Rest Stop Reviews

I decided to go ahead and check this two part series as I was curious. Besides it has Jaimie Alexander which is always a plus. It looks like this is John Shiban's only directorial film as he mostly sticks with television like Supernatural and Breaking Bad. So the opening was interesting and actually kind of creepy. Good on you Jaimie Alexander. That has to be really messed up to be toyed with like that. Well that's disturbing. Okay this is a slow burner, but they do a good job with the creep factor. That ending was interesting. There is even a little extra scene during the credits that makes you wonder. This is way different than I was expecting in a good way! I hope the sequel explains a little more what exactly the whole lore is though. Joseph Lawrence as Deacon was awesome. There wasn't a whole lot of gore, but when it happened it was fairly gruesome. The gunshot scene was gut-wrenching. That finger scene as well was brutal. I think is highly underrated for sure. I think some people who rate it low probably don't get what exactly is going on or something. For me it was a fun ride. I can't wait to see what the sequel has to offer.

In Texas, the aspirant actress Nicole Carrow runs away home to Los Angeles with her boyfriend Jess Hilts. They drive through a shortcut in an old road, and when they park in a rest stop, Jess is abducted by the sadistic driver of an old yellow truck. Along the night, Nicole is threatened by the sick maniac, while mysterious things happen to her in the place.

"Son, when you get shot out there, you think it hurts like hell. But when you don't feel anything, it's when you're not going to make it. And Nicole, it doesn't hurt at all."

THIS WAS THE UNRATED VERSION?! One word: disappointing. It would have been a nice film, but it became boring and slow as the minutes ticked by. I thought I was set for a horrifying time, but I was wrong. Nicole Carrow (Jaimie Alexander) has decided to drive to California with her boyfriend, Jesse Hilts, after being fed up with her overprotective parents. What should have been a fun and romantic drive soon turned into one of horror, when, after a heated argument, Nicole insists that she as to go to the bathroom and Jesse pulls up into a rest stop. After doing her business in the bathroom, Nicole leaves the bathroom only to find that her boyfriend - and his car - is missing. As the night goes on, Nicole is terrorized by an unknown man who drives a yellow pickup with the plate number KZL 303, as well as a weird trailer family who picks her up and then drops her off again at the rest stop. The end is ho hum and so so; it took all of my self control to keep the movie where it is and not skip to the credits. Friendly tip: if someone tells you that you're going to watch Rest Stop: Dead Ahead as part of your movie marathon, do everyone a favor and chuck the DVD right into the trash.