Written & Directed by: Michael Davis Starring: Eric Jungman .... Adam Justin Urich .... Harley Aimee Brooks .... Sarah Michael Bailey Smith .... Monster Man Release Date: München Fantasy Filmfest: July 30, 2003; Frankfurt Fantasy Filmfest: August 10, 2003; Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest: August 18, 2003; Dead by Dawn Edinburgh Horror Film Festival: April 24, 2004; *Images courtesy at: www.bloody-disgusting.com Rating:

A young man named Adam (Eric Jungman) is on his way driving to his wedding and his sarcastic prankster mouthy friend named Harley (Justin Urich) tags along with him as he seems to get the two of them into trouble along the way and are unwelcomed by rednecks along the way due to Harley's mockery towards them.
Well they are driven off the road by a giant monster truck and then they are terrorised by it.
Along the way a hitchhiker named Sarah (Aimee Brooks) tags along with them as they try to escpae from this maniac as they saw on the news that this driver has been responsibler for killing lots of people.
They also witness the drivers presence as he doesn't look human.

I thought this would be a great movie. Sure it's dark at time and alot of the times there's lots of stupid dark comedy in it which doesn't blend at all for the story itself.
I found this one to be a spoof on Joyride along with touches of Jeepers Creepers and the remake on Texas Chainsaw Massacre
It does get exciting with the chase from the monster truck but the story weakens as it doesn't really have a nice surprise to why this madness is happening.

The acting is in descent shape as I enjoyed Justin Urich's performence since he plays a convincing dork in the show with his sarcasm. He reminds me of people I encountered in my life as he plays a practical pain in the ass.
Aimee Brooks also does good with her supporting role as she seems to play good by being sexy and romantic rtoo but has a secret of her own which she pulls off greatly too.
Michael Bailey Smith does wonderful with his monstrous actions to his character making him truly scary.

A piece of roadkill is thrown on Adam sleeping in a hotel
A redneck is crushed by a monster truck
Adam spits out an eyeball while trying to eat something
There's a corpse in the back of a car with their eyes gouged out
A person is lying on a flat and the middle of his body is torn out guts revealed and then later on his body is cut in half
Adam cuts the Monster Man's stomach open to get a key he swallowed
A throat is slit
There's chunks of the Monster Man splattered over a dirt road
The monster truck driver looks gruesome himself

When you see Michael Davis' work you're not sure whether he's directing a plain comedy spoof on JoyRide or a comedy-horror spoof on the film.
He definetely combines both as we have stupid scenes with Eric Jungman and Justin Urich acting like goof off's with their roles during certain disputes.
But there are also very darjk and scary moments like the monster truck driving a car off the road in a Jeepers Creepers like fashion.
Also it's perfect timing that this monster truck is following these people.
We have a nice romantic scene involving Jungman and Aimee Brooks at a hotel.
Theres a great and shocking moment of the monster truck slowly torturing Tim Sitartz's character by running over parts of his body and he made Tim's reactions very realistic at this terrifying event.
Also there's another suspenseful moment when the monster truck crushes the top of a car and Urich is inside it and he shows great anxiety attacks wondering if he can get out alive before the truck comes after them again.
We have a good location of the killers house as it borrows alot from the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
His best direction was towards the end when he coaches Jungman and Urich's scenes on getting revenge with this maniac.

John Coda does well with his music for the film putting different sounds in each scene. He shows a great guitar riff when there's a sexy scene in the film.

We also have a soundtrack by artists like The Rumblebees and Scot Sax

Harley: [while sitting in a bar that's showing a monster truck competition on tv] These fucking rednecks must have IQs the same number as the size of my underwear to watch this!

Harley: I feel like we just played Drop The Soap with Godzilla, man!

Police Officer #1: [in a thick redneck accent] You dang kids are up to your assholes and elbows in trouble now!
Adam: Ask your elbows *what*?

Harley: I'm a corpse burrito, dude!

Brother Fred: [lying in two pieces whilst the end credits are running] The end? This can't be the end! I was gonna fuck my sister! Now what am I gonna do? This sucks!

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