Product Details

• Actors: Fairuza Balk, Zachary Bennett, Joan Gregson, Matt Gordon, Greg Bryk
• Directors: Melanie Orr
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Peace Arch Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 20, 2008
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0015HZA5C
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,760 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Grindstone Road" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly purchased farmhouse, strange occurrences begin to happen. Hannah's husband, Graham, concerned with the increasing quantity of anti-depressants Hannah is taking, along with her stories of mysterious incidents at the house, turns to Ted and Linda, the older couple next door for support. Even though they may seem like friendly neighbours eager to help, sinister motives lie behind their pleasant demeanor.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has its Moments, October 20, 2008

By	Cory T. Shaeffer "HockeyFanatic" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Grindstone Road will not score any points for originality; the plot and the "twist" at the end have been used and re-hashed quite a few times. But there is something eerie about this film - the way that it is delivered, perhaps, that makes it worthwhile. Fairuza Balk is toned down a bit (at least during the first half of the movie) and has lost that famous scowl from her younger days. Here, she convincingly plays a grieving mother, and since the film involves a total of about six characters, the success of the film rests on Balk's shoulders, and she delivers a steady performance. I have always considered Fairuza Balk, Asia Argento, and Parker Posey to be very underrated actors. But here, she gets a boost from the eerie atmosphere of the film's setting. This movie is strikingly similar to "Danika" is you have not seen that one. This one winds up somewhere between a remake of The Ring and Godsend. If you combine those two films with a cheaper budget, you've got this one. This is purely a genre flick, so if you are a fan of Balk or the genre in general, pick this up. If not, you will probably not like the movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guilt or Ghost?, March 2, 2009

By	Richard A. Back "Video Voyeur" (Port Richey, Fla) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am always pleased when I am able to find a well made movie that relies on a good story and acting instead of high priced special effects. Grindstone Road is one of them. Fairuza Balk stars as a despairing woman who is agonizing over her feeling of guilt caused by having a quarrel with her 11 year old son immediately preceding a horrible automobile accident that left him in a coma and on life support years ago. Even though her supportive husband wants to move on with life and forget the son she refuses to do so. They buy an old house in the country in an attempt to start their life over but find out that the house has a past of its own including the disappearance years ago of an 11 year old boy with the same first name as their comatose son. Hannah{Balk} begins to have visions and sleepwalking dreams and begins researching old newspaper articles concerning the missing boy. Is she losing her mind over the guilt over her son or is she really seeing visions of the missing boy? Is she somehow connected with the disappearance? Is the former teacher who first appeared when she initially came to look at the house somehow involved? Are her kindly neighbors who told her about the house and its past somehow not telling her everything? All are revealed in the fast paced ending. all in all a very worthwhile way to spend an hour and one half. P.S. the product description says that the movie is in 4:3 ratio but the copy I bought is in 16:9.