YellowBrickRoad (2010) – The Road Isn’t Paved with Gold, It’s Littered with Madness.

They followed the path of the vanished—and began to vanish themselves

YellowBrickRoad (2010) is a psychological horror film that trades jump scares for dread, unraveling sanity one eerie footstep at a time. Co-directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, it explores the terrifying unknown through a tale inspired by urban legends and classic horror, but steeped in modern existential unease.

The story begins in the seemingly ordinary town of Friedens, New Hampshire, where, in 1940, an entire population of 572 people walked into the forest and vanished. No signs of struggle. No survivors. No explanation. Decades later, a group of researchers, driven by curiosity and obsession, sets out to follow the path the townsfolk took—nicknamed the YellowBrickRoad. But instead of answers, they find confusion, delusion, and horror waiting between the trees.

As the team ventures deeper into the forest, the laws of nature break down. Time stretches and collapses. Compass readings fail. But the most disturbing element? A haunting, distorted 1940s music playing from an unseen source, echoing through the trees. It drives some mad, others violent, and all of them toward a creeping, inevitable disintegration of reality.

The film thrives on atmosphere and psychological horror. Characters slowly unravel, turning on each other as the forest seems to manipulate their fears, memories, and identities. YellowBrickRoad doesn’t offer clear monsters—it makes your own mind the villain. And by the time the survivors realize they’re not just lost, but trapped, the road has already taken something from them that they’ll never get back.