Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- claustrophobic
- dread-filled
- relentless
- late night horror marathon
- underground horror double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film unusually original and impressively unrelenting, with effective scares despite its modest budget.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Karen and the passengers are trapped aboard and around the last subway train, with tunnels and stations repeatedly restricting their movement.
The murderous doomsday cult combines sectarian belief with coordinated attacks and an impending-apocalypse worldview.
The film's central action unfolds at night in subway cars, tunnels, and stations, using subterranean confinement as its primary source of dread.
Young psychiatric nurse Karen is forced to fight for her life while bodies accumulate and escape options disappear.
Films like End of the Line, and why
The Midnight Meat Train
claustrophobic underground survival horror, escalating supernatural threat, and relentless nightmarish tension
Creep
isolated public-transit setting, ordinary passengers confronting lethal violence, and grim survivalist atmosphere
The Mist
fanatic religious violence, apocalyptic dread, and pressure-cooker horror centered on vulnerable survivors
Pontypool
independent horror craft, urban confinement, and an unusual supernatural premise executed with sustained tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Maurice Devereaux
- Release Date
- 2007-10-14
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (130)
Cast
- Ilona Elkin
- Nicolas Wright
- Neil Napier
- Emily Shelton
- Tim Rozon
- Nina M. Fillis
- Joan McBride
- Danny Blanco Hall
- John Vamvas
- Robin Wilcock
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Screambox Amazon Channel, Cineverse
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is End of the Line about?
- A psychiatric nurse and stranded subway passengers battle a murderous doomsday cult beneath the city as a terrifying apocalypse closes in.
- What is End of the Line like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of End of the Line as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is End of the Line violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in End of the Line as graphic.
- What did critics think of End of the Line?
- Critics broadly found the film unusually original and impressively unrelenting, with effective scares despite its modest budget.
- Which films are like End of the Line?
- Films with a similar feel include The Midnight Meat Train, Creep, The Mist, and Pontypool.
- How long is End of the Line?
- End of the Line runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch End of the Line?
- In United States, End of the Line streams on Screambox Amazon Channel, Cineverse.
