The Car (1977)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Elliot Silverstein

Writers:

Michael Butler (screenplay)
Michael Butler (story)

Release Date:

13 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no way to stop... THE CAR

Plot:

A sleek, possessed car terrorizes everyone it comes in contact with. |

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Supernatural | Cult Horror | Animate Car | Cult Favorite

Cast

James Brolin	...	Wade Parent
Kathleen Lloyd	...	Lauren
John Marley	...	Everett
R.G. Armstrong	...	Amos Clements
John Rubinstein	...	John Morris
Elizabeth Thompson	...	Margie
Roy Jenson	...	Ray Mott
Kim Richards	...	Lynn Marie
Kyle Richards	...	Debbie
Kate Murtagh	...	Miss McDonald
Robert Phillips	...	Metcalf
Doris Dowling	...	Bertha
Henry O'Brien	...	Chas
Eddie Little Sky	...	Denson
Lee McLaughlin	...	Marvin Fats

Also Known As:

DeathMobile (Canada: English title) (video title)
Wheels (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | 4-Track Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:12 | UK:AA (original rating) (1977) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Norway:16 (theater release) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Glen Canyon, Utah, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The song Wade is singing before brushing his teeth is "Muleskinner Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers and George Vaughn.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The dispatcher says the car has been spotted heading "north on Interstate 12". Even-numbered Interstate highways run east-west, and Interstate 12 is entirely within the state of Louisiana, running along the north side of Lake Ponchartrain.

Quotes:

Chas: I shouldn't have left her.
Wade Parent: Nothing would have changed. He would have taken you out too. I talked to her... she called me when she got back here. She could hear the engine coming down the street.
[choking back the tears]
Wade Parent: She was so frightened. I don't know... I don't know.
Luke: I know why he didn't go into the cemetery.
[Wade turns to look at Luke]
Luke: I know why. There's no other reason... the ground... was hallowed.
[Wade gives Luke a skeptical glare]
Luke: That's what I say... but you think about it. Everything that's happened... what it did to the guys, and how.
[Wade turns and walks out of the house]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Serial Mom (1994)

Soundtrack:

Dies Irae, Dies Illa

Pretty Good

If you want to make a movie about a killer car, this is a good way to do it.

In a dusty Southwestern town, a mysterious black sedan shows up, and begins to run over the locals.

So the town's sheriff thinks of a plan to stop the madness.

**1/2/****