Thursday, March 13, 2014

Today in motorcycle history, March 13, 1992

   

   

    







  The Ate de Jong directed, comedy-horror film "Highway to Hell" is released.






  Charlie Sykes and Rachel Clark are a young all-American couple that decide to run away and elope in fabulous, Las Vegas, Nevada.

  A funny thing happens on the road to Vegas, they completely ignore the warning of a local gas station attendant, Sam, when they're told to avoid backroads.  As expected, they take an abandoned backroad where Rachel is kidnapped by a zombie Hell Cop who takes her to Hell.  Charlie goes back to the gas station to ask Sam what the hell a Hell Cop is and how to save her.  Sam then gives him a shotgun with special ammo, and a car that has a very custom option.  On the highway, Charlie meets other dead people that live in Hell and even a zombie motorcycle gang.  On the road, he meets a mechanic named Beezle, with his young apprentice.  Beezle gives him tips on how to save his girlfriend.  After Charlie rescues Rachel, Beezle reveals himself to be Satan (Beezle-bub, get it?! [sarcasm]) and proposes a deal to let them, and his apprentice, go free if they can defeat a Hell cop in a race to the portal that connects Earth and the backroads of Hell.


  Confused?  Trust me, it's not hard to follow.


  It has Oscar-worthy performances by Lita Ford as The Hitchhiker girl, Gilbert Gottfried as Hitler, Ben Stiller as Pluto's Cook/Attila the Hun and Ben's mom, Anne Meara as Medea, waitress in Pluto's and dad, Jerry Stiller as The Desk Cop.









  "She Devils On Wheels" is available on DVD.