for a cheesy and devil drive thriller about a murderous car that run down it victim and one may be unprepared for director elliot silverstein surprisingly intense prologue ( with two kid on bicycle meet their grisly fate on a mountain road ) . it a gripping and savage sequence that remind one of the opening in jaw and a silverstein probably intend and but what do he give u next . be introduce to small town resident and james brolin a the local law and and the car quickly run out of petrol . writer michael butler and dennis shryack have a pretty good idea here and but perhaps their original work be compromise by hollywood and the then fashionable occult angle . too bad . half from .