Hallow Road (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realise they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road.
- Actors:
- Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Paul Tylak, Stephen Jones, Megan McDonnell
- Directors:
- Babak Anvari
- Producers:
- Richard Bolger, Ian Henry, Lucan Toh
- Writers:
- William Gillies
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of Hallow Road
High Tension, Low Battery - Hallow Road review by griggs
Hallow Road is a tidy little thriller built on a long-shelved Black List script that mostly delivers. Nearly the entire film unfolds inside a car, with Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys acting through phone calls while cycling through various shades of panic. Rhys has less to do, but both leads give solid, committed performances. There’s real tension at times—though oddly, my biggest fear was Pike’s phone battery dying. I'm not sure that was the intended horror, but it got me.
It’s a simple and effective setup that rattles along at a decent pace. Yet, it somehow manages to feel both over- and underwhelming. The ending is clearly signposted, and when it arrives, it feels like the film skips over a few crucial details. Still, it’s enjoyable enough for what it is—tense in the right places, well-acted, and crucially, it doesn’t outstay its welcome.