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Southbound

Southbound

Fantasy · Thriller · Horror · 2015

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

Movie details

Southbound

“One way in, no way out.”

2015 Fantasy · Thriller · Horror 1h 29m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Southbound?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin · David Bruckner · Tyler Gillett

Written by

Susan Burke · David Bruckner · Roxanne Benjamin · Patrick Horvath

Fabianne Therese

Fabianne Therese

Sadie

Larry Fessenden

Larry Fessenden

The D.J.

Kate Beahan

Kate Beahan

Cait

Zoe Cooper

Zoe Cooper

Dispatch

Gerald Downey

Gerald Downey

Daryl

Karla Droege

Karla Droege

EMT

Dana Gould

Dana Gould

Raymond Kensington

Court is in session

Put Southbound on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.