Zyzzyx Road (2006)
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A philandering accountant and his lover find themselves in a desperate situation after a violent encounter in the desert.
The story
While on a business trip to Las Vegas, a philandering accountant named Grant encounters a seductress named Marissa and her jealous ex-boyfriend, Joey. After a violent confrontation in which Grant and Marissa incapacitate Joey, the pair decides to bury him along the rural Zyzzyx Road in California's Mojave Desert. However, the situation takes a turn when Grant begins experiencing hallucinations following a head injury, and the pair discovers that Joey may not be as incapacitated as they initially believed.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Grant, a philandering accountant, goes to Las Vegas on a business trip and encounters a seductress, Marissa, and her jealous ex-boyfriend Joey. Joey attacks them and Grant and Marissa incapacitate Joey. Believing they have killed him, they decide to bury him along the eponymous Zyzzyx Road, a rural road off Interstate 15 in California's Mojave Desert. Grant suffers a head injury and begins hallucinating. After digging a grave, Grant and Marissa return to find Joey missing from the trunk of Grant's car. Grant chases Joey through the desert with a shovel, and when he finds him hidden in an abandoned mine, Joey tells Grant he wasn't trying to kill Grant, he was trying to kill Marissa because she's actually a succubus. However, that is revealed to be a hallucination as well.
- Original title
- Zyzzyx Rd.
- First release year
- 2006
- Runtime (minutes)
- 86
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- John Penney
- Writers
- John Penney · writer; John Penney · producer; John Penney · director
- Cast and characters
- Katherine Heigl · Marissa; Leo Grillo · Grant; Tom Sizemore · Joey; Yorlin Madera · Truck Driver Bob; Nancy Linari · Brenda (voice)
- Genres
- thriller
- Themes
- hallucination; violence; desperation
- Tone and mood
- thriller
- Premise and plot tags
- thriller; hallucination; crime
- Reception
- The film gained notoriety for being the lowest-grossing film in U.S. history in terms of box office sales, earning only $30 during its intentionally limited release.
- Production trivia
- It is the lowest-grossing film in U.S. history in terms of box office sales.; The film was shown once a day at noon at a single theater in Dallas, Texas.; The film's title is slightly different from the actual Zzyzx Road.
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