{"id":20149,"date":"2023-10-16T00:50:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T22:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=20149"},"modified":"2023-10-16T00:51:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T22:51:02","slug":"dead-end-drive-a-thought-provoking-genuinely-creepy-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/10\/16\/dead-end-drive-a-thought-provoking-genuinely-creepy-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dead End Drive&#8221; &#8211; A Thought Provoking, Genuinely Creepy Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/photos\/title\/film\/b3\/0c\/b30c22654e68484f1ff5c746ba6ba0d8.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2451\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2451\" target=\"_blank\">Dead End Drive<\/a>, a short film set in the zombie apocalypse. Lone survivor Oscar (Austin Basis) happens upon the house of Darcey (Eileen Grubba) and Jacob (Tobias Forrest). Will Oscar find salvation here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dead End Drive Premiere Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brikJsQNXm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dead End Drive &#8211; trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Alexander Yellen&#8217;s zombie work experience as cinematographer on Z Nation, are evident in the film visuals, at times giving the feeling of starkness, and the futility that may come as the undead walk the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cast evoke genuine emotions, as the story asks the viewer to ponder the &#8220;what-if&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basis begs sympathy from the viewer, Grubba&#8217;s lengthy list of credits are testimony to the her multi-layered character that bring a chill, and Forrest leaves on pondering the motives of Jacob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dead End Drive is one of those shorts that stands above the crowd, bringing together talent and professionalism to create an engrossing short story, garner thought and discussion, together with the enjoyment of the medium of film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dead End Drive is out now. See it below, or on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeadEndDriveFilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.facebook.com\/DeadEndDriveFilm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dead End Drive  - Movie Premiere\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EK-T-D_BYGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dead End Drive &#8211; short film<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead End Drive, a short film set in the zombie apocalypse. Lone survivor Oscar (Austin Basis) happens upon the house of Darcey (Eileen Grubba) and Jacob (Tobias Forrest). Will Oscar find salvation here? Director Alexander Yellen&#8217;s zombie work experience as cinematographer on Z Nation, are evident in the film visuals, at times giving the feeling&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/10\/16\/dead-end-drive-a-thought-provoking-genuinely-creepy-short-film\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Dead End Drive&#8221; &#8211; A Thought Provoking, Genuinely Creepy Short Film<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}