A late night detour leads to an unimaginable nightmare when an estranged couple’s car breaks down on a remote country road. Finding themselves stranded on a dark and deserted two-lane highway, David Fox (Luke Wilson) and his soon-to-be exwife Amy (Kate Beckinsale) are forced to spend the night at a seedy motel run by an odd but seemingly harmless proprietor (Frank Whaley). In their filthy, threadbare room, thebickering couple finds a cache of hom...
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A late night detour leads to an unimaginable nightmare when an estranged
couple’s car breaks down on a remote country road. Finding themselves stranded on a
dark and deserted two-lane highway, David Fox (Luke Wilson) and his soon-to-be exwife
Amy (Kate Beckinsale) are forced to spend the night at a seedy motel run by an odd
but seemingly harmless proprietor (Frank Whaley). In their filthy, threadbare room, the
bickering couple finds a cache of homemade slasher films that look disturbingly real.
Once they realize the blood-soaked videos were shot in the very room in which they’re
staying, David and Amy know they will be the sadistic filmmakers’ next victims unless
they put aside their differences and work together to escape.
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After the accidental death of their young son, David (Luke Wilson) and Amy
Fox’s (Kate Beckinsale) marriage is in tatters. Returning from their last trip together
before finalizing their divorce, David decides to take an unfamiliar short cut down a
desolate back road. When their car breaks down they find they have no choice but to stay
at a nearby motel where the distracted night manager, Mason (Frank Whaley), seems
more interested in watching lurid horror films than helping them with their engine
troubles.
The couple resign themselves to a tense and uncomfortable night together in the
rundown room, but no sooner do they turn down the ratty bed covers than they begin to
hear frantic banging from the room next door. When they complain about the noise,
Mason informs the Fox’s they are the motels only guests, and suggests a vagrant may
have broken in and taken up temporary residence next door.
Jittery and desperate to unwind, David tries watching some unmarked videos he
finds in the room which turn out to be graphic, low-budget slasher films like the ones
Mason was watching when they checked in. After a few minutes, David realizes with
growing horror that the brutal violence in the videos isn’t make-believe. Fitted with
multiple hidden cameras, the motels “honeymoon suite” is the arena for a sickening and
deadly game of cat and mouse.
The couple soon figures out that the bloodthirsty killers intend to make David and
Amy the stars of their next snuff film. As they begin their frantic effort to escape, they
find their captors are filming their every move, toying with them to increase the sadistic
appeal of the production. With their tormentors closing in fast, David and Amy must
learn to depend on each other again if they are to have any chance of surviving the
longest night of their lives.
