I love the fact that the nutty girl sitting on the trunk of the Vette didn't have any sunglasses on. No way in hell she could keep her eyes open at those speeds.
8:33 - "Tom, we've got to get away from them..... can you TRY?" Tom picks it up from 50 to a blistering 55 mph "That should lose those young whippersnappers" 😆😆😆
Got a group of old Rodders over and watched this the other night , haven't laughed that hard in years . This could turn into one of the biggest cult movies of all times .
I loved the screeching of the tires when they were in the sand. Most people don't know that rubber tires make more noise on sand then they do on pavement. It's sometimes almost deafening.
"Honey, if only you had let me get the '61 Fury with the 413cid 375hp 2x4bbl Short Ram engine like I wanted to... But Noooo.. you wanted to stick with the Belvedere 235cid slant six... "
Makes me miss the built 1958 Vette I had for awhile in 1972. It definitely did not sound like an Austin Healey 6 cylinder. Fun movie though for car guys.
It also meant something or someone being a real bummer as in "being a drag", not a man in women's clothes, although I'm sure that meaning was around then also.
I remember watching this as a kid. This cheesy crappy movie with all the bad acting, Munster's sped up film technique, and dorky story line, did nothing to stop me from falling head over heels in love with the 1959 Corvette. I found one years later at a used car lot. Yes, it was a pile of junk, but I loved it none the less. That car was le meilleur.
I loved this movie when I first saw it on a 15" color tv in the late 1960s about 10 or 11yo. The Corvette must have burnt 1/2 quart of oil in the first scene alone. Yes, tires can actually squeal in certain types of sand/gravel and they always do in Hollywood.
Ernie - Same here! I watched this on our new 24 inch color TV in the summer of 1968 when I was 10 years old! I remember thinking that the acting was awful but the action was great. Wow, does this bring back memories!
P.S. - It's hard to believe that the actor who played the dad, the late Dana Andrews, had won an Oscar for best actor 20-something years earlier. The director of Hot Rods to Hell must have told him to leave his acting chops at the door when he made this one! Still, I love this movie the same way I love movies like "Road House" -- they're so bad they're GOOD!
this clip is as bad ass as it gets lol, have now watched it 5 times today alone, never gets old, ( remember seeing this movie in the 80's on regular TV) back again, May 14th 2024, lol
...my Dad took the family to the drive-in to see this film when I was about 12. It was hammy and had a preachy message about the dangers of drinking and driving, but we loved it...
Felipe are you crazy?.Go back and pick up that hubcap they lost and misterily found at the filling station Ha all six cyl. in them hot rods sound as bad as a CUMMINS Turbo Diesel
@@TheOzthewiz my grandfather hid a Corvette one time do it about 70 miles per hour while hauling 120000 tons of freight with an old steam engine he told me one time when that Corvette try to beat him at the railroad crossing that Corvette didn't stand a chance that thing disintegrated into a t z 1000 pieces give or take couldn't find the driver and yet my grandfather had to stop what's took at least 3 miles to come to a complete stop this was back in 1959 they found bits and pieces of the Corvette it was attached to that cow catcher of the locomotive and they went and searched for more pieces and they could not find the driver.
Just thinking what would my father do in a situation like this. Son , hold my beer and dont freaking spill it.... while pulling out his .45 and mag dumping
Dana Andrews at 8:30 just might be greatest cornball actor ever. I like the orgasmic blond and the troubled teen guy as well. "............"Tom! We've got to get away from them" . "Can you try" This is as conball as it gets, I love it.
Love this so much it moves me to tears of joy. Needs a remake but less cheesy and more serious and violent. Would be a Guaranteed summer box office hit imo.
The vette sounds more like a blue flame 136. I had one in my Great Grandmas '55 2-door post Bel-Air coupe. Awesome car. Smooth and quiet straight 6. Whatever's in that vette they did some serious engine damage from the looks of all the oil smoke!
loved the movie as a youth, I always remembered when went to California for vacation my dad was ex marine and always had guns with him, I am sure he would have opened fire, I wanted to see that in this movie
Surprised this guy didn’t do it himself. Any Marine would’ve whipped the grin off that kids face at the gas station though. Him and his buddies would soon find out that they’re not as tough as they think they are.
@@williegreyabsher4429 Go one better my Peterbilt With my customise front bumper With a cattle guard set up That my friends is a intimidation factor when somebody wants to play chicken with you !!!
Holly shnnezle ! I remember this movie when I was a kid , awesome ! I remember watching it several times . When got a little older , 10th grade I bought a 68 Torino 390 GT me and my buddies did our own Hot Ridding to Hell , I totaled it bummer . I wasn't alone though my friend took out 80 feet of chain link fence in his 68 383 Roadrunner another buddy wrecked his 64 Cobra speced 289 Ford Falcon we had fun though . Thanks for the memories .
This movie should be called "Spoiled Rich Kids with HotRods Who Have Money to Tear Their Cars Up and Not Give a Sh!t Because They Can Just Buy More HotRods."
I love how in the end, the teens are defeated by their lack of safe driving skills, and the inability to see that something isn't moving until it's practically right in front of em, looks like the family had the last laugh.
I see some symbolism in this. You have the American family from the 50's normal life normal lifestyle one generation following the other, Then you have a new generation the 60's have come around not like the previous generation but more wilder and more careless with no care in the world
I loved the Hot Rods, but the script and direction made me want to shove firing coil wires into my eyes and suck on a backfiring four barrel!! THIS was the automotive version of Reefer Madness! ROFLMAO! Pretty sure it came from the same school!
why the hell should they have to wreck that gorgeous mint green 1961 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door sedan (sans the optional Chrysler AirTemp air conditioning) just to get away from those idiotic punks?! That poor woman “just couldn’t take anymore”! I felt so sorry for her!
Mimsy Farmer I love you!! So hot have almost all her movies one of my all time favorites!! Hot Rods to Hell is one of the great old time car chasing type movies! Excellent tongue-in-cheek sixties type movie love it!
the brunette should have just given them her body, that would have stopped them! and, why would anyone with any sense after putting all that $$ into hopping up their car drive that bad?
