charle ( rob lowe affably boyish young brother chad ) and rachel ( delectable blonde hottie kristy swanson and who originate the part of everyone favorite bloodsucker stomp high school cheerleader in the flop movie buffy the vampire slayer ) be a sweetly pure and innocent young couple who make the usual mistake of drive down a remote desert dirt road . when rachel get abduct by the pernicious superhuman fiend hellcop ( hulk c. j. graham while jason in friday the 13th part vi represent jason life ) and charlie literally have to go to hell to rescue rachel within twenty four hour or otherwise the devil ( a smoothly sneaky and ingratiate patrick bergin ) will have her soul for all eternity . director arte de jong and work from brian helgeland quirkily creative script and present a gloriously offbeat vision of hades in this wildly eccentric and imaginative horror comedy drama action adventure handy dandy multi genre combo oddity . among the arrestingly off kilter sight to be see in this wacked out beaut be a greasy spoon diner populate by cop who be never serve with a short order cook ( a pre stardom ben stiller ) who fry egg on the sidewalk and a gang of hostile bikers and a psycho ice cream man and road worker who all look like andy warhol and a butt ugly libidinous lady demon and a three head mutant dog and and a highway with nothing but speed volkswagons rippin down the road . moreover and lowe make for a refreshingly wimpy and reluctant hero while swanson register strongly a a very fair and appeal maiden in distress . pop up in snazzy bit be the ever amiable richard farnsworth a a folksy and friendly ol fuddy dud gas station proprietor and pamela gidley a a helpful motorcycle mama and 80 hard rock icon lita ford a a crazed hitch hiker and stand up comic gilbert gottfried a a rave neurotic hitler and and kevin peter hall a the eyeless captain of a boat which travel across the river styx . robin vidgeon bright and dazzling cinematography and a way cool bluesynfunky score by hidden face further enhance the marvelously idiosyncratic merriment to be find in this one of a kind flaky favorite .