Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

ag-58026 Rest Stop is far, far from your average horror movie. Perhaps buried somewhere in the reviews are the speculations I cover here, but perhaps not.As many reviewers have pointed out, this is a ghost story, or more precisely an imagining of purgatory.I haven't seen anyone say this, but I feel that Nicole and Jesse are already dead at the start of the movie. Take note that Nicole makes a cryptic reference to "everyone has their own personal demon", and she mentions that she was the personal demon for her parents.Nicole "runs away" at what appears to be 9AM in the morning, when boyfriend Jess shows up in his car and honks for her. Note that there is no one on the street and absolutely no activity in Nicole's house, although Nicole scolds Jesse (while laughing) that he'll wake them up with his honking.He doesn't seem to care, and taunts her by moving the car a couple of times before she can get in. This is surreal behavior for a young couple running away, and hints that the scene is not what it seems to be at surface level.When this activity is combined with what follows in the movie, it leads me to believe that Nicole and Jesse died somehow, and they are now wandering in purgatory.Note that Nicole wants to call her mother to tell her she's OK, but never quite gets to do that. It's because she (Nicole) is dead.Later on, when Nicole breaks into the ranger's shack and sees video of her and Jesse on the TV there, this oddly does not freak her out as much as it should. This again to me points that at a certain level, Nicole knows that she is in some sort of surreality.The father of the religious family goes into great detail in describing the demons that torture the unfaithful in purgatory. The mother in the RV repeatedly calls Nicole a whore, perhaps referencing Nicole's behavior and the pain it caused her parents.These are major plot clues, in my opinion. The driver of the truck is the last demon from purgatory that the father in the RV mentions, the truly terrifying one.Checkout the Wikipedia page on purgatory. There you will find the reference to the torture that souls experience, as well as a cleansing of the soul by fire (the fire which Nicole avoided, and therefore is still in purgatory until she admits to her sins).Also check out the Wikipedia page on the angel Cassiel ("KZL") who is a guardian of heaven, and uses weapons against the unworthy.Note that Nicole at one point prays to God, and the officer shows up to help. He, like Tracy in the closet, is another of the wandering ghosts in this limbo. It may be that the officer is escaping purgatory by helping Nicole, and sacrificing himself - thus his oddly nonchalant policing behavior when confronting a possible suspect in a kidnapping and assault.Very few have seemed to mention that there are two brothers in the RV with the religious family, and that these brothers specifically show up on one of the missing posters that we see throughout the film, as does Tracy.At the end of the movie, we find out that the religious family somehow killed the driver at some point in the past (presumably when they were not ghosts). I am speculating here, but perhaps it was a hit and run accident (the father from the RV mentions they'll need to take this secret to their graves), and suggests that the driver was an innocent. The original driver then, is likely not the shadowy driver in the movie - he was replaced by the angel Cassiel who uses his truck and form in the purgatory.And then there's the music by Bear McCreary. Wow! Really great, haunting music, particularly the main theme "All That Remains', which has a 70's vibe to it.I haven't gone back to watch it again, but if I did I would look for clues in the first few minutes of the movie, rather than at the end.

GL84 Stopping at a seemingly-deserted rest stop while on their way to California, a woman finds the area stalked by a vicious killer intended to torment and torture her and anyone else that comes along to help, forcing her into an extreme battle to escape the building alive.This turned out to be a marginally-enjoyable slasher effort, which rather curiously seems to straddle several different lines and manages to make some work and some don't. The survival-horror and tormenting here are pretty good, as the ever-escalating series of confrontations with the killer, the singular-location setting being used to great effect and the gradual increase of gore all makes for some good times. Then, it seems to descend into parody with several scenes where instead of exploiting the brutal they represent in concept, the execution is utterly laughable and silly, completely clashing in tone and feel. There's also hints of the supernatural at work here, especially the subplot about the girl in the room, but it's not nearly all that bad and somewhat subtle anyway, and overall this one does seem to be enjoyable more often than not.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity and drug use.

Craig I picked this up for $2 at the local op-shop based on the DVD sticker that said; "Rest Stop is hauntingly realistic... in the style of the original version of The Vanishing." — Maria Newborn. FANGORIA TV The original version of The Vanishing is a 10/10 film, and I gave this film a 3, because I have actually seen worse films, such as "Psyched by the 4D Witch". But "Rest Stop" is God-Awful. WARNING (I'm about to tell you what is in the RV) I don't mind the religious family in the RV, that scene was cool, scoring the film an extra point or two. But the entire film was mostly pointless, based mostly on supernatural themes which makes it 180° to "The Vanishing", which didn't need magic fairies to make it scary. Don't get me wrong, magic fairy movies can be good if done well, I quite liked John Carpenters "In the Mouth of Madness", but probably couldn't watch it again for another 20 years or so.... I used to respect Fangoria magazine, as I read it often in my teens, ie 30 years ago, but Maria Newborn is either insincere or naive. Back to "Rest Stop" which is a film that gets worse the longer you watch it, several times I felt the need to press FF, and I regret not doing so now. Pretty quickly I wanted the boring villain and the boring victim to die quickly. The twists are very predictable and totally unrealistic. Originally I planned to write my 1st review on "Before Midnight", an equally dismal film, but this piece of crud got my goat the most.

Matt Kracht The plot: A young woman runs away from home, only to be terrorized by a psychopath at a rest stop.Rest Stop could have been good, but the writer/director decided to throw in every single clichéd plot element that he could think of: psychopathic serial killer, creepy religious cult, deformed mutant, haunted house, ghosts, and kidnapped spouse. If it had just focused on a few of these things, instead of an incoherent pastiche of every horror movie cliché imaginable, this could have been an enjoyable, low budget movie.Rest Stop also suffers from boring filler, pointlessly long scenes, and an understated, subtle story that's too confusing for many viewers to follow. It's a movie that may require multiple viewings to understand, but few people will actually like the movie enough to actually sit through it again, just to decipher the hidden clues. As a 20-30 minute short film, this would have been enjoyable and short enough to go back and watch again. As a full-length feature, however, it's too slow-paced and boring to sit through again.I would recommend Rest Stop mainly to fans of independent horror and psychological horror. It's not a particularly good example of psychological horror, but it does manage to hit most of the clichés by the time the credits roll. Stick around for a brief scene that may give you a few more hints as to what's going on. If you've been paying attention, it will probably explain the most confusing aspects of the movie.