Dead Run

"Dead Run" is the second segment of the nineteenth episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New Twilight Zone. Johnny Davis is an out-of-work truck driver, due to his many accidents. In a roadside diner, Johnny asks Pete - a friend of his father's - for help finding a job. Pete is reluctant, saying that with the kind of work he's in, you have to be ready for anything. Johnny agrees and Pete takes him on his next run.... more

"Dead Run" is the second segment of the nineteenth episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New Twilight Zone. Johnny Davis is an out-of-work truck driver, due to his many accidents. In a roadside diner, Johnny asks Pete - a friend of his father's - for help finding a job. Pete is reluctant, saying that with the kind of work he's in, you have to be ready for anything. Johnny agrees and Pete takes him on his next run. The run turns out to be delivering souls to Hell via semi-truck. After a blow-up at a truck stop, Johnny learns of disturbances in Hell with the souls of the newly dead, and it's making the truckers nervous. As the drivers enter Hell to drop off their cargo, Pete and Johnny witness a seeming anarchy. Souls running around loose. Some of the dead see Johnny and try to plead with him to get them out. During the melee, one of the souls comes to Johnny's aid and tells him about the fact that people are being sent to Hell that don't deserve to be.... less