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
Pay no attention to the 5.0 rating...
Most of these voters probably saw a pan and scan television cut and probably hate movies released before 1989. BATMAN FOREVER and THE MUMMY RETURNS have higher ratings, and that, dear reader, is pure bull. The truth is that this movie's got more going for it that 90% of the genre films of the last 20 years. If only I was born about 15 years earlier, I would have been old enough to enjoy the American films of the '70's in their theatrical run. THE CAR is another testimony to the superiority of the '70's cinematic sensibilities. Here's a movie about a killer car (not a killer driver, mind you, but a killer car). Yes, it's JAWS with a car. But the craft involved really makes this film exceed what you might think possible for a film with such a hoo-dah B-movie premise. The set pieces are constructed with care, (boosted by fine cinematography and editing) and the car winds up genuinely menacing. The characters are nothing to write home about, but they at least react to the prospect of a menacing killer vehicle in a fairly tangible way (that is, except for the the hero's girlfriend in the movie's worst scene, but hey, it's a set up....). That is an important thing most genre thrillers prefer to pass up on (or fail to accomplish). The bottom line is that this is a JAWS rip-off that actually attempts to rip-off the strengths of JAWS, and succeeds. That's worth a rental (make sure to watch the widescreen version).
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- xhari_nairx
- Jun 15, 2001
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- Country of origin
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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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