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"Oh great brothers of the night, who rideth out upon the hot winds of Hell, who dwelleth in the Devil's lair; move and appear!" The small Utah town of Santa Ynez is, in time-honored horror movie fashion, have its tranquil peace shattered. Teenagers Pete Keil and Suzie Pullbrook's leisurely early morning bike ride is rudely interrupted by a spectral black sedan which crushes Suzie against a guardrail and knocks Pete screaming off of a high bridge. Subsequently, it also brutally runs down hitchhiker Johnny Morris. The local police, led by Sheriff Everett Peck, attempt to deal with the situation. But when Peck becomes the car's fourth victim in a hit and run right outside of the police station, Deputy Wade Parent must step up to the challenge. As the son of a sheriff himself, Wade has a lot to live up. He's a recent divorcee, with custody of his two daughters and is also dating their teacher, Lauren Humphreys. Everyone takes Everett's death pretty hard, and with Wade as sheriff-by-default, he makes it the personal mission of Santa Ynez's police department to bring the mysterious motorist to justice. But the intimidating sedan is more than meets the eye (and no, that doesn't mean it's a Transformer). After terrorizing Lauren's class and chasing them into a cemetery, where it refuses to follow, a high-speed police chase ensues wherein the car proves not only bulletproof, but apparently indestructible, as it takes out two police cars using its own momentum by doing a barrel-roll over them and crushing them. Wade himself becomes convinced there may not even be a driver in the thing after all, especially after he and he alone gets a glimpse past the car's tinted windows... 'The Car' is what modern horror movies wish they could be. Now, granted, the idea of an evil, driverless car (a customized black Lincoln Continental) running around killing people is more than a bit silly. But what made me really like this movie was the manner in which the human characters confront the situation. Naturally, they initially assume the car has a human driver, and go about attempting to stop him as they would any other lunatic with vehicular homicide on his mind. But after evidence surfaces that this car isn't what it seems to be comes to light, they change their tactics drastically. There's no "Nudge nudge, wink wink" self-referential humor or even any real comic relief characters (except for the hitchhiker at the start, who is actually funny and exits the picture before he has a chance to become even the least bit annoying), and everyone generally plays it totally straight, making the absurd plot work. And the final chase sequence and the showdown with the car out in a desert canyon is well worth seeing.Read full review
This is a great way to spend an evening. I love this movie and can't say enough good about it. Sure, it's on the low-budget side but who cares? I became a fan seeing it at the drive-in and enjoy watching it. I would love to have the rights to be able to remake this picture. The fun I'd have with it!! An easy FIVE STARS.
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Everyone in my family who watched this movie enjoyed it, but we wondered why there was no explanation of where the car came from or why it showed up in the town where the story took place. It had a few unexpected twists in it, also. I thought this movie may have been from a Stephen King story, as it seemed like something he would have thought of, but it wasn't.
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I gave it a 10 rating for the picture & sound quality AND also, for nostalgia (I'm also into autos). I first time I saw this picture was when I was a mere lad during the 70's and, I'm glad to of finally found it was released on DVD...again, (I missed it the first time around). The acting in my opinion is okay but, far from being horrible, along with the FX (don't forget, it was after all, the 70's... NO CG). The studios could of also done a better job with the rerelease by 'throwing in' a bit more bonus material, that would have been nice, interviews perhaps. So, if you've got a rainy Friday or Saturday night to kill alone or, with friends, it's worth a look. Before watching this movie, keep in mind all that I've said, I sincerely hope I didn't disappoint you. It's a fun movie to watch and it's certainly from a different era with a certain type of 'innocence' to it or, about it. Bottom line, it's a cult classic!Read full review
The Car is one of those film's that people would call a guilty pleasure, me, it reminds me from when I was a kid and loved HBO for showing a PG horror film during the day (a day when PG had more testicular fortitude than it does today). A car that came from who knows where that killed people and has a horn that anyone who ever saw the film (whether they liked it or not)can still hear it in their head after all these years (would love to use it as a text alert sound, LOL). The film, that in my opinion, was the inspiration for Stephen Kings Christine. Both about demonic cars that kill, whereas Christine posses someone and in The Car it is driven by the Devil or Demon. Don't look for philosophical meaning, don't look for high end acting, look for the film it is, drive-in material with the occasional chuckle. Most people would give this a two or three stars, personally I like film's like this so I split the difference and gave it four stars. If you buy it, enjoy!Read full review
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