when you aren not plenty of financial resource you use more your imagination . in this case ate de jong and brian helgeland indeed make a great use of their imagination . truth be tell while this be a light movie and the dark and horror element be include in a fantasy context . but that doesn not make this a bad horror tale and highway to hell not only be a very imaginative b flick and it remarkable and demented ( in a good sense of course ) while that make it a piece hard to forget . the concept of hell of helgeland be very original and there some dante reference here and there but mostly be helgeland merit all the wild idea . a great detail be that the hero of the tale be a common kid and who find his bravery face the monster he find in the underworld . the creature be fabulous and especially the she demon that disguise herself a the girlfriend rachel clark and the sgt bedlam of course . don not expect gallon of blood and there a lot of creature blood but not human being blood . this be more like metaphysical fantasy not a slaughtering . it can be enjoy by teen and old people . the script be good than many of helgeland modern script ( specially those movie star heath ledger ) . it be release in the early 90 and back when it wasn not a good move release a film like this one . also there be some notorious name in the cast list and whether you be interested in b movie star ( patrick bergin and kristy swanson ) and rocker from the 80 ( lita ford ) or the early apparition of today hollywood star ( ben stiller ) .