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Friday, May 1, 2026

YellowBrickRoad (2010) (USA)

aka Vanished

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2


The entire population of Friar, New Hampshire took to a mountain trail and journeyed into the wilderness one day in 1940. Some were found dead but most just vanished forever and the lone survivor was left a rambling mess. Decades later, an expedition is setting out on the infamous trail to figure out just what the hell happened. Headed by a husband and wife team of authors and their professor/behavioral psychologist friend, they take a small team with them into the mysterious area of New England. Arriving in the town they find no luck in tracking down the trail head until a townie offers to help them, as long as she can come along. The group soon comes to realize that the unsettling history is far beyond their realm of comprehension and a horrific mix of madness and violence is in their near future. Is it a group hallucination? A malevolent force? Some strange dimensional time loop? You’re never going to find out but that’s fine by me. It’s a hell of a ride and the ending is suitably vague and true to what has come before. Disorienting, slightly disturbing and completely refreshing, YellowBrickRoad is a lovely piece of nightmare cinema.

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