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This one’s actually very interesting for me, folks—it represents something that’s been a long time in the making, and only recently managed to show up.  Today I’m talking Maurice Devereaux’s newest, End of the Line, and what’s special about this is how long it took between his efforts.

Particular horror buffs among you may already know what I’m about to discuss, so for you, please bear with me so I can fill everyone else in.  See, way, way back in the depths of 2001, Maurice Devereaux came out with a movie called $la$her$.  And no, that’s not a typo—the S’s have all been replaced with dollar signs to reflect its nature as being about a killer game show.  And it was a terrific movie, despite its clearly ultra-low-budget nature, there was a lot of action in the horror and was a move well worth repeating that had not been done often.  So finally, he’s released another one after a long string of delays, and it’s called End of the Line.

End of the Line features a young nurse working in a psychiatric ward who’s starting to have some deeply unpleasant visions.  But just when she thinks she’s about to head home for the night and sleep off said visions, she boards the last subway car home…and it stops in the middle of a tunnel.

Longtime horror buffs know this is never a good sign.

But it only gets worse when the handful of people on the car with our young nurse are brutally murdered, and a cult of a particularly murderous religion stalks them, convinced that killing people is the only way to save souls!

Fans of Devereaux’s earlier work will recognize some parts of this new one, such as the reappearance of actor Neil Napier as Neil and the cross-as-dagger motif, as well as the overall quality of the piece, which is absolute.

I’ll be straight with you—if you’re into horror movies and a good scary thriller, then this is going to be right up your alley.  Seriously, this sucker’s got a whole lot of punch and an all-too-terrible sense of plausibility, especially in these darker days.  It’s actually almost perfectly timed—three years ago, even A year ago, this would have had nowhere near the punch it does today.  Because just when you think that this is just going to be yet another in a long string of slasher flicks, End of the Line turns into a much more horrible prospect.  I can’t tell you a whole lot about it without spoilering, but the best part about it is that it will spiral wildly out of control, and the ride will be downright exhilarating.

This is an absolute beauty of a horror movie, and frankly, I’m glad that I was here to catch it.  I can recommend it, without reservation, to anyone else who wants a great scary ride, made all the scarier by an overwhelming sense of plausibility and a Next Sunday A.D. setting.  Packed with more twists and turns than the subway line it’s set in, End of the Line is going to bring the scares and keep you on the edge of the seat you’re in, all the way until the rather surprising end.  This one’s definitely another hit for Maurice Devereaux.

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