In some of the best horror movies, the villain doesn't have an origin story, doesn't have any reason for doing what they do. The good guys often call this insanity, and maybe it is, but it doesn't necessarily make for a bad story. Michael Myers, of the Halloween movies, he didn't have an origin story. He just started killing when he was 6. Dr. Loomis tried to explain it, but it wasn't really an explanation. Dr. Loomis just called him "Evil." Some of the best villains are like that. No origin stories. No reason for doing what they do. They're just evil.
The Car (1977) is about a black car that just seems to come blazing out of the desert, and runs a couple of bikers off the road. No, not those kind of bikers, the kinds with pedals. Just, no back story, no warning, bam car runs a couple bikers off the road. You want to know why? Too bad. Car is already going after victim number two, a french horn player, hitch-hiking his way back home. Screw you, this movie isn't about plot. It's about a black car driving around and killing folks.
James Brolin plays the lead character of this film, Kim and Kyle Richards play his daughters. Ronny Cox plays an alcoholic deputy who just loses his sobriety over this freaky car going nuts and killing folks. I recognized a few other faces but it was hard to tell from where. The acting was decent, the plot moderately coherent, considering all everyone was trying to do was get the hell out of the way of this rampaging car and figure out some way to stop it throughout the whole movie. Effects were decent for the time, nothing CGI of course. Have seen this movie before, was a fun watch, kinda scary, pretty entertaining. I caught this on Netflix if you want to watch it. Decent horror flick!
In other news, it's late and I've had a headache all day, so good night. :-)
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