceptional even the girl who played alice via phone and the mystery woman all good but and it's a BIG BUT at the end what the police officer's were discussing about trauma could be known from phone records or just check the call log. It seems they couldn't find a better reasoning which leaves a bit of source taste but still the movie is a must watch.

Bear in mind the small number of cast members and the low budget of the film. I'm guess Ms Pikes £ constituted the majority of the budget. The storyline was ok, the execution was boring. I'd much rather a Brian dead horror film than this. I get as much suspense when I'm driving down a motorway needing a pee, not knowing when the next service station is .

This film had so much potential yet failed to delivery the major blow to be classed as a wonderful thriller. Yes, it's pretty clear that this is a storyline example of trauma/parenthood, but I think it could have been projected in better light at the end. The film itself wasn't all bad, the acting was good and it was actually quite believable up until quite late on. Half way through this film I had it down for a possible 7/8 but sadly the meaningless/emotion-only ending left it somewhat short of that mark.