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The Wraith
After a boy is killed at the hands of the drag-racing gang led by Packard Walsh, the mysterious Jake Kesey shows up in town. Jake turns out to be Jamie, the one who got killed, who returns to gain revenge.
6 September 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 November 1959, North Carolina, USA
1 October 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
30 November 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 September 1971, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
28 October 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 July 1947, USA
20 April 1959, Burbank, California, USA
May 06, 2008
A ridiculous mishmash of drag racing, ghosts, and science fiction.
October 20, 2016
The kind of revenge B movie you can enjoy thanks to its eccentric tone and unique hero.
July 25, 2002
An enjoyably trashy sci-fi/car racing action movie.
August 08, 2003
This movie makes no sense.
August 30, 2004
Mr. Cassavetes is effectively black-hearted, and makes a striking figure, and Randy Quaid does a lot with the underdeveloped role of a local sheriff.
January 01, 2000
There is all too little of the quietly charismatic Sheen and all too much of Cassavetes, who is a dead ringer for the young Hugh Hefner.
May 02, 2013
A big glop of low-budget Hollywood cheese, sliced from half a dozen other movies. Still, as a piece of '80s zeitgeist, it offers something of a glimpse into the national psyche of the time - not to mention the feather hairdos and jean jackets.
January 26, 2006
The town (comprising one house, a burger joint and no citizen who isn't a teenager or a cop) is overseen by Sheriff Randy Quaid, who displays all the reverence the script deserves.
March 11, 2005
An imaginative, thrilling piece