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Hallow Road, starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, is a harrowing and bleak parental nightmare. Our SXSW review.

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For most of its run time, Hallow Road unfolds in a car, as anxious parents respond to a distressed call from their college-age daughter, speeding through the night to get to her in time to help.