'Drive Back' Trailer - Road Trip Goes Wrong in Cody Ashford's Horror Film

Cody Ashford. Drive Back trailer and release date — Drive Back (Dark Sky Films)

Following its world premiere at the 2024 FrightFest UK and its US premiere at the 2024 Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Dark Sky Films has unveiled the trailer for Cody Ashford’s Drive Back. The film tells the story of a couple trying to survive a killer while on a road trip celebrating their engagement.

Drive Back stars Zack Gold, Whit Kunschik, Tammy Kaitz, Robert Stephenson, Madonna Young Magee, Jim Tuck, and Crystal Foster.

Release Date

Directed by Cody Ashford, Drive Back opens in select theaters and on VOD on November 8. 2024.

Synopsis

Comic artist, Reid and his pregnant fiancée, Olivia celebrate their new engagement at a remote cabin. But after a near car accident leaves them lost in the woods, they find themselves trapped on a hidden shortcut. Facing violent visions, lost memories, and a troubled hitchhiker, they discover a terrifying killer is hunting them and that the shortcut is darker and more personal than they realized.

Reviews

Joel Harley in a Horror DNA review gave the film a score of 4/5, writing, “Featuring solid performances from Gold and Kunschik – whose chemistry carries the film through its quieter moments – and sharp writing, it’s a slick, effective version of the road trip-gone-wrong horror film.”

Ariel Powers-Schaub in a FilmHounds review also gave the film a 4/5, writing, “On the surface, Drive Back is an effective horror film about getting lost in the woods, and the evil that lurks there. Dig a little deeper, and it’s about relationships of all kinds – romantic, familial, and otherwise – and the secrets we keep from loved ones to keep the relationship functioning.”