Roadkill

Roadkill

Year: 2011

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: English

Director: Johannes Roberts

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Six friends embark on a road‑trip across Ireland, but after they unintentionally run down an elderly woman, a group of gypsies curse them. The curse manifests as a terrifying flying creature that relentlessly stalks the group, determined to kill everyone.

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1

Stop at a countryside shop and Luca's medallion scam

The group stops at a small countryside shop where Luca tries to palm them a fake medallion and warns it's dangerous. Chuck steals the medallion during the getaway attempt, triggering a hurried retreat. An old woman curses them, warning that the roc will avenge her before she dies.

Countryside shop, Ireland
2

The roc's curse follows the group into the fog

They drive away, and the old woman’s warning seems to come true as a dense, oppressive fog blankets the road. The travelers become lost and isolated, realizing help is out of reach. Fear and tension mount as the landscape closes in around them.

Rural road in Ireland
3

Anita is seized by the roc

The group encounters a young boy on the road and Anita leaves the RV to talk with him. The boy runs away and the roc swoops down to snatch Anita, dragging her into the air. Her body is later found dropped in front of the RV with half of her face mauled.

Road in the countryside
4

The roc claims Tommy as the group struggles to escape

The roc sabotages their escape by damaging a tire. Tommy goes to change it with a road flare, but the roc returns and decapitates him. The remaining group huddles inside the RV, voices raised in fear and desperation.

Roadside near the RV
5

A chilling stop at a secluded house

The survivors reach a secluded house where a wary family, including Drina, offers help and a phone. Luca arrives soon after, forcing the group outside at gunpoint and raising the stakes for everyone’s survival. The tense atmosphere foreshadows the danger inside the house.

Secluded house
6

Kate secures the medallion and Drina is knocked out

Drina takes Kate to retrieve the medallion from the RV, but Kate knocks Drina out and escapes, already wearing the protective medallion. Luca binds the others to wooden posts to lure the roc, while the medallion’s power becomes pivotal when the beast hesitates before approaching.

Outside the secluded house, by the RV
7

Hailey is killed; the group flees into the forest

The roc returns to claim more victims. Luca shoots Hailey in the stomach, killing her, and the remaining group flees into the surrounding forest to escape the beast. Luca presses the chase, increasing the sense of peril for everyone still alive.

Forest around the secluded house
8

Drina’s fate and the medallion’s protection

The group presses on and finds Drina again. She begs for the medallion, but Kate realizes it protects against the roc and escapes with it, leaving Drina to be killed by the roc. The survivors push deeper into the woods, haunted by what they’ve lost.

Forest area; later near a service road
9

The service station encounter and Seamus

They reach a service station where Ryan leaves the RV to call for help. The others distract the roc and manage to harm it with fire, but the tension peaks when Seamus the policeman arrives and ties them up. They overpower him and knock him unconscious, though Joel is carried away by the roc.

Service station
10

The nest and revelation of dead friends

Back in the forest, Kate receives a call from Ryan and follows the signal to a roc’s nest filled with her dead friends. Chuck arrives and forces Luca away at gunpoint before Kate takes the gun and sends Chuck back to the RV to escape. She lingers in the nest, mourning as the roc hovers nearby.

Roc’s nest in the forest
11

Final stand and the gas station explosion

The lone survivor, Chuck, reaches a gas station where Luca waits for the medallion. The roc arrives and Chuck ignites spilled gas, blowing up the RV and killing Luca. Miraculously, the roc survives and turns on Chuck in the aftermath, sealing the old woman’s revenge.

Gas station

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Road trips turn into desperate flights from unstoppable supernatural forces.If you enjoyed the high-stakes chase and folkloric terror of Roadkill, this thread gathers movies where road trips go horrifically wrong. These films feature groups hunted by supernatural forces, creating a potent mix of survival horror, desperate travel, and bleak, inescapable curses.

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