Devil's Highway (film)

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Devil's Highway
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DVD cover
Directed byFabien Pruvot
Written byJennifer Farrell
Produced by
  • Michael Lustig
  • Fabien Pruvot
Starring
CinematographyGrisha Alasadi
Edited byKen Cravens
Music byBilly Mallery
Production
company
Tomas Pictures
Distributed byImage Entertainment
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Devil's Highway is a 2005 American horror film directed by Fabien Pruvot, written by Jennifer Farrell, and starring Shane Brolly, Robert Miano, Al Sapienza, and Natassia Malthe as passengers on a bus who are targeted by a demon.

Plot summary[]

Roger, a thief, picks up a female hitchhiker. Later, he boards a tour bus headed to Las Vegas; the woman is no longer with him. Roger goes missing at the bus' first stop, and, thereafter, another passenger disappears at each stop. The missing passengers are later revealed to be the victims of a demon that can jump from body to body, able to possess them at will. As each character's back story and secrets are revealed, they are targeted by the demon.

Cast[]

Production[]

Devil's Highway was directed by Fabien Pruvot.[1]

Release[]

Critical reception[]

Jon Condit of Dread Central rated it 1/5 stars and wrote that it does not effectively use its "relatively interesting concept".[2] Serene Dominic of the Metro Times called it "part Dante's Inferno and part Murder on the Orient Express".[3] Thomas Spurlin of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "[T]he visual crispness and simple, character-driven plot within this eerie mystery makes this one worth a watch."[4]

Accolades[]

Devil's Highway won best feature and best cinematography at the 2005 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.[5]

Home media[]

Image Entertainment released Devil's Highway on DVD on February 27, 2007.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Chang, Justin (August 15, 2005). "Players". Daily Variety. Reed Elsevier Inc. p. 6 – via LexisNexis and Westlaw.
  2. ^ Condit, Jon (February 26, 2007). "Devil's Highway (2005)". Dread Central. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ^ Dominic, Serena (January 24, 2007). "Eye sore". Metro Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ^ Spurlin, Thomas (March 8, 2007). "Devil's Highway". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ^ "Las Vegas Awards 2005". New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  6. ^ Miska, Brad (February 26, 2007). "Horror In Your House For February 27, 2007". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

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