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Rest Stop (2006) - Unrated


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One 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: R/NR (strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality)
Length: 85 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, French, Spanish

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Plot

A girl runs away from her Texas home with her boyfriend and they're heading to California for fame and fortune. On the way they pull over for a little sex play and when they get back on the road, they stop at a rest stop so she can use the facilities. When she exits the ladies room, her boyfriend is nowhere to be found. The rest of the film is spent with her being stalked and tortured by some guy in an old Ford pickup.

Pros

The lead actress is cute and there's plenty of obligatory gore and strange people (the family in the motor home is just too weird to believe) to go around.

Cons

Somebody being terrorized by an unseen guy in a truck is not a new theme (Duel and Joy Ride immediately come to mind). Even being terrorized in a rest room was done in Saw. When they decided to throw in the unnecessary supernatural twist, the movie for me took a nose dive.

Extras

  • 3 Alternate Endings
  • Crime Scene Photos
  • "Scotty's Family Album" (very creepy)
  • Trailers

Recommendation

This is a straight-to-video film so if you're not expecting much you won't be disappointed. Believe it or not, they're already planning a sequel. The good news is this isn't the worse horror movie ever made and it's only 85 minutes long.

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Actors

Jaimie Alexander - Nicole Carrow
Michael Childers - The Father
Jennifer Cormack - College Student
Edmund Entin - Twin #2
Gary Entin - Twin #1
Joseph Lawrence - Officer Michael Deacon
Joey Mendicino - Jess Hilts
Mikey Post - Scotty
Deanna Russo - Tracy Kress
Diane Salinger - The Mother
[Creature]
Curtis Taylor - The Ranger
[RoboCop 3]

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