Race With the Devil
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Movie Reviews of Race With the Devil
Movie Review: I don't believe a school bus on Sunday...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is, without question, my favorite movie of all time. It has all the elements I love: a motor vehicle chase (in a brand new '75 Winnebago) and Warren Oates teamed up with Peter Fonda.
The premise is pretty simple: Two couples hit the road in a groovy Winnebago, the men witness a Satanic cult ritual late at night in the middle of nowhere, and the cultists only find out when Loretta Swit sticks her head out of the motor home to screech "Fraaaaannnk....it's late...come to bed!" From that point on, all hell (pardon the pun) breaks loose and audiences are treated to some great chase scenes, some creepy small town folks, and a bunch of snakes where they ought not be. Fonda and Oates were friends onscreen and off, and it showed. Their easy camaraderie is really the glue that holds this film together. Two friends, scared and running for their lives, do what they can to fight back. In addition to Swit, Lara Parker (Angelique on Dark Shadows) played the other wife and she too did a fantastic job screaming and acting terrified.
The defining moment of the movie for me was near the end when the now nearly destroyed, but still somehow running Winnebago approaches a roadblock. There's a bus by the side of the road and some kids standing nearby with adults, watching curiously. But Oates' instincts were spot on: "I don't believe a school bus on Sunday." And he plows right on through.
It's very 1975. Gotta love it. RIP Warren Oates.
Movie Review: "Tonight on the C.B.S. late night movie"!
Summary: 5 Stars
This along with "Shock Waves" is the Holy Grail of late night movies that I have been looking for that scared me .... badly(got you!) as a child.
Two couples(Warren Oates , Peter Fonda, Loretta Switt , and Laura Parker) after years of building a motorcycle shop up decide to rent a top of the line(1975 anyway) RV and take to the road. BAD IDEA!!!!!! After a day of biking and having fun the guys sit outside have a beer and witness a satanic cult sacrifice! This would be bad enough but when a wife yells for them to come in, the cult sees them and the chase and chills are on. It seems that everyone in the part of Texas that they are in is part of the cult as they are hounded every step of the way after reporting the incident. Car chases, snakes, animal cruelty, RV cruelty, and random violence to road signs ensue.
This is a great paranoid chiller(as most post Watergate movies were) where everyone is out to get our heroes, and no one is to trusted. This is one of the best Drive-In movies of all time! The ending is one that you will never forget and stays with you long after the credits roll.
The cast is pitch perfect, full of some of the best character actors of all time and the pace is lighting quick. I hear that a remake is planed, well if the ones they have done lately are any sign, they can't improve on this Great Little Chiller!
Movie Review: Uneasy Riders...
Summary: 5 Stars
Frank (Warren Oates) and Roger (Peter Fonda) and their wives (Loretta "M*A*S*H" Swit and Lara "Angelique, from the original Dark Shadows" Parker!!!!) hit the road for a fun, relaxing vacation. Frank decides to avoid the typical tourist traps, and steers his gargantuan RV onto an unmarked dirt road to find a nice, scenic spot to spend the night. While drinking themselves into oblivion, Frank and Roger witness a seemingly satanic ritual going on about a hundred feet away. They watch as the female cultists get neggid, only to see one of them sacrificially stabbed to death by their masked leader! Just then, Frank's wife (Swit) exits the RV, yelling at the quickly-sobering husbands, thereby alerting the satanists in the process! Uh-oh, time to go! The chase is on as our heroes make good their escape. They seek help from the local sheriff (R.G. Armstrong from Evilspeak, Children Of The Corn, etc.) who pretty much tries to convince them that they are just imagining things. It only gets worse from here, as our unlucky vacationers are plagued by horrific hellions wherever they go! We get plenty of explosions, gun-battles, high-speed combat, and a rattlesnake attack! Will these poor people make it through this ungodly gauntlet? RACE WITH THE DEVIL is a terrific little nail-biter, w/ a dark 70s ending that always makes me happy (in a ghoulish sort of way)...Movie Review: Great 70's chase-horror action film
Summary: 5 Stars
I consider this movie in my own movie buff history to be among the gems of the "70's Drive-In Era". I remember my father taking me to see this movie for I was the usual young boy into cars and I loved car chases.
However, I didn't bargain for the terror and horror of what spurred those chases. This movie was excellent in direction and pace. The initial send-off for what got the plot going was excellent, a frightening chase scene complete with night time terror (chasing intruders, spinning tires, frightening music, screaming, the works). The movie slows down a bit during the middle while the main characters (great casting with Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, and Susan Parker)try to process what has happened, but this is only a setup for the final phase of the film where the action kicks in and the four race down the roadways for their lives from pursuing cars, motorcycles, tow trucks in a free for all highway melee of chaos.
It was great!
The ending I appreciate more now, although at the time I was like no way, don't do this (I won't give it away myself for those reading here who haven't seen it before).
All in all, a great film gem for a fan of chase action, terror, and the actors involved.
Finally out on DVD-Awesome!!
Movie Review: Great thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
I first watched this movie in the summer of 97 and waited to this day for it to come out on DVD. I think it is an excellent thriller.
The plot mainly consists of two couples vacationing in Texas via a mobile home and accidentally witnessing a satanic ritual where a woman gets sacrificed. The group of devil worshippers spots them and hence the "race with the devil" through Texas begins. Everywhere the couple goes, they encounter members of the cult who wish to kill them, from the town sheriff, to the local mechanic, to the vacation trailer park. Anyone and everyone could be a member.
The movie has some good action sequences. Two which stand out are a high speed chase where the two men have to fight attackers on the motorhome and the scene where they encounter snakes in the home placed their by the satanists.
The ending is absolutely spectacular. Not many endings in movie history will top that one. Sorry, but I cannot give it away.
Only critism is the inconsistency in weather. The couples are vacationing in January, however, the weather appears more like spring rather than winter.