Summary: A couple who have taken to van life soon start to realise that the open road at night can take a chilling turn.
The reviews for this film were terrible, and whilst it certainly wasn’t the best film, it also wasn’t terrible. Yes it was over reliant on jump scares, yes a lot of the story had been done before and done better. However, bringing in aspects of the Hobo Code and some lesser known Catholic mythos did give it a unique flavour.
It was also interesting that this film had a demon in it but it didn’t go down the possession route as one might expect. Furthermore, seeing two random civilians be able to kill it at the end rather than calling in a priest or a demonologist was a nice change of pace as well.
One thing that will cost this film points is the shameless product placement, when the couple sit down to watch a film it is of course a Paramount film, this is also a Paramount film and the amount of time that shot lingers for is artistically bankrupt.
Overall, if you like horror films there is some novelty here. However, if you want something truly fresh this isn’t that.
3/5
Pros.
Some new stuff
Seeing regular folks beat the demons
Some good scares
Cons.
An over reliance on jump scares
Some aspects are predictable
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