Must See Movie...

Best movie ever!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Lucinda is evil incarnate, a demon masquerading as a young female hitchhiker. The film opens with a priest picking her up. We believe she's just a young woman, and he's a psychopath about to make her his eventual victim. Instead we realize that he seems to be on a mission to rid the highway of a demonic spirit terrorizing motorists, and, lets just say he's unsuccessful. A group of four, two couples, from Pennsylvania, are on their way to a beach in California to party and have some fun when they have the misfortune of picking up Lucinda. Lucinda almost immediately goes Rutger Hauer on them, pulling a gun and threatening to kill them. Ron Jeremy has an amusing cameo as a movie-maker who becomes a castration victim at the hands of Lucinda! Low, low, low production values, tacky gore, non-acting from a mostly porn cast(including Beverly Lynn who is actually a better actress in sex flicks directed by Fred Olen Ray under the pseudonym Nicholas Medina), crappy sound, and cringe-worthy dialogue sink this Bismarck. Lynn's naked body doesn't hurt, although you can see her in lots of pornographic material with better budgets than this turkey! Funniest scene could be when Sarah(whose crotch was fondled by Lucinda at gunpoint)has a nightmare of being attacked by a hideous demon. "Where's her head?! Where's her *bleeping* head?!" HELL'S HIGHWAY might be notable for the one scene where Lucinda's body is dragged down the road by her intestines! Jeff Leroy does get to homage Blair Witch Project with one camcorder scene where a girl's face is emphasized while running from danger and Texas CHAINSAW when Lucinda wields a chainsaw after severing an arm with the sun in the background. A corny toy satellite, stare downs and silence, and even some hogwash about cloning experiments using a serum which causes insanity are injected into this goofy horror movie. With Phoebe Dollar as Lucinda and Kiren David as heroine Sarah.

If you ever decide to watch a film like this, please take into consideration that it was probably shot for the price of a used car and in the spans of a week. Total Roger Corman/Ed Wood style, so you should never expect a Spielburg quality film(His catering budget is usually bigger than the entire budget of a film like this.) So what does a film like this have to offer a viewer? A dialog heavy script with thick subplots and well known actors? Mind blowing special effects? Beautiful breath-taking 35mm Cinematography? No, but it has couple things that make it unique. Despite the fact that it was probably shot on a camcorder, some of the shots were well planned and executed. Unlike the normal all-hand-held Shot-on-Video features usually do. Of course the Director and the Cinematographer were the same person, which can be difficult. The Characters were unique, yes at sometime they were over-the-top or flat at certain times, but I feel that they were tolerable. It's also obvious at time there was a lot of ad libbing and some of it didn't work. I am a fan of Beverly Lynn though. She started out in the Brain Damage world and has definitely out-shined many of her counterparts. I do hope that she will grow in her craft and lands roles that will gain her the respect that she deserves. This was Phoebe Dollar's first film credit, she definitely shines as the evil Lucinda. She is definitely a presence that will go far in the future. The story also is unique for the fact if you actually try to follow what's going on, you will be pulled in many different directions and will be left still wondering what exactly happen. It definitely had some interesting twists in it. Now onto the special effects, outside the low quality of the video image the special effects look even worse than normal. They are totally laughable. Especially Joe Haggerty's blow to the head.( Which can really be the charm of a film like this, where the gore is so over-the-top that it's actually funny. I can imagine how a movie like this would be in a college dorm, with a room full of drunk men.) Especially when watch the toy model cars driving by or see the miniature gas station blow up! That was funny!! I had to rewind to make sure I saw what I thought I saw!! The Sound was something to be desired. It was for the most part inconsistent. Some of the sound effects were very "fake" sounding and again laughable at times. There also obvious continuity issues like switching props, road movement in the background in a car scene when the car is supposedly stopped. But what do you expect when you can afford re-shoots? To me this movie, seems to be a turning point for the whole Brain Damage world. Where their movies started moving up the ladder from their pocket-change budget beginnings. Good job Jeff LeRoy!! If you want a movie that scares you, it probably won't. If you want a movie that will challenge your intellect, don't rent this. But if you appreciate the micro-budget, and want to see something different that the normal movie studios wouldn't put out, then you might want to check it out.

The quality of this movie sucks... I mean, this movie takes low budget to an all new low. This film appears to have been shot with someone's home camcorder. The acting sucks and the "special effects" were just terrible. When we saw Ron Jeremy's name listed in the beginning, we decided to trudge through this muck, in order to see his role in the film. After that, we shut it off because neither of us could stand to watch anymore of this poorly done attempt at a movie. So, if you're looking for a good horror flick, pass this one up. If you're looking for a good laugh, pass this one up. If you're looking for high quality good acting, pass this one up. If you hate your life and you want to hate it even more, and enjoy putting yourself through miserable experiences, then this is the movie for you.

If you enjoy a good cheesy movie I suggest you pick this one up. The sorry acting, the 5 cent effects, and Ron Jeremy. What more could you ask for in a good cheesy film? I would get it on DVD so you can get some real slow mo so that you can see just HOW cheap the effects really are!