Last Updated on July 27, 2021
IMO one of the often overlooked aspects of some great horror are the vehicles. Whether you’re talking about a car refusing to start for the hundrity-millionth time in a slasher flick, a badass hero speed bucket, or a villain’s preferred tool of destruction, there is an impressive lineage of marauding motor motherf*ckers to enjoy.
So what makes one of these four-wheeled, or more-wheeled asskickers stand out from the crowd? Easy. Look and power. Added weaponry isn’t necessary, but certainly doesn’t hurt.
So c’mon take a ride with me. And if I’ve missed you favorite driving demon, then spit those bullets below!
It’s impossible to have a list like this and not give a shout out to the old standard of a car that just won’t start. Of course this brilliant reconstruction of the aggressively deconstructed slasher genre turns that old plot device on its head in a thoroughly enjoyable, and eventually messy, manner.
Just about everybody was surprised that the Dawn remake sort of kicked ass. Then again none of us knew who the hell this upstart Zach Snyder was just yet. For the most part the movie succeeded by not reminding us it was a remake, but one notable area that outplayed the original is the pimped out death ride that the folks put together in that mall parking garage. Anything on wheels with slots for chainsaws is alright by me!
The creepiest thing about this flick is obviously director Victor Salva, but second on the list is that damn BEATNGU license plate attached to a rusty truck with a psycho driver. I personally find the daylight madness on the highway to be significantly more disturbing than anything that comes afterwards. A great play on the fears of traveling on a lonely, deserted road.
Did the previous entry do anything for you? Because it was totally set up by this early entry from a little known director by the name of Spielberg. It’s one of the ultimate tales of a faceless and unrelenting assailant bringing bad juju upon a hapless protagonist. In simpler terms it’s one long and nasty beatdown, yo!
Not to be outdone by some remake slinging newcomer, George Romero made the centerpiece of his return to the Dead series a big badass RV that basically appears to have the ability to end the world. I mean they don’t explicitly say that the sucker has nukes on board, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Somehow this Tom Selleck approved mobile battlestation is more of a concern in this flick than the living dead who are picking up nifty skills like wielding weapons and strategery. I wonder if I can get one on layaway.
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