This low-budget flick is based on the escapades of late 50's thrill-killer Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. I would like to have seen at least some minimal character development. A 5-minute segment introducing the audience to the teachers and what they were doing would have helped. But other than that, this is a surprisingly good suspense movie with some minor, unexpected twists at the end.
According to TCMUndergrounds' Rob Zombie, the entire budget for the movie was $33,000. This one couldn't be remade with a budget 1,000 times greater.
Three schoolteachers are on their way to see an LA Dodgers baseball game when their car breaks down. They stop at a little restaurant/garage/junkyard out in the middle of nowhere to see if they can get a part to fix the car and still get to the game on time when they are confronted by a young couple on the run. Arch Hall, Jr's portrayal of the angry, psychopathic killer is a little over the top, but it works. There is a budding romance between two of the schoolteachers which is played against a background of terror. One of them is played by Arch Hall, Jr's cousin, Helen Hovey.
The terror continues as the plot unravels. I won't spoil the ending, but if you like suspense thrillers, this is a movie that's definitely worth watching.
According to TCMUndergrounds' Rob Zombie, the entire budget for the movie was $33,000. This one couldn't be remade with a budget 1,000 times greater.
Three schoolteachers are on their way to see an LA Dodgers baseball game when their car breaks down. They stop at a little restaurant/garage/junkyard out in the middle of nowhere to see if they can get a part to fix the car and still get to the game on time when they are confronted by a young couple on the run. Arch Hall, Jr's portrayal of the angry, psychopathic killer is a little over the top, but it works. There is a budding romance between two of the schoolteachers which is played against a background of terror. One of them is played by Arch Hall, Jr's cousin, Helen Hovey.
The terror continues as the plot unravels. I won't spoil the ending, but if you like suspense thrillers, this is a movie that's definitely worth watching.