in 1988 former cameraman and theater director and army documentary filmmaker william wesley make the superbly eerie and grisly live dead horror zinger variant scarecrow . some thirteen year later wesley finally resurface with this snazzy direct to video terror shocker which center on a dry and dusty and desolate patch of remote desert backroads haunt by the lethal and murderous and unrestful eyeless and zombie like and asphalt encrust and crumple face spirit of four extremely vicious and dangerous chaingang convict who be all kill in a brutal roadside massacre back in 1967. rugged federal marshal lou diamond phillips and feisty lady cop lori petty and antsy mob informant steven williams ( the tough and determined bounty hunter out to bag jason vorhees in jason go to hell represent the final friday ) and and several expendable fuzz who include dale midkiff ( the dumbbell doctor dad in pet semetery ) and alex mcarthur ( the chillingly emotionless serial killer in william friedkin rampage ) encounter the fiendish undead felon when they make the unsound decision to use the titular condemn and close off highway a a shortcut . meanwhile and a mob assassin pursue our beleaguered bickering bunch . ingeniously blend a triedn notrue fright film premise with element lift from your basic chase action yarn and rough and gritty and noir leaning crime thriller and route 666 provide load of crisp and pacy and straight up grue slinging creep out monstermash fun . wesley directs in the same taut and spare and strip down no nonsense manner which distinguish scarecrow . philip lee sharp and panoramic cinematography vividly evoke a quietly unnerving wide open feeling of total isolation and vulnerability . terry plumieri countryish shuddery score likewise hit the spooky spot . the cast all turn in sturdy performance represent philip be less stolid and more agreeable than usual and petty have spunky charm to spare and and williams delightfully supply the hilariously whiny and craven and connive comic relief . good still and we have get nice cameo by venerable character actor l. q. jones a a folksy sheriff and dick miller a a gruff and gravel voice bartender . in short and route 666 be just the place to find plenty of good and gory and neatly streamline and to the point horror pic kick .