the cult of personality have elevate the status of roger corman and sam arkoff and lloyd kaufman etc . a king of the b . because the folk at crown international be so key and they haven not be elevate to the status they richly deserve . a film like the van may now seem like a disposable piece of drive in esoteria and but it be a sizable hit when it be release ( not to mention subsequent re release a a double feature with other crown hit ) . the van be a perfect example of crown hit strategy of seize upon the mood of movie goer at the time of a film release . here and it be sex and drug and rock n roll and the brief custom van fad . a others have note and it be ironic that the hit song in the film refers to a chevy when the title vehicle be a dodge in the film itself . i have a town selectman where i be at the time even declare these van to be den of sin on wheel . a perfect ad line for the film . there be the usual assortment of good and bad girl and muscle head and low brow hijinks ( include a support bit by danny devito ) . in many way this isn not much different from the old beach party movie of the 60 and but now spice up with nudity and drug use . obviously do on a limited budget and a limited schedule and the film coast along pleasantly enough with a breezy charm that compensate for some and by today standard certainly and un pc view of woman . the classic touch be a toaster for bobby den of sin on wheel . yes and a toaster . hey and you get ta have something hot for those munchies . grindhouse fest .