GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Info:
- Release Date: April 27, 1975
- Creators: Paul Bartel (director), Robert Thom (writer)
- Genre: Kill or Be Killed
- Rating: ★★★★☆
Plot:
- Five lethal contestants kill innocent bystanders in a no-holds-barred three day road race in the future, much to the amusement of the bloodthirsty masses.
Notes:
- Frankenstein mowing down the doctors and nurses at annual euthanasia day at the geriatric hospital (anyone over 70 years old = +100)
- Machine Gun Joe firing his gat into the crowd
- Calamity Jane goring the bullfighter to death with her car.
- Nero the Hero (Kreese from Karate Kid!!)
- The Frankenstein groupies, with their "F" t-shirts and virginal sacrifices.
- Neo-Nazi Matilda the Hun driving off a tall cliff, years before the Blues Brothers
- Frankenstein out-punching Machine Gun Joe in a fist-fight
- "Loved by thousands, hated by millions!"
- "Do you know how fast those Boy Scouts move?!?"
- "I have two words to say about that: Bull. Shit."
- First pairing of Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel. They'd later team up together on: Rock & Roll High School, Eating Raoul & Chopping Mall
Cast:
- David Carradine as Frankenstein
- Simone Griffeth as Annie Smith
- Sylvester Stallone as Machine Gun Joe
- Mary Woronov as Calamity Jane
- Roberta Collins as Matilda the Hun
- Martin Kove as Nero the Hero
- Paul Bartel as Frankenstein's Doctor
- Louisa Moritz as Myra
- Sandy McCallum as Mr. President
- Don Steele as Junior Bruce
- Joyce Jameson as Grace
