The Man in the White Van

The story is set in Florida in the mid-1970s. A teenager named Annie Williams lives with her older sister Margaret, her younger brother Daniel, and their parents. Annie enjoys horseback riding (her horse is named “Rebel”) and often ventures out into nature. Annie begins to notice a white van appearing in places she frequents: while riding her horse, on her way home, in the woods. The van seems to follow or observe her. She reports the strange van to her parents, but they dismiss her fears as paranoia. Her older sister Margaret and friends are initially skeptical. Annie's best friend Patty (played by Skai Jackson), however, believes her. Interspersed with Annie's storyline are flashback sequences showing earlier victims: young women abducted by the same or similar “man in the white van”. These provide backstory for the killer's pattern. These earlier abductions go largely unnoticed or unconnected at the time. Annie's fear intensifies: the van's presence becomes more threatening, she becomes increasingly isolated, and the margin of safety shrinks. On Halloween night, her worst fears begin to materialize: the stalking culminates in an abduction. Annie gets captured and finds herself in the back of the white van. She awakens, fights back, opens the van door and jumps out as it approaches her home. She bangs on her front door; her sister Margaret finally hears and pulls her inside just as the man approaches the house. The man breaks in; Annie and Margaret flee through a window, fall to the ground, locate the van, hop inside and attempt to get away. The man pursues them. Annie reverses the van when the man tries to snatch Margaret, backing into a bush to stop the vehicle, and then drives forward, hitting the man who's lying on the ground. A police officer arrives (thanks to Patty's help) but when they look for the man, he is nowhere to be found. One month later, Annie and her family appear to have attempted to move on: they have dinner together, and life seems superficially normal. Annie's horse “Rebel” is gone (either sold or given away). The film's climax reveals that the man in the white van escapes. A mid-credits scene shows a family on a camping trip; the daughter finds a white van parked nearby, implying that the predator is still out there.