This is certainly not a classic film, but many reviews here show that people completely failed to understand what was happening with the plot.
Spoilers ahead:
Rest Stop is really a ghost story, not a slasher movie. The rest stop is haunted and everyone that Nicole meets there is a ghost. The strange family in the RV, the girl locked in the closet, the policeman and even the serial killer in the truck are all supernatural. This is why the policeman and girl in the closet simply vanish. The killer's truck can't be damaged and we even see it in perfect condition right after it just completely burned. It's a ghost story! You can't evaluate the plot in terms of hard logic. In one of the final scenes we see that Nicole has been killed by the serial killer's ghost and her spirit is now trapped at the rest stop as well. The whole thing is pretty clearly spelled out.
I'm not defending this as a good movie. It's very tedious in a lot of areas and it never really comes together. However, most of the people who thought it was the "worst movie ever" didn't even take the time to figure out what was happening. I guess if a movie isn't completely obvious, some people get confused.
Spoilers ahead:
Rest Stop is really a ghost story, not a slasher movie. The rest stop is haunted and everyone that Nicole meets there is a ghost. The strange family in the RV, the girl locked in the closet, the policeman and even the serial killer in the truck are all supernatural. This is why the policeman and girl in the closet simply vanish. The killer's truck can't be damaged and we even see it in perfect condition right after it just completely burned. It's a ghost story! You can't evaluate the plot in terms of hard logic. In one of the final scenes we see that Nicole has been killed by the serial killer's ghost and her spirit is now trapped at the rest stop as well. The whole thing is pretty clearly spelled out.
I'm not defending this as a good movie. It's very tedious in a lot of areas and it never really comes together. However, most of the people who thought it was the "worst movie ever" didn't even take the time to figure out what was happening. I guess if a movie isn't completely obvious, some people get confused.