Rest Stop

You know, sometimes you go into a movie with a feeling that it's gonna be a bad one, and sometimes you're wrong. Well, this time, I was dead on the money! The movie is Rest Stop and it's a rehash of every 'road killer' movie you've ever seen, without any of the scares or fun!



Here's the story: When Nicole and her boyfriend Jess decide to run away to Los Angeles to become actors, they take a wrong turn onto a road that they can't find on the map. Jess isn't worried at all, but Nicole has a bad feeling. Then, when Nicole needs to his the bathroom, Jess pulls into a run down rest stop (Hence the name of the movie!). While Nicole is using the facilities, Jess disappears. This is just the start of some really bad horror! It turns out that Jess has, in fact, been kidnapped by an insane killer who drives an old yellow and white pickup truck. So, now Nicole is stranded, miles from help, at this horrid rest stop being randomly attacked by our pickup driver/killer.

Now, that might sound a little thin for a plot line, but that's all there is! Nicole is portrayed as a tough as nails chick, but she never shows the intelligence to actually run away from the rest stop, even after being tormented and tortured, she still hangs around the same place! There's a weird family in an RV, that is supposed to be like the Texas Chainsaw family (I think), and, for some reason, when Nicole comes across other victims, they just vanish. No explaination, no hint that she's losing her mind, they're just gone!

Rest Stop is one of the least scary horror movies I've seen in quite some time. The horror isn't so horrible and they people who we see tortured haven't been on screen long enough to build up any sympathy with the audience...it's a lose, lose situation. I'm giving Rest Stop a soggy, unlit half a cigar, because anything more would be an insult to cigar graphics! So, until next time, when I'll advocate the use of the old fashioned coffee can instead of a grimy rest stop, remember that the best movies are bad movies.