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Simply Perfect

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

I saw this in the theater, back in the day, and I thought it was awesome. The basic story still holds up OK...gotta love it though, if you can access a little latent paranoia. I mean, nowadays people google things but back in the day you had to go to the library and hope it had the book you needed. Back in the day the phone lines were down...now we have cell phones. Suspend disbelief a bit. Pretend there's no wifi and no signal.

I saw this movie in a walk-in theater with my dad when it came out. I really liked it, and I was always a horror movie fan since then. Lara Parker, from Dark Shadows, was a face I really didn't recognize until years later, after watching the movie again. Loretta Swit, from "MASH"? I think this was before "MASH", if not at the very beginning. Peter Fonda was already a star, and my dad thought the man was shitting gold bricks! If they ever did a remake, I'd suggest the actor (hell...he's Goldburg, Goldblum, or something like that) as the Warren Oates character. But, I don't think there's even a remake working for this one yet. As simply done as this movie was, I think "they" might want to use too many special effects, CGI, etc....If they do, I suggest something: Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Does tick quite a few boxes of the period: satanic rituals, luxury campers, motorbikes, car chases and stunts (did they forget kung fu?) but this is one of the best - if not thee best - horror of it's type.The best laid plans of mice and men go to hell when our heroes-like-zeros spy on some Devil worshippers just to get a hazy flash of a young woman's upper charms. All hell breaks loose and a thrilling chase ensues. And when you start to think: well that was that, now things will go flat - you're just a wrong person living in negative town.This film has so much: the satanic thang, the automobile chases / fight action, the relentless threat, and Polanski-esk paranoia and claustrophobia. In 'feel' it's mostly like DUEL, with maybe a hint of ROSEMARY'S BABY.If a new law is passed limiting everybody to 10 horror films, I might keep this one, but 'm not sure, would be close, I'll let you know.

En route to Colorado in a top-of-the-range RV, two married couples (Peter Fonda & Kelly Marsh and Warren Oates & Loretta Swit) decide to spend the night parked up by a tranquil stretch of river that offers an unobstructed view of the beautiful surrounding countryside. Unfortunately, it also offers a pretty good view of the Satanic human sacrifice that takes place on the opposite bank of the river; when the devil worshippers conducting the ritual realise that their activities have been observed, they set off in pursuit of the terrified foursome, who waste no time in fleeing the scene.The rest of the film is a masterful exercise in suspense, paranoia and excitement as the horrified holiday-makers attempt to make it to the safety of civilisation, unable to trust anyone they meet along the way. Director Jack Starret ignores the fact that the plot is occasionally rather preposterous (we are supposed to believe that almost everyone in the area is in league with the devil and that the antagonists are able to set up elaborate traps at a moments notice) and instead wisely concentrates on delivering the requisite thrills and spills; this he does brilliantly, slowly but surely cranking up the tension until the frantic action-packed final act in which our beleaguered friends are forced to fight back, with spectacular results.The cast are uniformly excellent, with Fonda and Oates ably playing the stoic and resourceful heroes, who cope manfully with everything from rattlers in the RV to all-out road war, whilst Marsh and Swit are totally convincing as their ineffectual wives who handle their predicament by screaming hysterically at every available opportunity. Seasoned character actor R.G. Armstrong also puts in a fine performance as the local sheriff who is just a little too blasé about the possibility of Satanists in his backyard.From the creepy-as-hell sacrifice scene to the unforgettable 'shock' ending, Race With The Devil is top-notch 70s movie-making and really deserves greater recognition than it currently seems to get. Let's hope that the upcoming remake (due in 2011) will inspire more people to seek out the original.