this very standard early 80 haunt house or possess soul chiller do feature one ingenious and genuinely creepy gimmick and namely the titular vehicle that mysteriously drive around at night . barely recover from personal problem in the big city and jane hardy move to an inherited mansion in a small and very superstitious village . the local treat her like dirt and especially when they learn jane be the niece of the previous resident and who worship the devil and whose dead body mysteriously vanish when the hearse run into a bridge and caught fire . it doesn not take long before jane herself begin to suffer from nightmare and the antique hearse even begin to stalk her . the hearse be very slow but occasionally atmospheric and well act . unfortunately however and the script be full of hole and too predictable and the total lack of spectacle be pretty hard to forgive . i respect the fact there be obviously financial limitation to this production and but to deliver an entirely bloodless film be a tad bit exaggerated . class actor and horror veteran joseph cotton ( baron blood and the abominable dr. phibes and island of the fishmen ) be totally waste in the role of obnoxious attorney . crap end and too .