When all is said and done, "Road Hell" is a film with good intentions. It takes three separate short films and brings them together to produce a good old fashioned horror anthology film. I like that more indie filmmakers are combining their efforts to bring us the possible next "Creepshow," the only problem is most times the horror stories lack the oomf possible to keep us watching. "Road Hell" is a film with great ambition and some good ideas, but ultimately it's a flat film that lacks in scares and packs on the bores big time. Which is a shame because the filmmakers behind this production are talented motherfuckers. Basically the set up goes leaps and bounds where I didn't expect it to, and that's an understatement. Rather than creating a framework in the vein of "Tales from the Darkside," instead the tales are inserted with jarring effect that feel awkward and misplaced. "Road Hell" follows two truly detestable human beings who attempt to go out on a date and hand off their child to their put upon mother. Along the way they stop at a roadside motel very much in the vein of "Psycho" and the terror begins. What's never explained is why the stories are being told and why we should watch them.

The upside of this installment is mainly Niki Rubin who is ravishing as the central villain who manages to take on the hunter who is attempting to thwart her growing legions of followers. "Deep Inside The Rabbit Hole" is a story that felt like it had a point somewhere down the line, but lost it immensely. I naturally assumed this story would revolve around a mythic monster and tell a story about coming of age and bonding. In reality it's really nothing but a glorified short about a killer Bengal holed up in a cave while three under developed kids attempt to find and put an end to its rampage before its too late. The third tale is also incomplete and rather superfluous to the formula. Essentially we follow a zombie hunter who hunts zombies. And that's the basic gist of it. There's no real depth or complexity behind it. It's merely a tale about a zombie hunter looking for a nest of zombies and we follow him around with a documentary director who attempts to figure out why he does what he does. The what, whys, and how's aren't very engrossing and they leave the audience feeling basically robbed of a full experience. When "Road Hell" comes full circle, it feels rather poorly conceived, as if the writers couldn't invoke a better excuse to tell these stories and simply resorted to a tame axe murderer sub-plot that fails to pack any punches. "Road Hell" has a good head on its shoulders, but nothing in it.