The Car

1977

Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

23
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 30% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 11603 11.6K

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Plot summary

The film is set in the fictional Utah community of Santa Ynez, which is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town's Sheriff, it becomes the job of Captain Wade Parent to stop the murderous driver.


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Top cast

Kyle Richards as Debbie
Kim Richards as Lynn Marie
James Brolin as Wade Parent
John Marley as Everett
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705.34 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 4
1.46 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by RodrigAndrisan 9 / 10

Another good job by Elliot Silverstein!

Six years after Spielberg's "Duel," this "The Car" resumes the theme and manages to make an equally dramatic and engaging film. Perhaps this is exactly what Elliot Silverstein has proposed and succeeded. Not seeing who the driver is, the big black car is the evil character, a devil-possessed car. Which "dies" in a massive explosion, but because is the devil himself, the end credits are flowing on the images with the wheels of the same car... Great performances by all the actors, James Brolin, John Marley, Ronny Cox, but specially by Kathleen Lloyd and R.G. Armstrong. Great suspense!

Reviewed by fertilecelluloid 7 / 10

The Car is the star in this underrated gem

The Car is the star in this tense, single-minded thriller. Belonging to the "Duel" / "You Drive" / "Christine" school of driverless car TV and cinema, it is a testament to its makers that the film manages to be suspenseful and unnerving for most of its ninety minutes.

Unlike "Duel", the climax does suggest that a supernatural force had possessed The Car -- however, from the scary appearance of the thing, I'd lay bets that the vehicle was nasty long before it was possessed.

A masterstroke is the car's horn. It's frightening and creepy. And in the scene where The Car attempts to enter a cemetery, it is used to chilling effect.

The film is also very well shot and makes great use of wide angle lenses and low angle traveling shots. The car itself, built by the geniuses behind the Batmobile, is a prize, a lumbering, bloated killing machine with a hot grill and curved edges.

Underrated and under-appreciated.

Reviewed by Cobbler 7 / 10

The Devil Passed His Driver's Test!

What a flick. I just bought the widescreen edition and watched it to celebrate the new century. Let me briefly list a few of its many strong points, most of which are essential to the success of the 1970s "Killer Object/Animal" horror subgenre:

1. Colorful small-town (desert, Southwest-y) flavor. A parade or similar celebration (rodeo, picnic) should occur. 2. Quirky dialogue. 3. John Marley acting beligerent. 4. A Panicked Crowd Scene, with folks dashing for their lives as the demonic beast/machine/inanimate object heads their way. 5. A smart-alleck hippie who meets a horrible end.

Seriously, though-- this film isn't "scary" in the traditional sense, but its true power lies when you really start thinking about the car itself. Where did it come from? Is the Devil driving? And is it plaguing our major characters because of their sins? (i.e. Ronny Cox as an alcoholic falling off the wagon, James Brolin as a single parent trying to keep his daughters happy as he dates sexy Kathleen Lloyd.) What I'm saying is at its heart, this is a creepy, unsettling film with some really strange philosophical/religious questions at its core. And how many horror films can claim that? A solid 7/10.

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