Endless, The

The Endless

Credits
Title:	The Endless
Genres:	Thriller Sci-fi
Directed by:	Justin Benson; Aaron Moorhead
Written by:	Justin Benson
Produced by:	Frederick Pfaff; Robert Pfaff; Leal Naim; Thomas R. Burke; David Lawson, Jr.; Justin Benson; Aaron Moorhead
Music by:	Jimmy Lavalle
Cinematography:	Aaron Moorhead
Edited by:	Justin Benson; Aaron Moorhead; Michael Felker
Production
Distributed by:	Snowfort Pictures Rustic Films Pfaff & Pfaff Productions Love & Death Productions
Released:	April 21st, 2017
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	111 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Endless is an American independent feature film of the psychological thriller and science fiction genres. It was written, directed, produced and edited by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Production for the film was by Snowfort Pictures, Pfaff & Pfaff Productions, Love & Death Productions, and Rustic Films. The movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21st, 2017. It was released theatrically on April 6th, 2018.

Synopsis[]

Justin and Aaron — Justin & Aaron visit spot where their mother died.

Aaron and Justin are two adult brothers who, when they were much younger, were members of what they claimed was a UFO death cult called Camp Arcadia. More than a decade later, they are still undergoing therapy for de-programming. Aaron, the younger brother, gets in his head that they should re-visit Camp Arcadia, just so that they can get a final sense of closure. Justin, the more pragmatic of the two, is reluctant to entertain the idea, but ultimately acquiesces.

The two drive out to Camp Arcadia and reunite with everyone they once knew at the commune, which includes the community's non-leader, Hal, a clothing designer named Anna, a stage magician named Shane, a tight-lipped beer distiller named Tim, and several others. They are amazed to discover that nobody has seemingly aged in all these years. Aaron chalks it all up to clean living.

Justin on a boat — Justin sees something freaky in the water.

Over the course of the evening, strange occurrences begin taking place. Justin notices one commune member, "Shitty" Carl, who just runs maniacally along the various camp trails. Other members of the commune routinely look to the night sky, blaming their situation on some nameless celestial presence.

Justin begins to experience bizarre phenomena that he cannot explain, such as supposedly encountering some sort of "monster" at the bottom of the lake. He tries to get Aaron to leave the camp, but Aaron convinces him to stay for just one more night.

While on one of his jogs, Justin ends up at "Shitty" Carl's shack. He is startled to find Carl's lifeless body hanging from a noose inside. He's even more startled when Carl then reappears and comes barging through a door. Carl explains everyone at Camp Arcadia are caught in a time loop - and that they are forever trapped there. Carl agrees to give Justin directions back to Camp so he can get his brother in exchange for a gun, which he must acquired from his friends Chris and Mike.

Aaron on a boat — "I wanna stay here forever and ever!"

Justin and Aaron continue to experience more time loop phenomena and they learn from Hal that once there are three full moons in the sky, the ascension will begin. The brothers realize that they have to leave quickly, or risk becoming trapped in the loop with the others. Aaron actually wants to stay, citing that living forever in a place of comfort is preferable to living in the real world. Justin tells him that he respects his decision, but ultimately convinces Aaron to come with him.

As the three full moons appear in the sky, the disembodied entity that is responsible for the phenomena lays claim to the other commune members. Justin and Aaron push start their car and barely manage to outrace the entity's influence before they wind up trapped in a loop forever.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Aaron

Justin

Anna

Hal

Shane

Tim

Lizzy

Dave

Shitty Carl

Jennifer Danube

Mike Danube

Chris Daniels

Early 1900's man

Exit counselor

Beer distro Ted

Beer distro Dale

Woods

Notes[]

The Endless redirects to this page.

There are a total of seventeen credited cast members in this film.

The setting for this film is Southern California in the present day.

Scenes of Camp Arcadia were filmed at Camp Oliver, which is located at 8761 Riverside Drive in Descanso, California.

Following its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Endless opened to limited theatrical release in the United States. It was in release for a total of thirty-eight weeks (270 days) in twenty movie theaters.

Fun Facts[]

The tagline for this film is "Time is a Prison".

The Camp Arcadia commune draws heavily from an actual religious organization from the 1990s known as Heaven's Gate. In March of 1997, members of the Heaven's Gate cult castrated themselves and committed ritual suicide in the belief that their spirits would be joined with UFOs aboard a spacecraft flying in the wake of the Hale-Bopp comet. The bodies of thirty-nine cult members were recovered by members of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

Actor Shane Brady, who plays Shane, is an actual stage magician. His character in this film is also a magician and does card tricks and makes a baseball take a really long time to drop out of the sky.

This is the first of two films from 2017 that Callie Hernandez has starred in. She will go on to play an ill-fated astronaut named Upworth in Alien: Covenant.

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