Written by Noah Bessey and directed by Robert Gajic, “The Fearway” 2023 is a film based on a couple’s road trip that soon becomes a haunting experience when a mysterious being chases them. Read the article to know what really happened at the end. The film begins with something sinister where a woman is seen being dragged. The scene immediately shifts to a road where a couple is traveling by car and conversing. They try to convey to each other the love they have, and Michael (Justin Gordon) says to Sarah (Shannon Dalonzo) sarcastically that she is a backseat driver, just like her mother. Sarah then talks about her father who is ill, and wants him to attend her wedding which she is planning for. They suddenly hit a bump in the road, and their car gets sidelined. Both of them come out of the car to check whether they have hit any animals or something. When they went to the backside of the car, they found ice, which is quite impossible in the desert. They could see nothing anywhere and again hit the road. Soon, a black car starts to follow them, and Michael finds it through the car’s rearview mirror.
Michael tells Sarah that they are being followed and tactically outmaneuvers the black car by sidelining their own car in front of a diner. Sarah sarcastically tells him that he watches too many crime shows and that the car must have been driven by a college student who is just showing off. When Sarah tries to call his father, she finds out there is no network, and they decide to go inside the restaurant beside the gas station. Sarah does not like the place and wants to go away, but Michael tells her he is hungry and they should not just walk out. When they are sitting at a table, Michael says to her that just because her father is ill, they should not rush their marriage. The waitress (Jessica Gray) brings them their drinks and also provides quarters for the jukebox, which Michael puts to use. While they are enjoying the song, the black car returns with a grotesque owner and waits outside. They order their takeaway food, and Michael goes to the bathroom. When the chef gives the parcel to Sarah, she tips him handsomely, as he reminds him of his father, who worked hard all his life.
They are again on the road, and a similar incident of hitting something occurs. Sarah tells Michael scarily that this is the exact same place where they had hit something before. The same grotesque man is seen again with a picture of Michael and Sarah. The scene shifts to the restaurant, where the waitress and the chef want to save the couple from something sinister. But the manager (Simon Phillips) tells them they cannot do so and asks them to get back to their work. Michael and Sarah are confused about the situation, and then Michael sees the black car. When Sarah goes to get some answers from the car owner, she meets the grotesque man and hurriedly runs back to their car, and glides away. The black car chases them, and Michael and Sarah’s car is low on gas. While running away from the car, they again see the diner and take refuge there. Sarah tells Michael that it is not a human being and will not leave them until it catches them. Sarah uses the telephone in the restaurant to call the police and is asked to wait for a few hours before any help can reach her. The call actually went to the manager of the hotel, who, in a lady’s voice, gave the information to Sarah. He is later seen comforting Michael that they are safe in this restaurant and also tells him that they took the wrong way when they moved out of there. But Michael argues that the GPS has not shown such a thing, and the manager says that nothing works here; it is a dead zone. The manager tells them that it would be better if they spent the night at this diner, to which both Michael and Sarah agreed.
The chef tries to warn the couple by writing “Run” on their bill, but the manager takes it from him. He tells them that their room is ready and takes the couple toward it. Sarah sees some horrific image through the window of another room, and the weird behavior of the manager throws the couple off. They ran off from the hotel and took the car into the road. Sarah again sees that grotesque man and says that they are being hunted, and the people in the restaurant are all involved in this. In the restaurant, the chef tries to talk to the manager to help the couple, but he ardently tells him that they cannot. The chef calls from the telephone at the restaurant and tells the couple not to stop and run. Michael and Sarah again hit a bump, and this time, they did not stop but were still being followed by the hunter in a black car. Michael sees the restaurant and wants to stop, but Sarah tells him to drive on. Michael again outmaneuvers the black car by forcing it to go ahead, and they run away in the exact opposite direction of the car. They find out that they are endlessly moving on the same road for an infinite amount of time. Later, Michael suggests that they should leave the car and try to walk off the road to see if anything changes or not. In the meantime, the maid and the chef decide to go against the manager and help the couple.
Michael and Sarah are seen walking, and they again reach the same spot where they left their car. They see their car destroyed, and there is blood over it. Soon the hunter arrives at the scene, and Michael tries to harm it with a tool but instead gets injured by the claws of the hunter. On the opposite side of the desert, they find their car in perfect condition and take it to get away from the hunter, who is still following them in his black car. After making several rounds on the same road and passing through the same diner, they decide to go inside again to get help. The maid and the chef tell that the manager is outside and is expecting Sarah. From the manager, Sarah learns that they were in a car crash and are fighting for their lives. The endless loop they are in is a link between life and death. The manager says they made a deal with the hunter to provide mortals who are just clinging to their lives with the last supper and help them to rest peacefully. The manager then senses that Sarah is with a child and decides to help the couple. The chef takes the couple’s car and collides with the hunter, and next, it is seen that Sarah is gasping out in a bloody state at the accident spot.
‘The Fearway’ Ending
“The Fearway” comes with a decent story, but the slow-paced acting does not do justice to the film. The twists and turns at certain points are promising, and the main message of the film is to hold on to life and fight for it.