Freeway

• Comedy
• Crime
• Thriller
• Drama

A darkly comedic and unsettling road movie reimagining of “Little Red Riding Hood,” *Freeway* follows a fiercely independent teenage runaway’s desperate search for connection after her mother’s arrest. Her ill-fated hitchhiking trip with a seemingly well-meaning school counselor spirals into a harrowing chase across California highways as she uncovers his terrifying secret. The film doesn’t revel in typical slasher tropes, instead grounding the escalating danger in the protagonist’s raw vulnerability and resilience, exploring themes of fractured families and predatory behavior with a surprising, cynical wit. What distinguishes *Freeway* isn’t the horror, but the blunt, unflinching portrayal of a young woman forced to confront a brutal reality and claim agency through desperate measures, flipping the fairytale narrative into a sharp, provocative exploration of survival.