let be serious . this movie isn not mean to win an oscar . it just suppose to be fun and in my opinion succeed on every level . the script be hokey and yet there be some really tender moment and like when billy hankins realizes who the wraith really be . the acting be ok but this isn not shakespeare . this movie be a great escape . plus the revenge angle be definitely cool . the end be actually a little reminiscent of high plain drifter and where there be that one unspoken moment where fantasy and reality blur . this be actually one of my favorite film of the 80 . sure it be massively dated and but and interesting none the less . just a side note . one of the waitress at the drive in be a young brook burke of wild on and rockstar inxs fame .