Rest Stop (2018)★ 6.5/10

US · 28 min · March 1, 2018

• Horror
• Short

Directed by: Stephen Dean

Written by: Stephen Dean, Stephen King

Based on the short story by Stephen King (Rest Stop). Acclaimed mystery writer Johanna Dykstra finds herself struggling to deal with the occurrence of daily life when a pen name becomes an alternate personality in the form of Rick Hardin. Johanna's disgust and resentment towards Hardin becomes a constant debilitating factor of her daily life. One night an unexpected encounter happens at a deserted highway rest stop. This event poises, the often times malevolent, Rick Hardin as an uncanny hero. Johanna Dykstra eventually comes to accept Hardin as a necessary evil due to the unforeseeable dangers and risks of the world around her.