Race With the Devil
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Actor: Arkey Blue, Carol Blodgett, Peter Fonda, R.G. Armstrong, Wes BishopDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-28
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Race With the Devil
Movie Review: Devil-Worshipping RV Chasers
Summary: 3 Stars
I'll watch just about any movie starring Warren Oates; he's simply one of the most under-rated actors in history. Unfortunately, he's made a few clunkers, such as this over-heated occult thriller. Oates and Peter Fonda are partners in a racing business, and they take an RV vacation with their wives (Loretta Swit and Lara Parker). When they get tired of driving through Texas, they abruptly swerve off the road and randomly park their RV. It's about the least attractive vacation spot since Leatherface's meat shack ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was not coincidentally released a year earlier). Unfortunately, they happen upon a human sacrifice in the Texas dessert. When they're spotted, they take off, but the chase goes on much longer than they expected.
"Race with the Devil" is really a rather silly movie, but it somehow manages to be surprisingly enjoyable. Mostly, it's the stark 70s atmosphere and grindhouse b-movie vibe; plus, the ending car chases are rather good for their time. Of course, the movie is also completely unbelievable - from the multitude of small towns along the highway that seem to be in on the plot to the pathetic attempts of the sacrificers to off the protagonists to the laughable dialogue to the way the actors seem to be somewhat embarrassed by the proceedings. However, if you manage to set aside the silliness, "Race with the Devil" is not half bad - more like 1/3 bad.
Summary of Race With the Devil
An alternate title for this movie could easily be RV to Hell. Two middle-class couples take their spankin'-new motor home on a trip to Colorado. While camping out in Texas, the men see something they shouldn't--a human sacrifice by Satanists who somehow manage not to notice their Safeway- sized vehicle until the last minute. The tourists flee from the devil worshippers, getting the monstrous RV hung up in a stream, and so goes the rest of the movie. The local sheriff is in league with the devil, and every town they come to is full of pesky Satanists. The vacationers are nothing if not resourceful, though; when a pair of determined Beelzebubbers cling to the vehicle like barnacles, Peter Fonda pokes at them with an aluminum vacuum-cleaner wand until they give up and fall off! Oddly, halfway through the film, it turns from a fairly routine (if suspenseful) horror movie to a Ron Howard-style car-chase film, with a half-dozen vehicles pursuing the motor home. The vacationers continue to abuse the RV until large chunks of it begin to fall off, fending off their enemies with a shotgun until the nasty surprise ending. With a cast that includes Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, and Lara Parker, it's hard to go wrong (though the women's roles consist of screaming ineffectually, making coffee, and cleaning the earth-toned Winnebago). Yep, this Central Texas-lensed drive-in feature supplies thrills, car wrecks, devil worshippers, and unintended laughs by the bushel... what else can you ask for? --Jerry RenshawFrank (Warren Oates) and Roger (Peter Fonda) take off for Colorado with their wives in a recreational vehicle, looking forward to some skiing and dirt biking. While camping en route, they witness a satanic ritual sacrifice, but the local sheriff finds no evidence to support their claims and urges them to continue on their vacation. On the way, however, they find themselves fleeing repeated attacks from cult members.
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