This haunted car movie was before Christine and though it’s not as good it is entertaining. It was panned when released but it does have a 6.1 in IMDB which is not terrible. The movie resembles Jaws but with a driverless demon car instead of a shark.
It’s a cross between a science-fiction and a horror film about an angry, driverless automobile that terrorizes a small Utah town for several days, squashing one hitchhiker, two bicyclists, one sheriff, one school teacher, and assorted policemen.
While much of the plot and dialog in The Car is pretty silly, there are some terrific moments in it, like the opening scene, where two bicyclists are rammed off a high bridge, which was reportedly the highest free fall stunt of its time. There’s also a scene where the car hides in the dark, then it flies through the window of a house, running over a woman in her kitchen.
The Car cast James Brolin, Ronnie Cox, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, R.G Armstrong, John Rubinstein, and Elizabeth Thompson.
I talked my mom into taking me to see this movie when I was ten in 1977. She gave it a big thumbs down. As B movies go you can get much worse than this movie.
The Star of the film is The Car! Designed and engineered by legendary car builder George Barris, who was also responsible for such iconic movie vehicles as the Batmobile, The Munster’s Koach and many others, The Car began life as 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III Coupe.
Guillermo Del Toro is known to drive a replica of the Lincoln from the film. He is a fan of the movie.
It has its fans and detractors but it is remembered. Below The Car in this Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode with Maggie driving while chasing and hitting Millhouse.
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I don’t think I have ever seen this.
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its a fun movie
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I remember this movie… and yeah, for a “B” movie, I like it better than Christine.
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I love the car… I saw it a few weeks ago again. For what it was it is really good.
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so funny
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I loved Christine! I have to admit, I’ve never seen The Car……….. Got it bookmarked to watch later! 🙂
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Now remember…it’s a B movie….but I loved it.
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Very cool looking car! James Brolin trivia I just heard this week – he was married to Jan Smithers (Bailey in WKRP In Cincinnati) before Barbra S… when she married him, she essentially quit show biz.
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Lucky man to married to her at one time.
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Ha! Don’t remember this one. Mad props to your power of persuasion. I could never get my mom to take me to a movie like this. She wouldn’t even take me to see The Gauntlet. The car is very cool…reminds me of the Cobra car and the Superfly car.
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I still can’t believe she did…she wouldn’t go for “It’s Alive” but I wore her down on this one. It is a fun B movie and you are right…the Car is very cool
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New to me…
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It’s good…if you are into the haunted evil car thing.
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I loved Duel & Christine.
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I do also…I really like Duel…. you might like this one. People either liked it or hated it. The complaints were…”it doesnt make sense”….well duh…it’s about a freaking evil car. It’s more like Christine than Duel.
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I saw this film on TV very late at night in a hotel in Mexico (probably early ’80s). Not a film I would normally watch but, when it’s the middle of the night and you can’t sleep, you take what you can get. I hadn’t heard of it in the US.
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I dont’ know how I talked my mom into taking me to this one. I was around 10 I think…it made a big impression on me because of that.
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