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- 1975
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 28 m
- 1975
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Directed By: Jack Starrett
Written By: Lee Frost, Wes Bishop
- 1975
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 28 m
- 1975
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 28 m
Race with the Devil
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Summary Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Directed By: Jack Starrett
Written By: Lee Frost, Wes Bishop
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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25% Mixed
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2 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
53
50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A near-exact cross between Rosemary's Baby, Duel, and The Parallax View, Race With The Devil has problems getting over the flat, TV-style direction by Cleopatra Jones director Jack Starrett, but it gets by on engaging drive-in goofiness, even if it's tough to swallow the idea that mid-'70s Texas swarmed with Satanists.
A wittily efficient quickie, the film is a winner all the way - a surprise, since Starrett's career thus far had been the movie director's equivalent of a criminal record.
As followup by 20th-Fox to its surprise success with last year’s Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, this Peter Fonda-Warren Oates meller should do okay with action audiences, since it includes the requisite road chases and other hyped-up thrills, some of them slickly executed by director Jack Starrett. Otherwise the production is a sloppy, cynical blend of second-hand plot elements.
Fairly effective action-horror film.
Fonda might have been able to look good in most everything he was in, but even he can’t save a turd like Race with the Devil.
This is a ridiculous mishmash of a movie for people who never grew up, which is not so say it's for children. One would think that Mr. Fonda and Mr. Oates had better things to do, but perhaps not. American movie production is in a bad state.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
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7.1
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Awards
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
