The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.
Direction
Seven directors, one seamless descent into doom.
Cinematography
Desert highway as purgatory, beautifully bleak.
Editing
Stories bleed together like a fever dream you can't wake from.
Director
Patrick Horvath
Fabianne Therese
Sadie
Larry Fessenden
The D.J.
Kate Beahan
Cait
Zoe Cooper
Dispatch
Gerald Downey
Daryl
Karla Droege
EMT
Dana Gould
Raymond Kensington
Hassie Harrison
Jem
Roxanne Benjamin
Claire
Nathalie Love
Kim
Hannah Marks
Ava
Tipper Newton
Jesse
Maria Olsen
Sandy
Kristina Pesic
Sutter
Anessa Ramsey
Bunny Kensington / Phone Operator
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The radio DJ voiced by Larry Fessenden connects all segments, literally narrating the film's purgatorial logic.
Released during the 2015 horror anthology boom alongside V/H/S and ABCs of Death, but Southbound's desert setting and circular structure make it the most cohesive of the wave.
US
