Summaries

A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

A series of mysterious murders have happened in Montevideo, a small city in California. A policeman's wife is running away from her husband, trying to divorce him. The policeman tries to reconcile and begins to follow her...—Michel Rudoy <[email protected]>

After a heated argument with her military police turned cop husband, Lawson Russian immigrant house wife, Lara storms off into the night convinced he's more married to his job than her. On her drive to a friend's house, she takes pity on a mournful hitchhiker Justin Mckay, desperately searching for a ride. Her offer of a lift to him plunges her into a night of pure terror as Justin is seriously disturbed, twisted by a tortured childhood which ended in being made to see his little sister's shocking murder and mutilation at the hands of his brutal alcoholic mother (who took a butcher knife to her head and used it like a comb) who systematically slays anyone who harms or offends him on a murderous impulse, as he captures their dying moments on his Polaroid camera. As Lawson struggles to follow Lara despite a leg in plaster, he is left for dead by our Justin, but recovers and now must search the steadily darkening roads for Lara, while her deeply troubled captor Justin continues his uncontrollable slaughter-spree, rampaging through the night leaving behind carnage and fiery devastation on his path of madness.—suspiciouscrabs

Details

Keywords
  • fire
  • gasoline
  • diner
  • exploding gasoline station
  • contemporary setting
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Horror
Release date Jul 19, 1990
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Production companies Cannon Pictures Inc.

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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