Arch Hall Jr., Don Russell, Helen Hovey
Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.
DVD Release Date: January 21, 2003
Stats: 75 reviews
Second time watching this. First time was on Rob Zombie hosted TCM Underground but I was too stoned to remember the whole thing. Second time is right now on RealPlayer SuperPass (and I'm sure a few other streaming services offer it too).
And for my "Went Down the Wrong Road" Bac...( read more)
This is the earliest film I've seen that very much resembles the horror subgenre that Last House of the Left, and definitely possesses the rawness and brutality that the best of those films have as well.
This seems to be filmed on a single desert junkyard set and sort of plays like Russ Meyer meets The Hills Have Eyes. Arch Hall Jr gives a fine performance as the sadist.
Arch Hall Jr. is one crazy motherf***er in this movie. Edgy for 1963? Try now.
What do you get when you cross Neville "D.O.A." Brand with a Cabbage Patch Doll? You get Arch Hall Jr. chewing up the scenery in this low budget precursor to "Badlands". The rest of the cast is forgettable but if you like campy Arch Hall Jr. films like I do, then this movie is ri...( read more)
Surprisingly good performance from Arch Hall Jr elevates this shoestring budget shocker about a disturbed teenager's bloody killing spree.
i thought it would be hard to take the dunebuggy driving rock'n'rollin kid from Eegah seriously in the role of a psychotic killer, but he pulls it off. Arch Hall Jr Rocks!
arch hall jr plays a good villian. so good i was cheering for him through most of the movie.
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