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5.6/10
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Two guys and a female hitchhiker are terrorized by a monstrous looking man driving a giant monster truck.Two guys and a female hitchhiker are terrorized by a monstrous looking man driving a giant monster truck.Two guys and a female hitchhiker are terrorized by a monstrous looking man driving a giant monster truck.
Steve DeRelian
- One Armed Man
- (as Steven De Relian)
Robert R. Shafer
- Police Officer #1
- (as Bobby Ray Shafer)
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Adam (Eric Jungmann) and obnoxious best friend Harley (Justin Urich) are driving cross country to a wedding. Along the way they pick up sexy hitchhiker Sarah (Aimee Brooks). Then, for no reason, a monster truck keeps trying to run them off the road...and maybe kill them. Who is doing this and why?
Pretty good horror film. Its energetic and full of flashy direction which gets you right into the action. It's also a horror comedy. Most of the humor is infantile and REALLY gross but actually somewhat funny. Also this movie really piles on the gore at times--but that's a GOOD thing! The acting is OK--Jungmann overplays his nerd role a bit much; Urich is stuck with the hopeless role of the foul-mouthed, sex-obsessed best friend--but pulls it off; Brooks is good too in a limited role.
BUT I could see the "twist" ending coming long before it happened and logic totally disappears at the end (especially the rescue). Still, this is a gory, sometimes funny and sometimes scary horror movie. I give it a 7.
Pretty good horror film. Its energetic and full of flashy direction which gets you right into the action. It's also a horror comedy. Most of the humor is infantile and REALLY gross but actually somewhat funny. Also this movie really piles on the gore at times--but that's a GOOD thing! The acting is OK--Jungmann overplays his nerd role a bit much; Urich is stuck with the hopeless role of the foul-mouthed, sex-obsessed best friend--but pulls it off; Brooks is good too in a limited role.
BUT I could see the "twist" ending coming long before it happened and logic totally disappears at the end (especially the rescue). Still, this is a gory, sometimes funny and sometimes scary horror movie. I give it a 7.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe monster truck used in this film was designed and built for $2500. The "sheet metal" covering the outside of the truck was actually wood spray painted to look like very old and rusted sheet metal. The truck only had a maximum speed of roughly 30mph (48kph) so footage of the truck chasing after the car was sped up to make it appear as though it was capable of very high speeds. The truck could only be used for 20 - 30 minutes at a time before it would over heat and production would be shut down. It also ran on rocket fuel, which reported cost the producers $300 per gallon. There was no steering wheel, the driver was standing inside the truck using levers to control the speed and direction.
- GoofsAdam traps Harley's head in the car window which is shown to be a power window. Other views of the car's interior shows a manual window cranks.
- Quotes
Brother Fred: [lying in two pieces whilst the end credits are running] The end? This can't be the end! I was gonna fuck my sister! Now what am I gonna do? This sucks!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hagan Reviews: Monster Man (2024)
- SoundtracksGood Luck, Good Lookin' Goodbye
Words & Music by Mike Himelstein
Performed by Huck Hick and the Hacks
Produced by Craig Fleishman
(c)2003 DreamWorks Songs/Adovah Music (ASCAP)
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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