Welcome to this Week’s Installment of Short Horror Film Friday featuring NO THROUGH ROAD 4 the Final Short in the British Psychological Horror Series. This Installment is a Bit Different because Below the FilmWe have Our Series Synopsis where We examine the Four Films in an Attempt to Deduce What it was all About/What was Going On. If You haven’t seen the Three Previous NO THROUGH ROAD Short Films We Highly Suggest You Do before watching NO THROUGH ROAD 4 (You can Find all Three Previous Shorts Here in the Movie Category in case Some aren’t Aware).
Outstanding Questions Entering NO THROUGH ROAD 4:
Will the Boys Manage to Escape from the Man in the Mask Alive?
Who is The Man in the Mask
What is the Endless Loop All About?
What Happened to Steven during the 3 Years He was Missing and Presumed Dead?
What is Steven’s Connection to The Man in a Mask?
What does Steven Know that HE’s Not telling the Others About?
How did the Boys come to Find Themselves in this Sinister Situation to Begin With?
Whats the Significance of the Tunnel?
What’s the Significance of the NO THROUGH ROAD Signs?
Can the Man in the Mask Be Killed and if So How?
Why is the Man in the Mask Terrorizing Travelers (What’s His Motive)?
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So What was it all About: Final Summation
Basically, the Boys Found the House and Figured Out that the Mysterious Man in a Mask that Terrorizes the Boys Lives There. Essentially, The Man in a Mask has been Living Out in the Middle of Nowhere, Tormenting and Quite Possibly Killing People Who Unknowingly Dare Trespass on His Property. Now, the Interesting thing Here is that You have to stop thinking Steven and The Man in the Mask are Two Different People.
The Signs that said “No Through Road” were a Dire Warning to Travelers. How things go for Steven is as follows:
Present: They Found Steven (When He shows Up Out of Nowhere in No Through Road 2)
Past: He was “Murdered” along with His Friends.
Future: The Man in the Mask/Steven Knows what the Tunnel is and Tries to Warn People Off from it.
Instead, People/Travelers go through without thinking, so He Tries to Scare Them Away. The Tunnel itself is like the Movie Groundhog Day; an Infinitely-Looping Series of Events that Only the One(s) Who are Aware and/or Experiencing them can Prevent. Steven believed that if He Prevented The Man in the Mask (Himself) from Attacking the Past Him, it would Somehow Alter the Outcome of the Events that Followed. Unfortunately, He Ended up Attacking Himself and Repeating the Events that lead to Him being Discovered. Horrified by what He had Done, Steven Runs Away and Hides where Nobody can find Him, Unless They go Searching. He stays there for Years, scavenging together Food and shit for However long and doing His Best to Prevent a Repeat of Events. Except each day, He Repeats the Same Thing in an Eternal Loop.
The Reason Why the Boys can’t Hurt The Man in the Mask is because He Does Not Exist at the Same Point in Time. Steven in the Future has Learned that Not Only did the Tunnel Trap Him in an Infinite Loop, but with some Practice, He can Jump to Specific Points in Time.Steven is No-face. He wants to Prevent Other People/Travelers from Experiencing His Hell. He knows No Matter what, Regardless of what Point in Time He jumps to, the Events that are Keeping Him there are a Fixed Point in Time. Anything that Happens following Someone’s Discovery of the Tunnel Automatically becomes a Fixed Point in Time that keeps You Trapped Unable to Escape.
Welcome to Another Installment of Saturday Slasher Cinema Featuring the 1983 Cult Favorite Slasher Horror Movie SLEEPAWAY CAMP (Released as Nightmare Vacation in the UK) Written and Directed by Robert Hiltzik Who Also Served as the Film’s Executive Producer.
Sleepaway Camp was Released during the Slasher Genre’s Heyday, the Movie is Best Known for its INFAMOUS TWIST ENDING, and is Considered to be one of the Genre’s MOST SHOCKING! Since its Release Sleepaway Camp has Received a Positive Critical Response and a Dedicated Cult Following. The Movie tells the Story of a Young Girl sent to a Summer Camp that becomes the Site of a Series of Murders Shortly after Her Arrival.
Synopsis:
Following a Horrible Boating Accident that Kills Her Family, Shy, Sullen Angela moves in with Her Eccentric Aunt Martha and Her protective Cousin Ricky. One Particular Summer Aunt Martha sends Angela and Ricky to Camp Arawak. Soon after Their Arrival Bizarre and INCREASINGLY VIOLENT Accidents claim the Lives of Various Campers. Who is the Psychotically Twisted Individual Responsible for these Gruesome Murders? The Reveal of the Homicidal Camp Killer’s True Identity is One of the Most SHOCKING CLIMAXES in the History of the American Horror Cinema.
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We Hope You Enjoyed this Tale of Summer Camp Slaughter as Much as We Did.
