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Screenplay Genre: Horror / Thriller Movie Time: 92 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Two American tourists, Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie), on a road trip through Europe get lost on some back woods road somewhere in Germany when their car breaks down with a flat tire. (00:05:49)
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