During summer break, college freshman Lewis (Walker) drives across the country to pick up Venna (Sobieski), the girl
of his dreams. Along the way, he stops to rescue his trouble-making older brother, Fuller (Zahn), who talks him into playing a practical
joke with a CB radio. The brothers and Venna get sucked into a nightmare when a psychotic truck driver, known only by his CB handle, Rusty Nail, seeks
revenge.