The Car: What is it?

[@JC-uf4zu]

I saw this movie in high school back in the late 70s. This is absolutely one of the most underrated movies ever !! The scene where the car is in the garage and the headlights come on, still haunt me to this day.

[@SaabJitsu]

1) Christine 2) The Car 3) The Wraith My holy trinity of scary car movies

[@TheGearheadLounge]

I love them all!

[@thesolver1970]

and duel. there was also that movie with an evil motorcycle cop from the same era that I forget the name of.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

What about killdozer?

[@FredScuttle456]

Jeepers Creepers - the Creeper Truck.

[@Cap10VDO]

Maximum Overdrive

[@bobvoeh66]

Loved this movie when I saw it as a kid and still love it today.

[@keithmerscheim1924]

THAT HONKING OF THE " HORN " WAS ENOUGH TO 😱 SCARE IN OF ITSELF.

[@bigant608]

Scared me😅

[@torianoobashango-el-thecos8573]

This movie scared the daylights outta me as a kid!!

[@thisischeri55]

They nailed it…The Car looks totally evil!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you!

[@roya.cathcartjr.5042]

​@@TheGearheadLoungesuggestion: have you thought about doing an episode on the suspense thriller "Maximum Overdrive" ? The movie was based on the novel by Stephen King whereas machines most notably vehicles take on a life of their own and turn on the humans who created them. The back plot of the movie which caused the phenomenon was 2 events, Earth passing through the dust trail of Haley's Comet and the military shooting down a UFO with a nuclear missile.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

@ A few people have mentioned it! It’s on the list!

[@georgegundersen562]

Yes I totally agree.but the second one didn’t even come close.I didn’t care for the second one

[@brycefugate4416]

Great movie loved the horn

[@Rebel-Forces-Earth-007]

The thing that made the car so creepy is that it was obviously from Hell, as it was bullet proof, it had no driver, it could not enter hallowed ground, it showed up unexpectedly like the boogey man, and in the climactic end when it exploded, the face of the devil can be seen in the fire. All those supernatural elements make it an awesome scary movie and a cult fave.

[@Rico-ow3ys]

That last scene when the car exploded, was a great special effect for a low budget movie.

[@bruce5168]

@@Rebel-Forces-Earth-007 The Devil you can see in the explosion looked fantastic for effects back in them days!!

[@LarryHAboveRHeads]

i remember me and my cousins watching this when it would come on TV and every time it came on we tried to watch the face in the flame when the car crashed, it took me years to catch it, no stop and pause back then...lol

[@DugEphresh]

That was one badass Lincoln, I loved that car!

[@resetsetmefree478]

It's significant that you never get to see who if anybody is driving, but this car was ahead of its time because the amber tint drivers side views imply a dash cam

[@ItsDaJax]

Nobody drives it. It's a demon like Horace.

[@resetsetmefree478]

@@ItsDaJax I don't think they say that in the movie....could be a robot like karr

[@ItsDaJax]

@@resetsetmefree478 The movie doesn't say anything, but you see its demonic visage when it's blown up.

[@madhatter5331]

This movie is a kid literally scared the crap out of me I couldn't go to sleep that night cuz I kept on hearing that damn horn

[@squirrel-1969]

There was an episode of Futurama called the Honking in which Bender was turned into a Were-car. The episode was an homage cross between The Car and An American werewolf in London. Worth checking out!

[@Cap10VDO]

The Car and The Howling, maybe?

[@felipesancho]

That's it! I knew I've seen that face before...

[@Berainish]

The Werecar

[@XianHu]

I was going to mention that, too. Futurama Season 2, Episode 18, "The Honking" originally aired November 5, 2000. If you haven't seen it, I recommend doing an image search and you'll see how much Bender's car form looks like "The Car".

[@radarmusen]

Rodger in American dad hunt young boys down after they ditched the limousine he has, there was many references like the suddenly appearing.

[@vanbilly8387]

Great choice to post! Much appreciated! That car scared the absolute hell out of me when I saw it as a teenager. When it ran over someone, it didn't just run them over once. It backed up and made sure there was nothing left alive.

[@bobbrown5460]

I think it has the best car V8 engine sound ever put on movies when it's racing across the desert. It just sounds fantastic.

[@cossieboa5717]

Straight piped Ford 460

[@bobbrown5460]

That was my only sad part about that movie is the one time when it's running through the desert when the cops are chasing it. I think after it went to the cemetery or right before where it's just out there going. I wish they'd had that part go longer. And on the funny side I do like how the horns almost like laughing after you know run somebody down.

[@JoanCarradine]

Yep it had open pipes and literally howled along the road, it sounded formidable and evil, the perfect demon car.

[@mychannel3774]

Nope, that would belong to Starsky and Hutch’s Ford Gran Torino on tickover. That lumpy V8 is pure, unadulterated AUTOMOTIVE *_PORNOGRAPHY!!_* 😐 Okay, I’m calm now… 😂

[@usernameinvalid2675]

Yeah and 5.13 gears she was screamin

[@kenlowe8659]

I watched that movie in 77 at the young age of 8yrs. Scared my mule back then. Now 47yrs later, love this move. Good video.

[@bcataiji]

Where I lived during childhood, on Halloween night, some station would play Devil Dog: Hound of Hell and then The Car as a double feature. I remember that happening a few years in row.

[@highriskgunman4181]

i remember seeing this in the theater as a kid to along with movies like Phantasm Smokey and the Bandit and of course STAR WARS growing up in the 70's was the best time for me seeing these movies and now look what we got poor kids.

[@Kelly-jc3jc]

I was about the same age and it scared the heck out of me. I remember seeing one of the cars on a backlot tour of Universal.

[@scottm1043]

Same here I was also eight years old. My mother took me and my brother to the drive-in to see this movie. What really messed me up, was some years later mom would take us on Sunday drives and we ended up in North Hollywood one particular Sunday and came across George Barris’s custom shop. When I tell you, to drive down the street and look in a showroom and see the Batmobile sitting next to the car scared the crap out of me. Not only did it look sinister on screen, but to see it in person was awesome and chilling at the same time.

[@helterskelter416]

why'd you bring a mule to the theater? did you not have a car >.>

[@mikereid1195]

Saw that grill in the thumbnail and instantly remembered the whole film. Loved it.

[@BodyWeakDotNet]

1 of My favorite Old-School Movies..

[@antonchigurh3794]

One of those movies that you have to be of that era to absolutely , truly appreciate. Saw it on HBO in '78 as an 8 year old. Loved it then , and love it now. I've been to many car shows all over the world over 30 years. Always waiting to see " The Car " or a fan build of one. Haven't yet.

[@bonglandgreg]

I'm a member of a few different chat groups on social media. About 2 years ago one did pop up in photo form based on that car. I can't remember which car show it was. It made me go sailing the seas to find a copy of the film to watch.

[@MikeRocks25]

I saw this movie in the theater as a child. What had happened was, my older brother used me as his "get in the movie free" pass. One of my neighborhood moms worked at the theater, and I was always her favorite. I always got into the movie theater for free because of it. On one of those Saturdays in 1977, at the Adams Theater in Newark, NJ, my big brother and I watched the movie The Car.

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

The Lincoln it self looked brutal. Even without the custom desing

[@antoniotutt4894]

Saw it when it came out in '77. I was 19 and loved it! And Duel with Dennis Weaver. Believe it or not I liked them both better than Star Wars! I also have the DVD'S.

[@JOHNPETTY-q6m]

I seen this one back when it was in the theaters, and i remember the crowd LOSING IT... when the old lady yelled : TAAADPOLLLE !!! 😂😂😂

[@Toddscomp2]

Born in 71, this movie scared the hell out of me when I was a little kid.

[@tylee5291]

I was a kid when this came out. Our local TV station ran it on a Saturday for the Creature Feature hour. That ending scared me to death! Never forgot about it. Loved it cause it was a Lincoln....our family had Lincolns. I searched for years for The Car until I finally found it. It's now in my personal movie collection.

[@dentpulla]

Holy crap. Creature feature. We're really old cause I remember that show😂

[@tylee5291]

​@@dentpulla.....good times lol

[@dentpulla]

@tylee5291 so cool the family had Lincolns. Never knew this many ppl loved this movie. Cool car

[@Rob_1776]

I own this movie on DVD! And remember getting to see The Car at the drive-in when I was a kid! And boy, did I love it!

[@RobertGuidry-f3f]

Can you post it? Signed-Richard.

[@JoseyWales44s]

Yep, I saw it at the drive-in too as a kid. Thought it was great.

[@blammm100]

ME TOO !

[@JustBadly]

You click your fingers and 'poouf' he appears - in your garage!

[@dansweda712]

Had to be a good one to see at the drive-in, with all the Car's surrounding you, not knowing which one may be Evil! LoL

[@peppersmith]

This movie is a CLASSIC!!! PERIOD.....

[@diagorosmelos3187]

Watched this when i was 12. 1980 ish. Parents just bought a Betamax and a dozen films. When they went out i sneaked downstairs and watched this film. Scared the hell out of me. Couldnt sleep for a few nights after that! What a classic.

[@dannork1240]

Hey wait a minute… I saw this on a Betamax tape too when I was a kid and got scared too! I thought I was the only one who could say that…

[@chocodiledundee1]

OMG exactly the same we were like 6-7-8 we also couldn’t sleep for days we would sleep with the blankets over our head terrified of this film 😂such a cool classic brings me so much memories

[@dentpulla]

Me too. Scared for few days😂

[@dentpulla]

​@chocodiledundee1 funny stuff. All of us were scared so movie really worked😂

[@raypinat2630]

I slept in the basement the night i saw the film. I was pretty sure it couldn't get me down there!

[@wkanost]

I saw this in 1977 at my local theater which was walking distance from home. So my sister and I walked to the theater and back home, looking over our shoulders for THAT car! Ha! It was such a a fun horror movie. It is one of my favorite guilty pleasures and I own an ERTYL 1:18 scale model of it. Fun stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!

[@brianjones7907]

@wkanost same here only i had to walk just under two miles the last part being past a factory , i was almost past the factory when a lorry inside blasted its horn i swear i must have jumped 5 feet in the air😱 , i ran the rest of the way home with my head on Swivel mode checking behind me

[@wkanost]

@@brianjones7907 - Ha! That’s hilarious! I completely understand too. When we got home my mom had left a note and we walked to my grandmothers and our aunt and uncle and were there. Lannie had a dark sense of humor and said I should just follow you home with the car lights off! If he’d done that, I’d have turned gray at 14!

[@ronaldmasterbud1551]

Same Here, When I Seen Damin Oman 2 @ The Theater. Walking Home I Keept A Sharp Lookout for A Raven !!! I Also Have The DVD & Die Cast Display Model.

[@sma7530]

Neen trying to get an ERTL model for years ! Missed out on one just this week !

[@alman54]

The first time I saw The Car was on TV in the early 80s. I loved the movie. The front of the car looked so frightening to me. I've watched it numerous times over the years and I still love it.

[@73ac39]

Me too. I was just a kid. Scared the crap out of me. It was on NBC or ABC. Don't remember.

[@tonymazz1721]

I actually did see this in the theater when it came out in '77. I was 9 and never forgot this movie. One of my favs

[@bryanfisher9071]

I did as well I was 10😂 I loved it and they wounded y we drove like maniacs later👍

[@kevinclark8549]

I saw it in the movies also when it came out.

[@johnwalter68]

Same here. My dad took me to see it in 77 when I was 9.

[@harleyrdr1]

Me too! I was 17 then. Not a car flick, but I saw Phantasm in the theater as well!

[@jamessharp9790]

Me too and I was also 9. Not sure how I pulled it off .

[@wraithsrath7310]

I'm a gearhead and all 3 of these movies are in my library. My kids love these.

[@Westyrulz]

What 3 movies?

[@wraithsrath7310]

@@Westyrulz The car, Christine, and Duel.

[@LarryHAboveRHeads]

i remember me and my cousins watching this when it would come on TV and every time it came on we tried to watch the face in the flame when the car crashed, it took me years to catch it, no stop and pause back then...lol

[@orangeremediation5335]

I got my first “Feel” watching the Car! I loved it and still do! 🤣

[@mtbker30]

Yes, this is a great movie! It's one of my favorites, and I still have it on VHS.

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

NO other horror car movie can ever top *THE CAR!* Neither "Christine." *"THE CAR"* shake mountains and could go 0-60 in 3.4 seconds on a rainy day. *Thanks for the memories with this one.* 🤗👍

[@TheOzarkExplorer]

I worked on that car with my father, Jim Stephenson, and Dennis Braid, at Barris Kustom. It was truly a "quick & dirty" job. Dennis did most of the metal work on it. Then it was slathered with bondo, cases of bondo, then shaped, primed, and painted black. I didn't know the studio made the fiberglass cars though. That's news to me! I went to see the movie when it came out. I was surprised by the stunts they were doing, but I didn't know they had the fiberglass bodied cars. The one we made had to weigh way more than those.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thanks for the info!

[@dentpulla]

Holy crap. Had to be cool to bring car to life.

[@TheOzarkExplorer]

@@dentpulla Yeah it is pretty cool to see the process. I was just a young teen and mostly what I did was mix bondo for Dennis and my father to slather on the car and sweep up after they shaped it. Both of them were great metal men but that was a very "quick & dirty" job. It was only about a month from start to finish making it. If I remember right they cut up a Lincoln Continental to start with. Then formed the body out of sheet metal then slathered it up with bondo to shape it to the specs. :D

[@dentpulla]

@TheOzarkExplorer iconic is all I can say and gotta be a memory you share all the time or at least when subject matter comes up. Great that your actually in the comments and responding. This year star wars came out and my family used to all go to movies and this movie was wild for me being a car kid back then. I could tell it had something to do with Lincoln by the big face. Definitely a cult classic movie and happy in not the only one who like the movie but the car was a great memory even scary 😫lol

[@philmag1]

My first car purchased in 1977 was a 1965 Lincoln Continental Royal blue metalic. I grew up in NY and everytime I passed kids going down the street they would scream and run away yelling the car the car! Cracks me up to this day. I loved that car I drove it to California in 77. If you look at the 65 it is looks more like the final custum one they ended up with.

[@alxtnt57]

Fukin awesome❤

[@garyny4073]

I saw one of the original on camera of ' The Car " when i went to Georges shop in north hollywood , it was in prestine condition sitting along side the batmobile and the munsters car . Incredible being there with george telling me stories of each .

[@bluv6430]

I got to see this in theater with my older brother, scared the Hell out of me.

[@dentpulla]

Join the crowd😂. Me too

[@stevesmith6236]

Being born way back in 1955, I was of a good age to drive to see this at my local theatre when it first came out. When over and the patrons were back in their cars ready to leave, many started sounding our car horns as the one in the movie did. It was awesome! Good times!

[@mercoid]

That’s funny 😂

[@polofunk]

I love this movie i remember watching it back in the 80s

[@BruceDrummond-lh4zz]

One of my favorite guilty pleasures. Saw it 4 times in the theater in 1977 - scared the living (expletive) out of me! It's a B-movie with a B+ cast and some of the best sound effects ever. That air horn! Glad to know there are other people who appreciate this movie.

[@steveroberts9453]

A master move of removing all sign of door handles.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Yes!

[@hotrodtiki200]

This movie and the film Gargoyles are two of my childhood favorites. Channel 43 played them a lot

[@davidreed3165]

That Gargoyles movie seemed to come on once every year when I was a kid.

[@maureeceposten47]

I loved these movies along with the original Godzilla and other movies as well as the 007 James bond movies at the drive in a kid, hmmm, telling our ages aren't we, lol, God bless all you old heads that are still reading and reminiscing these movies, oh BTW, don't forget about the trilogy of terror and the other early slasher movies.

[@davidreed3165]

@@maureeceposten47 Those were the days eh? I loved Matt Helm and used to pretend I was him on some spy mission around the house. And James Coburn as Flint!

[@maureeceposten47]

@@davidreed3165 True that, true that.

[@user-JLee1]

I remember watching this as a kid it scared the shit out of me 😂 so awesome

[@svt4001]

Like many of the commenters here, I LOVED this film when I was young! My friends and I could not get enough of it! Thank you for this video!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!

[@svt4001]

@@TheGearheadLounge I subscribed! =)

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you!!

[@MrMan-ol4ic]

The best part of this whole movie is when THE CAR drives through the house! That part gets me every time!! I swear i can the horns!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

"The car drove through that house four feet off the ground!!"

[@MrMan-ol4ic]

@TheGearheadLounge I know right! The best part in the whole movie!!!

[@frankr3251]

saw this movie a couple years ago. great scenery too. I think it was in Utah 👍💯

[@thyubernoob]

I was 10 yrs old in 1977.....will always remember that horn...I also remember walking to the movie theater with my younger brother to see that new space movie that same year😎👍

[@geraldscott4302]

I was 18 in 1977, and had just gotten my first real job. $2.30 an hour. Didn't have money for theaters. I didn't see any movies that weren't on TV till over 10 years later.

[@wileecoyote5749]

Holy shyt that means you're pretty much dead bow

[@hoost3056]

That big block Ford with straight pipes is the best soundtrack.

[@cmar4076]

Saw this one as a kid… scared the heck out of me!😂

[@samuelmagnum6047]

I saw this movie when it was released on TV. Incredible film. Everything about the car itself was bad ass. Even the tires were super cool.

[@stevencovington4715]

I remember when it came out in theatres. I distinctly remember that horn. Scarier than a tractor-trailer horn.

[@icreate1854]

You nailed this badass classic GL, nice job. Born in ‘62, saw it in ‘77 and totally forgot about it until I saw it in my deceased father’s DVD collection in 2012. Everything about that car was PERFECT! Peace!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you!

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

10:46 The only special effect was at the end when the evil entity came out the car when it explosion happened. With the music and the sound effects added made it *EPIC* at the time.

[@RogueBulldogs]

The sound of the horn was awesome 👌

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Yes!

[@JoseyWales44s]

Yeah, I often wish my car had that horn when the idiot in front of me is too busy texting to know the light has turned green.

[@richardthompson6366]

Hard to believe that the Car and Christine were released only six years apart, my two favorite evil car movies when I was a kid.

[@manlyproctor]

My mother took me to see it in 77 and I still watch it.

[@JesseNapoleon-zr2hf]

Same Here and i have VHS tape and still plays great on VCR I purchased from Goodwill 2 years ago.

[@lyedavide]

I remember watching this on DVD. Campy, unintentionally funny and filled with tactless cliches, this is a classic because of all those characteristics. The one thing that makes this one of my favorite movies is the fact that it shows just how effective it is to have the bad car (villain) be so threatening by saying absolutely nothing.

[@rapgentry]

Saw it when it came out, and thought it was awesome. Never forgot this movie even as an adult. Pops in my mind every now and then.

[@theOlLineRebel]

Mark III gorgeous car. Got to drive one about 1990 when a frequent customer at our car parts shop asked for help moving it to his house from storage. Very nice!

[@hugejohnson5011]

I like them too, and I'm not even a Ford guy! I had two neighbors when I was a kid, that each had Lincoln "Marks" in succession new in the '70s. Always black too!

[@theeric]

I do remember The Car & it is a cult classic. I first saw it when I was in my teens in the 80's on HBO. I loved it's intimidating aggressive look & that it was possessed by the Devil. My favorite part is when James Brolin is trapped in the garage & the Car disappears right in front of his eyes. He realizes that it's no ordinary car & that it's something more. Love this movie. It should get more airplay on stations like AMC or SyFy or other streaming channels.

[@RacerXGTO]

8:30 Just a little correction, everybody and their mother is looking for the authentic "THE CAR" horn sound. They weren't Hadley's. They were Grover 1700-1748 air horns.

[@bunberrier]

Wow thanks!

[@chocodiledundee1]

Born in ‘76 this film is an absolutely legendary cult classic, we used to watch it late at night back in the 80’s it would give us the creeps , we would be terrified for days , some homes they parents were Christians they wouldn’t even allow they kids to watch it , man born the 70’s to me is the ultimate gold , there was so many cool films so many cool tv shows so many cool music so many cool culture , that was the golden era , another cool classic is Bobby Joe and the outlaw but there just so many cool classics . All the best from South Australia 🇦🇺 thank you for reviewing a such great cult classic film.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!!

[@ClassicSteelRC]

Awesome movie from my childhood! I need to see it again as an adult!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

You must!

[@Dragonsbrath]

I absolutely loved this movie and still enjoy watching it. Something about the way they made movies back in the day that has been lost. Classics will always be my go-to for quality color and captivating content .

[@JohnRadford-iy7db]

I saw the car on tv and never forgot it picked up the dvd 10 years ago Happy days

[@Cre80s]

Was lucky to have actually seen this in the theater, about age 9. Loved it! Coincidentally, we were on a family vacation to California, and we even have old silent home movies around Universal Studios and we caught a glimpse of the gigantic promotional posters for The Car on the wall outside near where the Jaws shark was hung. Anyway, as a kid, I wasn't aware that The Car wasn't a production car, and our wish to eventually ever own one was pie in the sky.

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

I watched The Car on TV back when I was a kid. I then saw one of The Cars at Universal Studios while on a tour a few years later. Ticked off my parents when I jumped and yelled, "IT'S THE CAR!!" LOL I took a photo of it, but I have no idea what happed to it. On the same tour, close to where The Car was, sat one of the trucks from the movie Sorcerer (I think it was the Isuzu). Another very cool movie for gearheads.

[@adilrasheed5295]

I remember watching this movie on TV. Back in 1978 or 1979. The suspense and action was incredible. Hard to believe this great movie didn't do well at the box office.

[@Joeshmofoshoyo]

Nice review, i love The Car, Barris captured the evil look and sound perfectly... That horn... 😮

[@thedeliciousone2]

I was about four when the movie was on TV and it frightened the hell out of me. I only saw the ads for it but that was enough. My brothers, 16 & 14,were the ones that were excited to see it

[@alvaroff81]

Saw this movie years ago on late night TV, but it was not until I got the Bluray that I could appreciate how evil this car looks, thanks for all the details about it in your video.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!

[@wb-usmcret.4762]

I'm 55 years old and saw this movie as a kid and it scared the hell out of me! I saw it again not that long ago and the damn movie is still spooky~ And the "Car" is still bad ass!

[@pointman913]

Was scared to death of this movie as a little boy in the late 70's

[@Dirtcake71]

I remember watching this on TV when I was a child! The horn is what I remembered the most. I'll have to watch it again in the near future. My dad also had that Lincoln Continental back in the day. It floated like it was on water on the road. Had the felt interior that I loved to run my hand over. Lol. Great video!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!!

[@victorreece5710]

This is one of my favorites, don't care what the movie critics had to say about this fast paced thriller it delivers for me. Thanks for the memories 😂😮😊

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!

[@00jdadams]

I absolutely love this movie! I have not seen it since I was in high school, which was around 83 or 84, and haven't seen it since! Now that I know it's out on DVD and Blu-ray, I've got to have it! Thank you for sharing this!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!

[@stevenbongiorno9277]

I saw the movie way back when I was 13. I was a gear head back then, and always loved that car!

[@msh6865]

Great choice for a review! The Car is one of my favorites from my youth. Came home from school one day to watch The Early Show, a regular daily feature that usually highlighted war movies or bad sci-fi flicks. But, one special day they showed The Car and I was hooked! Yeah, it's bad in a lot of ways but, absolutely perfect for a 12 year old kid who was into Evel Knievel, Hot Wheels and BMX bikes. We all talked about the movie at school the next day and thought it was the best thing we'd ever seen. Great times and great memories. Thanks much!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!!

[@user-yo8ww9rk2p]

Great review Boss!! As a kid in 1977 watching this flick on the big screen Scared the Crap out out of me!!! Thanks for the Memory!!!

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thanks for watching!!

[@rogerbaker1875]

Great video! This movie inspired a game we played in my neighborhood as kids. The object of the game was NEVER let a car see you!

[@WilliamJones-y8v]

I have this movie. I like it for a lot of reasons. It's just cheesy enough to not be dark but does come across with some serious menace along with some legitimate human drama.

[@markushildebrandt8248]

I’m from St. George Utah, where this movie was made. And when me and my friends first watched this movie back when we were kids we thought it was so cool because the whole movie was literally shot in our back yards. Another good old not well known movie made in my home town is “Harry’s War” from 1981. Worth checking out.

[@leroyjenkins4811]

Loved this movie when I was a kid!

[@namesdaisy9403]

Saw it in the theater and loved it. It was a big movie night anytime it came on tv.

[@davehargreaves6861]

The Car, itself, when I was a kid, was in a small movie car collection, in East San Diego County.. Dude who owned the place had it setup on a remote starter.. When you stood in front of it, already kinda freaked out.. He would start it, and rev the engine.. Scared the bejeezus out of us! LoL... He had all sorts of cars, too.. One of the stunt Wraiths, a bubble car from Sleepers, one of the Blade Runner Spinners.. And a bunch of other stuff.. So cool as a kid!

[@KingJellyRoll73]

That's just awesome! 😂

[@caldodge]

My mom and I were driving from Mojave to Denver in a car with no air conditioning. We stopped at a theater in Las Vegas to cool off. We saw "The Car". And as my mom was driving afterward, in the dark, she would look at oncoming cars and wondered "Is that The Car?"

[@stevemellin5806]

One of the best looking car s in movie history

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Agreed!

[@Rico-ow3ys]

Saw it at the State Theater in downtown L.A.1977, one of my all time favorite movies . No cgi back then, just real stunt work. Saw one of the old beat up stunt cars from the film back in the 80's on a lot on Santa Monica blvd. License plate read Mr.666. Cool.

[@expandingknowledge8269]

I am 68, and remember all the b-movies, BIG FAN HERE! Every day I am perusing the internet looking for movies to watch. Something very sinister about The Car that compiles you to watch. One of my absolute favorite movies is Quartermass and the Pit, British. I could watch that movie every day and still want to watch it again, and again. Look what they did with Terminator 3, vehicles driving by themselves, a bit of A.I. involved with that one. Yep Fall is a Great time to watch all these flicks, Great review my friend! 😎

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@expandingknowledge8269]

@@TheGearheadLounge 😎👍👍

[@williambinkley8879]

I saw this as a kid when it first came out and I have loved it ever since.

[@mosesbates]

When I was in middle school, my best friend and I had a VHS tape of this flick from a TV broadcast. We were, as far as we knew, the only two people who had ever heard of it, and we didn't know about the "so bad it's good" concept, but that's exactly how we enjoyed it!

[@stephenriggs8177]

I saw The Car at the theater, when I was 12. I wasn't a car enthusiast, but I'd seen enough to know that this creepy thing couldn't be found tooling around on city streets. I only saw the movie one time, but I still vividly recall the scene where the woman is taunting the car from inside the graveyard.

[@DanMestayer]

Definitely a favorite from my childhood.

[@heinous70]

As a kid in the 70s, somehow or another this movie spawned my love for the 1965 Lincoln Continental. My older brother had a theory that's what the donor car was, shortened with the rear doors removed. It was kind of difficult back then. Especially when you knew the majority of Hollywood vehicles were stripped VW pans

[@MilagrosDominguez-wm3nt]

The first time i watch it back in1981 8 yesrs old. Loved it when the devils face appeard in the end .

[@markmalott1299]

Love love this movie! I remember staying up late and watching this on "Star Channel" in the early days of cable 😂

[@alphawoolf5981]

I saw this movie for the first time in the late '70s on TV (HBO?). Loved it immediately!

[@davidreed3165]

Same here. I never knew it was in theaters.

[@SpunkMonkey]

I was too young to see it when it hit theaters, and it lived in the back of my mind until about a decade ago. And it lived up to my hopes. Totally worth watching.

[@adriandavis3738]

Both The Car and Christine were preceded by and inspired by Steven Spielberg's movie Duel, 1971.

[@kerriemccoy1647]

I have those 3 movies, Duel was Spielberg's first movie he directed

[@mrfishbulb7187]

Should have given a nod to 'The Duel', great movie.

Different concept though, the truck wasn't sentient rather the driver was a psycho!

[@kerriemccoy1647]

Especially when he had his victims number plates on his truck

[@IAMPLEDGE]

@@mrfishbulb7187 Duel was mentioned in the video I just watched.

[@JessyFrazier]

I remember seeing this when I was a kid, probably when it first came out. I had completely forgotten about it. Thank you for the memory.

[@TheGearheadLounge]

Thank you for watching!

[@rumplestilskin5776]

When I was a kid we LOVED this flick.

[@michaelparker4457]

Amen. Loved it as a kid too. I’m old now. When me and my brother get together, we always watch old movies from when we were kids ( Eastwood, etc…looks like we got another one

[@davidratcliffe60]

I watched the movie "the car" in 1977. I was 10 and it scared the hell out of me. Wouldn't go outside at night for a year.

[@AndersonERockefeller]

🤣 , When I first seen Jaws I had nightmares for weeks !