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Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

Detours can be deadly.

20095.51h 31m

Overview

While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car at a gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest of Bobby but the car breaks down. They find a house in the middle of nowhere and decide to take the car parked in the house's garage to the next city...

Directed by Louis Morneau
Written by James Robert Johnston, Bennett Yellin, J.J. Abrams
Produced by Connie Dolphin
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0M0

Top Cast

Nicki Aycox

Nicki Aycox

Melissa

Nick Zano

Nick Zano

Bobby

Kyle Schmid

Kyle Schmid

Nik

Daniel Boileau

Daniel Boileau

Bald Trucker

Laura Jordan

Laura Jordan

Kayla

Mark Gibbon

Mark Gibbon

Rusty Nail

K

Krystal Vrba

lézard

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

Serveuse

Rebecca Davis

Rebecca Davis

Woman Stuck in Snow

C

Colette Hills

Female Corpse

Themes & Keywords

married couplesequeltruck driverold houseroad rageslasher horror

About Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is a crime, thriller, horror film released in 2009 exploring themes of married couple, sequel, truck driver, old house, road rage, slasher horror. Directed by Louis Morneau, it stars Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid. While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car at a gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest of Bobby but the car breaks down. They find a house in the middle of nowhere and decide to take the car parked in the house's garage to the next city...

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