End of the Line | |
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Directed by | Maurice Devereaux |
Written by | Maurice Devereaux |
Produced by | Maurice Devereaux |
Starring | Ilona Elkin Nicolas Wright Neil Napier Emily Shelton Tim Rozon Nina Fillis |
Cinematography | Denis-Noel Mostert |
Edited by | Maurice Devereaux |
Music by | Martin Gauthier |
Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
End of the Line is a 2007 Canadian horror film written, produced and directed by Maurice Devereaux. [1]
Karen, a traumatized woman, has a horrific nightmare involving a subway train. The flashback narrative plot follows her trapped in a subway. A Christian doomsday cult has been consuming and distributing hallucinogen-laced muffins that make people see visions of flashlight-eyed demons. On a texted signal, they take over services and begin massacring non-believers throughout the city, believing it is their mission to "save" the souls of humanity for God, which can only be accomplished by killing people with swords and daggers. It is not possible to get help by calling 911, because all the phones are controlled by cultists, who also control the TV, the internet and the radio. A group of surviving train passengers and subway workers try to fight off and escape the cultists, but die one by one, leaving only Karen, Mike, and Viviane alive when the cultists are signaled to commit a mass suicide.
The soundtrack composed by Martin Gauthier was released on July 20, 2010, by 2m1 Records. [2]
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