A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.
R.G. Armstrong
- Amos Clements
- (as R. G. Armstrong)
Ernie F. Orsatti
- Dalton
- (as Ernie Orsatti)
Storyline
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- TriviaCar cost $84,000.00 to build.
- GoofsDuring the final chase on the motorbike, it alternates from night / day.
- Quotes
Amos Clements: [complaining about Morris' french horn] And if I hear another sound out of that thing, I'll ram it so far up your ass, you'll be farting music for a year.
John Morris: [thoughtfully considering the idea] Wouldn't that be fantastic? Farting music. For a year!
- Crazy creditsThe Car's horn blows at the beginning and the end of the ending credits.
- Alternate versionsThe NBC edited for TV version of this film includes some additional scenes to pad out the movie due to needed commercial breaks. The aforementioned additional scenes were during the cemetery standoff between the school band and the Car. The part where Lauren is insulting and taunting the Car is longer and there is a short dialog between her and her friend Margie planning on how one of them will run out and escape to call for help. These are not on the official 1999 DVD/VHS release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Knight Rider: Trust Doesn't Rust (1982)
- SoundtracksDies Irae, Dies Illa
(uncredited)
Traditional, thought to be written by Thomas of Celano
[Instrumental version played over the opening title card and credits]
Featured review
Niiiiiiiiiiiice!
The devil made me do it. Really. I bought this VHS the second I saw it. It kept me awake with nightmares as a child, and the library offered no help in locating it until I hit that nice vowel-starting auction site. In re-watching it, I realized that there are signs of the decade it was created (especially in the bell-bottoms, I couldn't stop laughing when I watched the kids in the band practice their parade because the fashion world has come back to them again!), but there are other nice things.
One of the main details that this movie has is no explanations are made. The Indian woman comments about the ill wind that came with the car when she gives testimony. The sheriff's deputy feels that the reason it can't go into the graveyard is due to the hallowed ground. (Btw, the graveyard scene is the one that freaked me out as a kid). Parent (Brolin) discovers there are no handles on the doors, and another witness says that there's no driver. This all adds up to a nasty scenerio. Much like the later movie Poltergeist, you have to wonder if the Indians are right--get out of town! (they fled to the Deep Country--smart cookies!)
I adore Kim Richards, and her sister Kyle is a darling in this film. As an adult, I couldn't help but think who would take care of them should something happen to Parent. I think this is a good sign in a movie--you really begin to identify with the characters when things like this come to you!
The comment at the beginning from Anton gives the whole movie's plot a good basis. I do recommend this as a stay-home, eat popcorn, and enjoy flick!
;)
**** out of *****
One of the main details that this movie has is no explanations are made. The Indian woman comments about the ill wind that came with the car when she gives testimony. The sheriff's deputy feels that the reason it can't go into the graveyard is due to the hallowed ground. (Btw, the graveyard scene is the one that freaked me out as a kid). Parent (Brolin) discovers there are no handles on the doors, and another witness says that there's no driver. This all adds up to a nasty scenerio. Much like the later movie Poltergeist, you have to wonder if the Indians are right--get out of town! (they fled to the Deep Country--smart cookies!)
I adore Kim Richards, and her sister Kyle is a darling in this film. As an adult, I couldn't help but think who would take care of them should something happen to Parent. I think this is a good sign in a movie--you really begin to identify with the characters when things like this come to you!
The comment at the beginning from Anton gives the whole movie's plot a good basis. I do recommend this as a stay-home, eat popcorn, and enjoy flick!
;)
**** out of *****
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- gypsycaine
- Jun 13, 2003
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- Also known as
- DeathMobile
- Filming locations
- Snow Canyon, Utah, USA(Carter's Road)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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