This film is actually MUCH better than he makes it sound. It is not going for a 'paranod don't trust anyone' vibe, it is going for something more gut-clenching, the knowledge that things below the surface are not always what they seem--like a duck on a pond. Above it is all calm and serene but underwater the feet are paddling like mad. In this film, these vacationers (including--but not mentioned here--the Star of Dark Shadow TV soap opera from the 1960s and 70s, Lara Parker, and Loretta Swit who would achieve fame as Hot Lips in M*A*S*H.) are being tormented and not killed outright, because the Satanists want them afaid, very much afraid. That is clear from the scene where the girl is killed at the beginning of the film. She was mellow at first, but as it became more real to her she was terrified. I really think this film is a must see, and remember, any film you haven't seen is a new release.
Actress Lara Parker Pause image at 02:57 The beautiful blonde with the pet dog is known TV actress Lara Parker from the Gothic Cult TV show Dark Shadows and her movie: "Night of Dark Shadows" 1971 from MGM wherein she played the beautiful blonde voluptuous Witch "Angelique" that was hung and then came back as a ghost. She also did a very very popular episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker as the Witch in the episode with all the fashion models The Trevi Collection
His big break was "Stripes" with Bill Murray. He ended up dying soon after. If not, he might have become as famous as the Drill Instructor in "Full Metal Jacket."
I remember seeing this at the drive-in when it first came out in 1974 and it scared the hell out of me,this is probably one of my all time favorite horror movies,the only bad thing about it was the ending,but they had to park the camper because it was getting dark and they had no headlights!,Fonda and Oates are great in it it,I have it on dvd and watch it at least twice a year,never get tired of it,It would have been great if they had made a sequel.
I love this film. Your review was accurate but the tension does build, especially since no one in their right mind would imagine that the entire county is in the cult. The acting was good--especially Lara Parker and Warren Oats. Oh, and the dog was good too.
I saw this at the Portage Theater in Chicago when I was 11 and still think it's quite powerful ..Warren Oates and Peter Fonda..dont bother about talk of a remake: there are no such giants of the silver screen today. We didn't know how good we had it back then.
it's a great movie, seen as a whole, it works. Slow build up, great chase sequences. Yes the cops could have killed them at the beginning, but then there would be no movie!! Much better than the drivel made these days.
I saw this movie in 1975 This is a great movie!!..one of my favorites. If a movie is disappointing because it lacks a bit of realism then dont watch movies, watch documentaries. Reviews like this is why I ignore reviews.
10-second review: You had a few clever comments, but just on the low hanging fruit. This is actually a pretty scary movie if you go into it in the right frame of mind. Check out the movie poster to see what I mean. Anyhoo, its a little cheesy, sure, but has lots of action and a great creepiness factor and certainly doesn't deserve the good/bad movie treatment. Its worth a viewing, 3/5 scary movie stars.
@Cyber Elder I think that they don't want to kill them because it might attract too much attention. One teenage runaway goes missing: happens all the time. Nationally know industrialist and motorcycle racer disappear: might draw too much attention. They just want to scare them into silence at first, only resorting to trying to kill them when that doesn't work.
@Wolf by Nite You missed the scene which they sent a letter note warning them to be silent,how did you miss that?They didn't want to kill them initially
This movie and Devil's Rain which had a more Satan theme to it scare the pants of me when I was a kid in a good way. The ending though was dumb. Its one of those movie where the ending is done to hammer home there is no good ending.
When the film was showed in Argentina there was a military government, who supressed the end because it was considered inmoral. Therefore you could see the whole film but not the end!
For some reason, I find R.G. Armstrong playing a Satanist interesting, possibly because it's in such contrast to his roles in Ride the High Country and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
You know for a couple of dudes that review genre pics -- you don't seem to really like them much lol. Race with the Devil is really well directed, acted, edited, and is an all around hoot.
Filmed in my hometown of Bandera Tx. I think it's better than your review would suggest, although I did enjoy your humorous review. It's certainly no Chainsaw, but did you know the bar scene was filmed at Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar? His music is what you hear at the gas station/ BBQ joint in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Misty Hours of Daylight...
I saw this as a little kid! AMAZING for a kid to watch. Now I live in a hood w all the neighbors criminals and possessed. Looking for an RV! Why? Cause this is AMERICA!
3:40 my favorite trope car drives off a cliff or a bridge and that causes the car to explode in midair. Because of course being airborne instantly turns any vehicle into a explosive device
This film released when I was 12 and we were about to buy an RV and open a similar world, "We have our own home on wheels and can sleep anywhere,.total freedom..YAAAAY!!!" Every time we found a nice place it seemed common to have rowdy drunk neighbors camp close, and party. Next morning, "Oh wow man, sorry we didn't realize someone else was here." One time rangers arrested some. "This always happens godammit!!! Find a nice place, then bad neighbors." True, when we moved on the situation ended, back to normal world. But the movie softly suggests some satanic cult network (which do exist in Texas). Based on my small-town-living experience,...if a central command dispatched assignments to a bunch of YOKELS,......they'd screw them up.
Did the background just glitch and start running in reverse when the police are talking in the car about the dead cats? Dammit, we paid for 15 seconds of B-Roll and we're going to get our money's worth!
@PeckyThePigeon YOU, ACT LIKE THIS PERSON SAID SOMETHING VULGAR? YOU OVER SENSITIVE MORON!!! AND YES WOMEN ARE [CONSENTUAL] SEX OBJECTS OF OUR [MENS] DESIRES AMONG OTHER THINGS, NO SHAME IN SAYING THAT.
In the SATANISTS ARE EVERYWHERE genres. I'm partial to the movie THE DEVILS RAIN. It stars ERNEST BORGNINE, WILLIAM SHATNER, JOHN TRAVOLTA, EDDIE ALBERT, KENNAN WYNN , ANTON LaVey AND IDA LUPINO with a cast like this someone obviously sold their sole to the devil.
Okay I have a couple of movies 1. Cat -women of the moon 2. Missile to the Moon 3. Magnetic Monster 4. Quatermass 2 5. Caltiki the Immortal Monster 6. Crawling Eye 7. Invaders from Mars (50's version) ScifiSteve
This film starts off very well and has a likeable cast. It's just that the longer it goes, the more improbable it seems. Great car stunts during the big chase scene though.
Sorry to everyone who say's this is a good film. It's not. I recently rewatched it (having seen it on its original release. Yeah, I'm old) and it's horrible. Everyone who sings the praises of the cast are right. There are a lot of great people involved. But to those who talk about the rising tension need to rewatch it & count the number of times the main characters take a martini break while being stalked by evil satanists. On its initial release, the big selling point was the car stunts, which are pretty spectacular. But, aside from that, it's a pretty dull film. And just to make it clear, THE WILD BUNCH & BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA are a couple of my favorite films, so I love me some Warren Oates.
My stinker of a movie was Nick Fury: Agent Of SHIELD. Before the latest Captain America movies and MARVEL'S Agents Of SHIELD television series, this turkey starring David Hasselhorf as the title character was released on televison in 1996. Do you have a review of that?
Dark Corners Reviews Getting back to Race With The Devil. If there was a scene that puzzled me was these four tourists are parked in the middle of a deserted area, with their Winabago giving off a lot of light in the dark, chilly night. And yet, the Satanists didn't notice that van parked before they began their ritual in front of that eerie looking tree. How the hell could they have not seen this form of light in the distance while they were committing murder?
Lurvy1963 They didn't have any lights on they had the lights turned off. That is until one of the ladies turned one on and opened the door and called out to the men when they were observing the ritual
For what it is, it's not a bad movie. It's got a good cast, and there are some eerily effective shots/scenes. The pacing is good, and it's not overlong. Your take on the film doesn't hold water for me. Sure there are lapses in logic, but for it's type it is still is above average.
Best movie EVER! My Aunt and Uncle let my Wife and I use their Vouge same year and color on our honeymoon 32 years ago. We would watch it at once a year she would watch it just to make me happy.
a lot of very low set bars based on the majority of comments here. the only real "sacrifice" is for people of at least average intelligence trying to sit thru this dribble--good job DC
I saw this at the drive in when I was like 5. I think I fell asleep. I literally expected to see the devil racing someone so the film lost me in the first reel.
thie was very entertaining without any boredom at all
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I can't remember how many times I watched this. But really, are the couples that dumb not knowing they're giving the satanists the info of where're they're going?
Entertaining enough film, 'tis OK. Must say I laughed when the dog was killed. Love me some dogs, but the tiny yippy fuzzball type I always find annoying :) AND, they do use the time-honored line "gives me the creeps" twice! I have to respect that.
This movie was ok but a bit far fetched,I could see the people at the ritual chasing them but encountering satanists everywhere they went?wouldn't happen.
Well, they were doing this sort of thing in the rural deserts of Az back during the Satanic worship fad in the 80's. US Border Patrol would happen upon groups of ppl stabbing some poor animal to death out in the sticks. But all they would was run into desert in their flappy black robes when discovered. ...goofy times
This movie spooked the hell out of me when I was a kid. I literally laughed through much of it tonite. Some movies don't wear well. Alien on the other hand... masterpiece for the ages.
@Bobby Brady Yes I'm cynical, and I believe with good reason, however that's not the reason I laughed. I think the movie's silly lack of plausibility makes it unintentionally humorous.
It doesn't surprise me that there are towns ruled by the Occult in this movie. Satan had his claws in politics and law enforcement officials in the real world round about the same time.
This film is actually MUCH better than he makes it sound. It is not going for a 'paranod don't trust anyone' vibe, it is going for something more gut-clenching, the knowledge that things below the surface are not always what they seem--like a duck on a pond. Above it is all calm and serene but underwater the feet are paddling like mad. In this film, these vacationers (including--but not mentioned here--the Star of Dark Shadow TV soap opera from the 1960s and 70s, Lara Parker, and Loretta Swit who would achieve fame as Hot Lips in M*A*S*H.) are being tormented and not killed outright, because the Satanists want them afaid, very much afraid. That is clear from the scene where the girl is killed at the beginning of the film. She was mellow at first, but as it became more real to her she was terrified. I really think this film is a must see, and remember, any film you haven't seen is a new release.
Yeah agree brilliant horror movie irritating prick reviewing it lol!
I agree. Sometimes it's best just to enjoy a good movie. It's not great but it works.
Actress Lara Parker
Pause image at 02:57 The beautiful blonde with the pet dog is known TV actress Lara Parker from the Gothic Cult TV show Dark Shadows and her movie: "Night of Dark Shadows" 1971 from MGM wherein she played the beautiful blonde voluptuous Witch "Angelique" that was hung and then came back as a ghost. She also did a very very popular episode of
Kolchak: The Night Stalker as the Witch in the episode with all the fashion models
The Trevi Collection
Yep, that’s Angelique all right. Beautiful women.
The Jupiter 2 Angelique and hot lips lol with easy rider and sgt hulka lol
""I accuse you publicly""
To be honest, this looks like a pretty good film. I mean...Warren Oates! What's not to love?
Starring warren oates
SOLD!
Warren Oates left us way to soon. He played "Dillinger" , and was very good. RIP Warren Oates and Peter Fonda.
His big break was "Stripes" with Bill Murray. He ended up dying soon after. If not, he might have become as famous as the Drill Instructor in "Full Metal Jacket."
Ben Johnson kills warren oates in Dillinger...that is a powerful scene... The pistols..the cigars..
I remember seeing this at the drive-in when it first came out in 1974 and it scared the hell out of me,this is probably one of my all time favorite horror movies,the only bad thing about it was the ending,but they had to park the camper because it was getting dark and they had no headlights!,Fonda and Oates are great in it it,I have it on dvd and watch it at least twice a year,never get tired of it,It would have been great if they had made a sequel.
1975
your right,my mistake.
The ending was the best,lol,it was disturbing and unexpected
I actually love this movie! Warren Oates is the man! But, funny review! :)
I love this film. Your review was accurate but the tension does build, especially since no one in their right mind would imagine that the entire county is in the cult. The acting was good--especially Lara Parker and Warren Oats. Oh, and the dog was good too.
That Vogue Motorhome is built like a Tank.
I just wanted to let you know that the german title of this film , translated literally back into english, means: "Four In The Speeding Coffin"
That's a great title
I saw this at the Portage Theater in Chicago when I was 11 and still think it's quite powerful
..Warren Oates and Peter Fonda..dont bother about talk of a remake: there are no such giants of the silver screen today. We didn't know how good we had it back then.
it's a great movie, seen as a whole, it works. Slow build up, great chase sequences. Yes the cops could have killed them at the beginning, but then there would be no movie!! Much better than the drivel made these days.
Hey, this is the movie Tom Hanks was watching in The Burbs.
When one sees the movie, one gets the impression everybody was against these two couples.
One would.
I saw this movie in 1975
This is a great movie!!..one of my favorites.
If a movie is disappointing because it lacks a bit of realism then dont watch movies, watch documentaries.
Reviews like this is why I ignore reviews.
Saw this movie when I was 14. Movie theater was 16 or over. Got in because I knew someone.
10-second review: You had a few clever comments, but just on the low hanging fruit. This is actually a pretty scary movie if you go into it in the right frame of mind. Check out the movie poster to see what I mean. Anyhoo, its a little cheesy, sure, but has lots of action and a great creepiness factor and certainly doesn't deserve the good/bad movie treatment. Its worth a viewing, 3/5 scary movie stars.
Agree! Thanks for coming to the rescue! See my comment above.
@Cyber Elder I think that they don't want to kill them because it might attract too much attention. One teenage runaway goes missing: happens all the time. Nationally know industrialist and motorcycle racer disappear: might draw too much attention. They just want to scare them into silence at first, only resorting to trying to kill them when that doesn't work.
@Wolf by Nite You missed the scene which they sent a letter note warning them to be silent,how did you miss that?They didn't want to kill them initially
This movie and Devil's Rain which had a more Satan theme to it scare the pants of me when I was a kid in a good way. The ending though was dumb. Its one of those movie where the ending is done to hammer home there is no good ending.
When the film was showed in Argentina there was a military government, who supressed the end because it was considered inmoral. Therefore you could see the whole film but not the end!
Oh, come on! This one is good. Solid story, veteran cast and the road chase scene is believably shot.
This movie scared the s*** out of me when I was a kid
For some reason, I find R.G. Armstrong playing a Satanist interesting, possibly because it's in such contrast to his roles in Ride the High Country and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
friday the 13th the series[1987-1990]
You know for a couple of dudes that review genre pics -- you don't seem to really like them much lol. Race with the Devil is really well directed, acted, edited, and is an all around hoot.
Filmed in my hometown of Bandera Tx. I think it's better than your review would suggest, although I did enjoy your humorous review. It's certainly no Chainsaw, but did you know the bar scene was filmed at Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar? His music is what you hear at the gas station/ BBQ joint in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Misty Hours of Daylight...
I saw this as a little kid! AMAZING for a kid to watch. Now I live in a hood w all the neighbors criminals and possessed. Looking for an RV! Why? Cause this is AMERICA!
This is why Peter Fonda played Mephisto in the MCU, isn't it...
Don't park in the ring of fire.
That is good advice for any situation...holiday related or not.
This was a double feature with the Devil's rain.I had a ball watching these in 70's.
...and they're not all in on it. There are enough of them so that you don't know who to trust.
3:40 my favorite trope car drives off a cliff or a bridge and that causes the car to explode in midair. Because of course being airborne instantly turns any vehicle into a explosive device
This film released when I was 12 and we were about to buy an RV and open a similar world, "We have our own home on wheels and can sleep anywhere,.total freedom..YAAAAY!!!" Every time we found a nice place it seemed common to have rowdy drunk neighbors camp close, and party. Next morning, "Oh wow man, sorry we didn't realize someone else was here." One time rangers arrested some. "This always happens godammit!!! Find a nice place, then bad neighbors." True, when we moved on the situation ended, back to normal world. But the movie softly suggests some satanic cult network (which do exist in Texas). Based on my small-town-living experience,...if a central command dispatched assignments to a bunch of YOKELS,......they'd screw them up.
I was a teenager and saw it in the theater with my girlfriend. I loved it and have it on DVD.
Did the background just glitch and start running in reverse when the police are talking in the car about the dead cats? Dammit, we paid for 15 seconds of B-Roll and we're going to get our money's worth!
So glad you said that... I thought I was having a stroke!
I love horror movies from the 70's. A decade when horror would mean Satan. And Satan is always where the best horror movies are.
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Watched this movie as a kid at the Drive-In, loved it.Loretta Swit was hot.
@PeckyThePigeon YOU, ACT LIKE THIS PERSON SAID SOMETHING VULGAR?
YOU OVER SENSITIVE MORON!!!
AND YES WOMEN ARE [CONSENTUAL] SEX OBJECTS OF OUR [MENS] DESIRES AMONG OTHER THINGS, NO SHAME IN SAYING THAT.
@PeckyThePigeon F**k OFF,you hypocritical feminist,wake the shit out of the actresses who are literally doing porn
The late, great Warren Oates.
In the SATANISTS ARE EVERYWHERE genres. I'm partial to the movie THE DEVILS RAIN. It stars ERNEST BORGNINE, WILLIAM SHATNER, JOHN TRAVOLTA, EDDIE ALBERT, KENNAN WYNN , ANTON LaVey AND IDA LUPINO with a cast like this someone obviously sold their sole to the devil.
is it jjust me or is that Loretta Swit?
Okay I have a couple of movies
1. Cat -women of the moon
2. Missile to the Moon
3. Magnetic Monster
4. Quatermass 2
5. Caltiki the Immortal Monster
6. Crawling Eye
7. Invaders from Mars (50's version)
ScifiSteve
Awesome movie. Easy rider meets Duel meets The Exorcist....sort of.
-Could have been worse, they could`ve bumped into Cliff Richard & Una Stubbs in a double decker bus.
they should do a remake today
Agree there is better film to be made with this premise
I liked this movie! I remember this as a young man.
This movie is brilliant
This film starts off very well and has a likeable cast. It's just that the longer it goes, the more improbable it seems. Great car stunts during the big chase scene though.
I haven't seen it but it has a great cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker (of Dark Shadows fame). All good actors.
Why not take the RV and vacation elsewhere🤔
FYI...That is Loretta Swit from MASH playing Alice
Very fond memories of seeing this originally even if it doesn’t stack up now
Sorry to everyone who say's this is a good film.
It's not.
I recently rewatched it (having seen it on its original release. Yeah, I'm old) and it's horrible.
Everyone who sings the praises of the cast are right. There are a lot of great people involved.
But to those who talk about the rising tension need to rewatch it & count the number of times the main characters take a martini break while being stalked by evil satanists.
On its initial release, the big selling point was the car stunts, which are pretty spectacular. But, aside from that, it's a pretty dull film.
And just to make it clear, THE WILD BUNCH & BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA are a couple of my favorite films, so I love me some Warren Oates.
That weird guy on the left at 1:16 he's nightmare fuel.
My stinker of a movie was Nick Fury: Agent Of SHIELD. Before the latest Captain America movies and MARVEL'S Agents Of SHIELD television series, this turkey starring David Hasselhorf as the title character was released on televison in 1996. Do you have a review of that?
Dark Corners Reviews
Getting back to Race With The Devil. If there was a scene that puzzled me was these four tourists are parked in the middle of a deserted area, with their Winabago giving off a lot of light in the dark, chilly night. And yet, the Satanists didn't notice that van parked before they began their ritual in front of that eerie looking tree. How the hell could they have not seen this form of light in the distance while they were committing murder?
Lurvy1963 They didn't have any lights on they had the lights turned off. That is until one of the ladies turned one on and opened the door and called out to the men when they were observing the ritual
@@Lurvy1963 Yeah, what DOMINION said. That loudmouth Hot Lips opened the door and hollered, “Come to bed, Frank!”
For what it is, it's not a bad movie. It's got a good cast, and there are some eerily effective shots/scenes. The pacing is good, and it's not overlong. Your take on the film doesn't hold water for me. Sure there are lapses in logic, but for it's type it is still is above average.
Don't take our reviews that seriously. We honestly bias and manipulative with the truth.
Is that Loretta Switt?
Yes, of MASH fame
Decent review but I think you're underestimating the appeal of Warren Oates ina movie, any movie, let alone a 70s devil flick.
Sacrifice all the humans you wants leave the dogs/cats out of it
This movie needs a Nicholas Cage remake where he goes ham on the Satanists.😂
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Is that Hot Lips I see?
Reminds me of Drive Angry, but that was the opposite way round. A guy hunting cultist rather than escaping them
Bulls**t this movie was scary
GREAT FRIGGIN MOVIE! I bought this as a double-feature, the other being "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry," BOTH for $10 bucks--TOTAL.
I wonder where Peter Fonda is now?
can you review king kong lives and the monster club
Nothing a 12gauge can't handel!
First time ive seen anyone review this movie i saw over 40 years ago
Best movie EVER! My Aunt and Uncle let my Wife and I use their Vouge same year and color on our honeymoon 32 years ago. We would watch it at once a year she would watch it just to make me happy.
It’s got Warren Oates ffs!
Review the Trip!
... didn’t he just do that?
Oh... *The Trip...* 😉
This movie was sharp Tillamook cheddar delight.
a lot of very low set bars based on the majority of comments here. the only real "sacrifice" is for people of at least average intelligence trying to sit thru this dribble--good job DC
I thought 'Race With The Devil' was a WWI action Movie!
I saw this at the drive in when I was like 5. I think I fell asleep. I literally expected to see the devil racing someone so the film lost me in the first reel.
Did this ripoff "Wicker Man" or vice versa?
Full movie crazy Larry dirty Mary
thie was very entertaining without any boredom at all
I can't remember how many times I watched this. But really, are the couples that dumb not knowing they're giving the satanists the info of where're they're going?
I thought it was a pretty good film. Although the couples were so useless. I started rooting for the satanist sickos
Only way to have a worse Holliday than these people is go to Quebec for a week
Entertaining enough film, 'tis OK. Must say I laughed when the dog was killed. Love me some dogs, but the tiny yippy fuzzball type I always find annoying :) AND, they do use the time-honored line "gives me the creeps" twice! I have to respect that.
Movie always creeped me out and I hated the ending. Damn Satanists
Don't much care what happens to the people, but don't kill the dog!!
When was their actually a race with the devil? This film is a lie.
Exceptional review!
This movie was ok but a bit far fetched,I could see the people at the ritual chasing them but encountering satanists everywhere they went?wouldn't happen.
Well, they were doing this sort of thing in the rural deserts of Az back during the Satanic worship fad in the 80's. US Border Patrol would happen upon groups of ppl stabbing some poor animal to death out in the sticks. But all they would was run into desert in their flappy black robes when discovered. ...goofy times
Satan’s Librarians. There’s a B movie.
slazo??????
JUST UPLOAD THIS MOVIE BEACUSE I SAW THIS MOVIE'S BEFORE SO MANY YEAR'S IT'S HORRIBLE MOVIE 👹👹👹👹
This movie spooked the hell out of me when I was a kid. I literally laughed through much of it tonite. Some movies don't wear well.
Alien on the other hand... masterpiece for the ages.
saw this in the drive in with my family
@Bobby Brady Yes I'm cynical, and I believe with good reason, however that's not the reason I laughed. I think the movie's silly lack of plausibility makes it unintentionally humorous.
Er, not in any way a "review" is it mate. daft one line comments thats all.
Nothing gets past you.
Fast forward 2020 and how true is has turned out to be!!
It doesn't surprise me that there are towns ruled by the Occult in this movie. Satan had his claws in politics and law enforcement officials in the real world round about the same time.
British humour..and a well founded review
This is a great movie - doesn't need to be spoilt with a cynical review.
This would be a great remake if done right !