2006 · horror · thriller · slasher
Dark Ride
Directed by Craig Singer1h 34m2006
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park.
Our read: Dark Ride (2006) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded horror · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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How Dark Ride feels to watch.
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