Hot Rods to Hell

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Hot Rods to Hell

1967

1h 32m

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After traveling salesman Tom Phillips (Dana Andrews) injures his spine in a car accident, he can no longer endure the rigors of the road. He decides to move his family from Boston to a desert town in California, where he anticipates a much quieter life managing a small motel. When he arrives, however, he's shocked to find the town overrun with spoiled, marauding teenagers. Under the leadership of the cocksure Duke (Paul Bertoya), they try to run Tom out of town "just for kicks."

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A mixture of "Beach Blanket Bingo," "Last House on the Left," and "Leave it to Beaver"...

Jul 10, 2007

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Chuck O'Leary

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Consistently amusing in its unintentional campiness.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 7, 2007

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Dennis Schwartz

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Your usual sleazy teenage questionable family value campy B-film.

Rated: C

Apr 22, 2007

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Steve M

Great B movie with cool hot rods (I'll take the black ‘55 Chevy), a preachy cop, a square Dad, a sleazy girl, juvenile delinquents and Mickey Rooney Jr. playing some trashy blues. What more could you ask for? 5 stars from me!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/14/23

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In all honesty, I dislike all of the troublesome teenager movies that I've seen from the 1950's and 1960's. Most of them are just bad movies and the teenagers usually act completely over the top and unrealistically, and in Hot Rods to Hell, they do just that. Poor Dana Andrews stars in this stinker as a father who moves his family across the country to a new town, only to be harassed and nearly killed by the local hot rodding teenagers. I would almost call this a Z grade movie because of how terrible the performances are, not to mention that Dana Andrews appears to have been drinking a bit on set (I don't know that for sure, of course, but he comes off that way). There's some unintentional comedy to be found in this for sure, but overall, it's a terrible movie with subject matter that has never interested me in the least.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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So bad YOU WILL LAUGH until you cry...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

A great "camp" movie - bet you haven't heard the word in a long, long time. This movie defines it. A great drive-in flick. If you can't get to a drive-in, at least you have half the the fun - no, you have 90% of the fun with this movie.... seriously

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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At least as good as any other crap action movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

2 stars (out of 5) for being such a bad film but 5 stars for the entertainment value. Bad acting, crazy dialogue. Like, wow.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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John Brahm

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Dana Andrews

Tom Phillips

Jeanne Crain

Peg Phillips

Mimsy Farmer

Gloria

Laurie Mock

Tina Phillips

Paul Bertoya

Duke

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Synopsis

After traveling salesman Tom Phillips (Dana Andrews) injures his spine in a car accident, he can no longer endure the rigors of the road. He decides to move his family from Boston to a desert town in California, where he anticipates a much quieter life managing a small motel. When he arrives, however, he's shocked to find the town overrun with spoiled, marauding teenagers. Under the leadership of the cocksure Duke (Paul Bertoya), they try to run Tom out of town "just for kicks."

Director: John Brahm
Producer: Sam Katzman
Production Co: Four-Leaf Productions
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 32m

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