Rotten
As silly as it sounds, but strangely dull.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Car
Is it a phantom, a demon, or the devil himself?
1977 · 1h 36m · PG
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Elliot Silverstein
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The Car
Overview
The Utah community of Santa Ynez 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 sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
Director and cast
- Elliot Silverstein Director
- James Brolin as Wade Parent
- Kathleen Lloyd as Lauren Humphries
- John Marley as Everett
- R.G. Armstrong as Amos Clements
- John Rubinstein as John Norris
- Elizabeth Thompson as Margie Johnson
- Roy Jenson as Ray Mott
- Kim Richards as Lynn Marie Parent
- Kyle Richards as Debra Parent
- Kate Murtagh as Miss McDonald
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
32%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Interminably drawn out, with some good special effects but its characters hauled straight out of the cracker-barrel, it has nowhere near the same minatory charge as Spielberg's Duel.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
The performances are terrible -- thin and overwrought in the manner of actors trying to improvise without an idea in their heads.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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