bkoganbing I don't know if it was deliberate on the part of the producers or not of The Car, but just what was the issue that this possessed vehicle had with the good citizens of this small Utah town? And why was it that it only just toyed with Deputy James Brolin instead of just outright killing him as it did others?We never get a reason for all the mayhem and murder The Car causes. But this driverless vehicle appears out of nowhere and starts running down random citizens. In the name of God knows why?Even some of the worst horror films are always a mystery, a mystery of the occult as it were, but still a mystery to solve. We get nothing of that here. Maybe because half the law enforcement community in this county get done in by the vehicle including Sheriff John Marley.That left me kind of up in the air after the rather spectacular conclusion and desperate measure taken by law enforcement to put a stop to The Car. Not a satisfactory end for me.

Scott LeBrun This is a truly fun, kick ass thriller with a lightning pace and lots of impressive action and stunts. A solid cast acts with admirably straight faces as their vehicular adversary does its frightening thing. The whole scenario plays out against some awe inspiring desert vistas, and Leonard Rosenmans' music score is excellent. Also, the screenplay as concocted by Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack, and Lane Slate (based on a story by Butler & Shryack) maintains some degree of mystery. Is the killer car an agent of the Devil, or perhaps Satan himself in automotive form? All we know is that it's fairly selective about who it targets, and its infernal triumphant honking every time it claims a victim really shreds ones' nerves.James Brolin is the stolid sheriff hero, Wade Parent, in this story about a demonic black sedan running down human after human. And that's about it for basic story, although there are character details along the way, such as Wade trying to get his daughters (played by real-life acting siblings Kim and Kyle Richards) to accept Lauren (Kathleen Lloyd), the new woman in his life, and the fact that deputy Luke (Ronny Cox) has supposedly recovered from alcoholism.John Marley is likable as old cop Everett, R.G. Armstrong has plenty of fire in him as a drunken, abusive s.o.b., and other familiar faces in the cast include John Rubinstein, Roy Jenson, Kate Murtagh, Robert Phillips, Melody Thomas Scott, and Don Keefer. Brolin is engaging as just the kind of hero we all need in a situation such as this, and Lloyd is endearing as the lady who has the temerity to taunt the car.The big action climax is very exciting; director Elliot Silverstein ("Cat Ballou") keeps this tale racing along just as the antagonist does. The Car itself does some pretty amazing things in order to ratchet up its body count, and the viewer is sure to have a good time watching it decrease the human population.Eight out of 10.

AaronCapenBanner James Brolin plays a southwestern sheriff who finds himself confronted by a driver less car that has murdered two bicyclists and a hitch-hiker, and is just getting warmed up. He is of course skeptical of accounts that there was no driver, but soon changes his mind when the car strikes close to the police department, then his home...Although this film has a good beginning and end, with some impressive stunts and an effective plot twist regarding costar Kathleen Lloyd, it suffers from some poor dialogue and needless subplots, which really drag it down; might have worked better at 75 minutes, as a semi-"Twilight Zone" inspired film, but at over ninety,(at least as it stands) it can't overcome these shortcomings.Watch out when that horn blows!

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki Laughable 1970s car chase/ demonic possession flick about a driverless Continental running down random people in the Utah desert. The local yokels are falling left and right to it, and the hick police are powerless to stop it. Turn your mind off, and this can be worth a watch, as it careens from suspense to unintended laughs all throughout, and does fairly well in both regards. The scenes of the car stalking and killing its victims have a bit of suspense, plus the car looks creepy as hell, and the barrel roll sequence was a surprise. The scenes of the local hicks fleeing for their lives, and attempting to destroy the car have a few unintended laughs. The desert photography looks good, too. I wonder how much say "creative consultant" Anton LaVey actually had in this one?