To all the fans of DUEL and the original JOY RIDE, I’d like to say: G’day mate! Yes, our good ol’ friends from Australia are offering up another take on the “big rig from hell” genre. And if the Outback’s record for genre films is any indication, we are in for a treat!
The new flick is called ROAD TRAIN and its plot rolls like this: Four young friends on a camping adventure in outback Australia are run off the road by a mystery road train – a massive three-trailer truck. With their own 4×4 wrecked and the road train stopped, the friends march off to remonstrate with the driver.
But there is no one to be found!
Suddenly, the silence is broken by the sound of gunshots. A distant figure screams and runs towards them. Are they witnesses to a murder? There’s no time to discuss it. The friends commandeer the road train. The next town is only three hours away.
But the next town is somewhere they will never reach. What they discover inside the vehicle’s trailers proves more terrifying than anything out there on that lonely road.
Not bad at all! It kind of seems to have a supernatural twist on the basic concept. Could make for some interesting entertainment. TRAIN will be directed by Dean Francis from a story by Clive Hopkins. Cameras are expected to start rolling this February. I’ll keep an eye out for any future developments.
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