Hell's Highway (2002)

How sad is this?

As Good As It Gets

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This movie is horrible, but it's also really fun to watch! This is probably one of my favorite bad movies because the camera-work is ridiculous, the effects are laughable, and the acting is just plain silly. If you like bad horror movies, then you'll probably enjoy it! A few things in particular that caught my attention:1. In most of the shots where someone is screaming, they look like they're smiling or trying not to laugh.2. At the beginning of the sex scene, the guy is having a bit of trouble because he can't stop worrying about his brother. The dialogue makes it sound like he'd rather be getting it on with his brother.3. Stab wounds and gunshots look ridiculously fake in this movie. I think my favorite part is when the priest gets his head shot off because it's so obviously fake.4. The scenes with buildings are also silly looking. You can clearly tell that the buildings and vehicles in front of them are fake. With the bulldozers in front of the lab, you can tell that they're made of plastic!Like I said, this movie is stupid and entertaining. It's a good way to waste a bit of time!

Four college students embark on a cross country road trip. Things go horribly awry when they pick up sexy, but unhinged and murderous hitchhiker Lucindia Polonia (robustly played with deliciously lip-licking wicked relish by the attractive Phoebe Dollar). Writer/director Jeff Leroy keeps the snappy pace constantly barreling along, makes good use of the arid and isolated godforsaken desert location, delivers a generous amount of graphic, yet lovably cheesy gore, develops a sizable amount of nerve-rattling tension, further spruces things up with a nice sprinkling of tasty gratuitous female nudity and a smidgen of sizzling soft-core sex, and even tosses in a freaky nightmare sequence for good measure. The enthusiastic acting from the game no-name cast helps a lot: Kiren David as touchy and sensitive psychic Sarah, Hank Horner as the amiable Eric, cute blonde porn starlet Beverly Lynne as the brash and uninhibited Monique, and Jonathan Gray as the likable Chris all make for sympathetic protagonists. Ron Jeremy pops up in a cool cameo as a hapless motorist victim and Joe Haggerty has a memorable bit as a crazed psycho preacher. The clever sci-fi twist at the very end is genuinely surprising and totally unexpected. Leroy's rough cinematography gives the picture an appropriately grainy'n'gritty look. Jay Woelfel's spirited shivery score hits the shuddery spot. The terse 70 minute running time ensures that this movie never becomes tedious or overstays its welcome. A fun little quickie.

Part of the fun of watching this film is due to the "special effects", as they appear humorously unrealistic. Another element of fun are some of the lines and the way in which the actors deliver them. What is interesting is that these elements draw attention to the medium through which they are transported, which helps add to the surreal mood of the film. Phoebe Dollar is as irresistibly hot as ever (the finger bang scene is very erotic), even when she plays to the 'southern white trash' stereotype. All in all, this film achieves, what in my opinion, it set out to do: entertain the viewer. Give this film a look, and check out some of Phoebe's other work too (Goth), if you like, what I call, "surrealistic cinema".

There are only Two things worth watching in this Horror Film. "CHRIS" Played by JONATHAN GREY- AKA (JON PRUTOW) I've seen him in other stuff,(Joys of Smoking) and He's most exellent. A very Strong Actor, and shouldnt be wasting his time in this Bad, movie...The Lead brunette, Pheobe. Pheobe does and awesome Psycho Job, and really seems to "get into" her Role, as the Killer/Ghost. (She IS the Hottest and only hottest) Female in the Movie. Beyond Doubt. Otherwise, this film is a Great example of REALLY Bad acting. The special effects were okay---except the fake body/dummy thing being run over by a car. that looked sooo bad, but having her head pop back up under the tire-was impressive.