Eleven Roses (2023)

Eleven Roses, (often stylized as ELEVEN ROSES in all capitals) is a 2023 horror movie filmed by the Walking Camera starring Hcáel Godejohn Gardendoof, Michael and Damien Fox, as well as Cory “Dave” Williams. The movie follows the story of Michael. playing a different and a younger versiom of himself as a waiter at a casual roadhouse stylized restaurant who gets followed on his way home from work. It’s soundtrack scores it an incredible reputation and wonderful feedback, as it reportedly made almost every scene eerie. 
The movie begins with a brown and white titlecard that fades into a fresh cup of coffee with cream being added to it. It is mixed, and the camera trails off, finding a man with a tray of drinks and fringed brown hair. He goes to bring the drinks over to a table, before he is stopped, where the camera goes around him, revealing the waiter to be Michael. He converses with the father at the table, who is inherently republican and visibly makes Michael uncomfortable as he glances up at the clock every few seconds. The mother of the table comes in, “accidentally” pushing Michael over a bit, which he giggles reluctantly at. She glances at him as she sits down, before immediately doing a double-take. She smiles falsely, before pausing for a moment. “Michael?” she growls. His ears twitch at the sound of her voice. He moves his eyes to look her way, and is immediately embarrassed. “You went to highschool with my son.” she continues, before pausing for a moment. “Gallagher. Susan”, she mutters, and shakes his hand. He is opposed to the idea, and immediately breaks the grip of her hand from his. He notices the clock strike 9:00, and he is almost off of work for the night. He walks over to the table that needs the drinks, and sits them down. Another waiter comes in from off-screen, taking over for him. He smiles and brings the tray to his stomach like a folder, and walks back to the employee only room, where he clocks out, before grabbing his bag from the break table. He is briefly stopped by a coworker, who ironically tells him to have a safe drive home. He raises his hand slightly, to show appreciation, and heading out of the backdoor. He walks through an almost empty parking lot, before finding his car, which is a 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 4-door Hardtop. He enters the car in an eerie sequence, and starts it. The camera positions behind the passenger seat headrest, focusing on Michael, and then the rearview mirror, revealing a Chevrolet Malibu in another spot in the parking lot. Michael turns on the radio, and then puts the car into reverse, before backing out of the parking spot. As he circles around to leave the parking lot, the camera focuses on the rearview mirror once more, revealing that the other car is started, showing as it’s headlights turn on and the very faint sound of an engine starting is heard in the background behind the radio. The radio hums out an older country song, which is “Feelin’ Better” by Hank Williams Junior, as requested by co-star Damien Fox. Michael comes to a stop on his way out of the parking lot, where the Chevrolet pulls up behind him. He reaches for his phone, and calls Damien, who doesn’t pick up. He sighs, and waits for it to go to voicemail. In this time, the radio warns listeners of a 1981 Chevrolet Malibu, but he switches stations before hearing the entire warning. “Hey, it’s Mike. Um, I’m gonna be home really soon. Let me know if you need anything from town.” he mumbles off, before hanging up and laying the phone down on the passenger seat. As he turns onto the road, the phone falls between the seat and the center console between the two front seats. Michael opens the passenger glove compartment, before reaching for a cassette, which he then puts into his newly installed radio. He immediately skips forward, and the radio hums out the tune of “You’re Gonna Change, or I’m Gonna Leave”, by Hank Williams Junior. Michael is on an older interstate type road, with only a few cars being seen every few seconds. He hums and taps the steering wheel to the tune, without realizing that his phone is now blowing up with notifications from Damien, desperately trying to warn him of the same thing that the radio tried to. Michael takes a backroad, waiting on a response from Damien, without realizing that the car behind him is now adamantly following him and his phone is between the seat and center console of the car. Michael begins driving through the countryside, listening to the same album as before. 
Eventually, Michael comes to a stop sign, where the car following him rides his tail, which he notices. He glances in the rearview mirror briefly, before taking a right turn. The car continues to follow him, as he comes to yet another stop sign, where he hangs yet another right turn, as does the car behind him. He begins to sweat, as it is shown by the camera zooming in on his face in the rearview mirror, showing the small beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. Michael hangs another right, which is his third one. He begins to grip the steering wheel as he comes back to the stop sign where he hung the first right, and his suspicions are confirmed. He hangs a left, driving aimlessly as he desperately tries to get the cassette out of the radio, before surfing stations to try to find the same warning from before, but he fails. He continues driving for about 3 minutes in the movie, before glancing over to look for his phone, where the realization of the seriousness of the situation that he is in becomes very apparent to him. He speeds up, as does the car behind him. Michael eventually speeds up enough and hits just enough corners to lose him very briefly. He starts to go home, and turns onto the road that his house is on, before noticing the headlights in his rearview mirror again. Michael speeds down the road, before turning left sharply, losing the car once more. He backtracks and speeds back down the road once more, before barely parking in the driveway. He rushes into the house, before slamming the door and locking it behind him, as well as holding it shut. He reluctantly peeks through the blinds, and notices that there was no car outside at all. He notices a seemingly similar car outside of his neighbor’s garage right across the street, and reluctantly walks upstairs, before going to bed. He gets into bed, where Damien is barely awake waiting on him. The two talk for a very brief period of time, before Damien just wraps his arms around Michael, who is still seemingly shaken up about the situation. The screen fades to black as Michael lays awake in bed, listening to all of the ambience around the house, such as the noises from it settling, such as creaky floorboards and pipes knocking, before revealing that he is back at work, dreading getting off. A sequence of him serving tables and watching the clock is shown, before it eventually strikes 9 PM again. He grips his car keys as he walks out of the backdoor, before immediately noticing the same car, where the movie fades to black, before ending.
=== Trivia ===
Feelin’ Better, the song on the radio that got cut off, was on the same album that Michael put in, before skipping to track 4, “You’re Gonna Change, or I’m Gonna Leave”, one of the actor’s husband’s favorite songs. These are two of the three overall references to Hank Williams, Jr. in the movie, other than the most obvious one, the title.
Category:Movies
Category:Horror
Category:Films
Category:2023
Category:Hcáel Gardendoof
Category:Michael Fox
Category:Damien
Category:Generational Headspaces