Michael Ledo
Southbound opens with a tale of two men on the run from what we don't know. The radio announcer tells us they are "running from demons." They enter into a classic Twilight Zone episode where they always wind up at the same diner no matter where they go. Yes, they encounter demons, and quite wicked looking ones at that as this tale shifts into another and another and finally, as expected weaves itself back to fill in the gaps of the first tale.If you haven't figured out from the title and DVD artwork what is going on, then I apologize for the plot spoilers as it seems Hell is being stuck in the 50's. The tales are a fairly decent collection, although I wish they had fewer of them and with more depth. Good radio announcer.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
Leofwine_draca
SOUTHBOUND is a solid little horror anthology consisting of five interlocking tales about travellers encountering monstrous nastiness deep in the desert. I found it much better than expected; a B-movie for sure, but one which delivers plenty of bodily fluids and slime for the gore fans, as well as some creepy scenarios and a budget that does justice to the sometimes imaginative set-ups. The opening sequence is particularly creepy, with the sight of those winged skeletal things enough to send shivers down the spine; if anything, the subsequent tales get darker and darker until they reach a pitch-black level.
jovanroland
If you want something other than a generic, mass-produced, slasher/creature feature horror movie that actually has a deeper meaning and makes you think, then look no further, and go watch this movie. Weird. I feel like I just said this moments ago. Never mind.Before we start, what I don't understand is why people are complaining about the stories being insufficiently explained. Those people obviously don't realize what makes a good horror movie. Let me remind you of what Stephen King once wrote - "Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear." In a good horror story, there shouldn't be an explanation. The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest. Besides, if you pay enough attention while watching the movie, you'll get every explanation you need (spoilers ahead): *SPOILER ALERT!!!* The movie is actually set in Hell, represented by a highway in the middle of nowhere, and it tells the stories of the people who are suffering an eternity in a loop there by showing why they landed there in the first place. It's a haunting collection of tales of constant agony of reliving the sins and personal horrors of every character. Every bit of cleverly placed foreshadowing detail about the characters and their sins reveals so much about who they are as people, and this tied in with their actions and behavior serve to tell a complete, full story about each and every one of them. And that's what makes this movie a storytelling masterpiece. It makes you use your head, think, ponder, realize, and ultimately reflect on every single second of it.*SPOILERS END HERE!!!* To sum it all up, if you want something other than a generic, mass-produced, slasher/creature feature horror movie that actually has a deeper meaning and makes you think, then look no further, and go watch this movie. Weird. I feel like I just said this moments ago. Never mind.
Jean-Pol Cardin
My opinion-.I can say that I saw a good little movie, I know that the horror is not there, but there is still a nice little scenario, and this film is watching, it is already taken . "Southbound" is a film with sketches and in these 5 stories, there will be good and at least good. But there are nevertheless good things to see and some nice effects re mainly in the hospital, this passage is really to see and just as the film can be seen without too many problems, in view of so much turnip. I know there's better, but it's still worth seeing once.
AD
