tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post8629017437037196859..comments2024-03-17T11:29:35.743-04:00Comments on Final Girl: Film Club: The CarStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-12569604477816894282009-11-16T18:31:30.207-05:002009-11-16T18:31:30.207-05:00I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking the d...I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking the devil in the fire at the end was kind of cool. Then, when I was older, I saw Quatermass And The Pit and learned how a REAL filmmaker creates a towering fire demon.Christophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-30501873001922841442008-08-27T23:26:00.000-04:002008-08-27T23:26:00.000-04:00I know I'm a little late but I can't pass up a rev...I know I'm a little late but I can't pass up a review on one of my favorite horror flicks such as The Car. I remember watching it in a double feature with Crash, which I have yet to find. I have a toy of the Car which is proudly displayed in the living room amongst Alien and Jason.<BR/>"Cat poo!!" all the way and "Up your ass with a splintered fiddle!!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-29798856818528774842008-08-12T11:27:00.000-04:002008-08-12T11:27:00.000-04:00Im sorry to say this, but I prefer "Christine" fro...Im sorry to say this, but I prefer "Christine" from 83.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-5692505885402854262008-08-08T10:58:00.000-04:002008-08-08T10:58:00.000-04:00Ok, I have to find this movie. I thought I saw all...Ok, I have to find this movie. <BR/>I thought I saw all the weird 70 flicks. Apparently not!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Stacie :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-25905483666787982662008-08-07T11:34:00.000-04:002008-08-07T11:34:00.000-04:00Cat poo lady is Kate Murtagh, probably best known ...Cat poo lady is Kate Murtagh, probably best known as the Waitress on the cover of Supertramp's <I>Breakfast in America</I> album. (Cut to the 20-somethings cocking their heads at me like I have two of my own. "Supertramp?") Kate (who's still alive, I might add) was Moms Smackley (best character name ever) in <B>Switchblade Sisters</B> and also a mean-as-Hell villain in the 1975 remake of <B>Farewell My Lovely</B>. And of course Stacie knows this (as she knows that the Leo Sayer looking guy is John Rubinstein) but she's just pretending not to be as old as she really is.Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-3818349887845289102008-08-05T16:42:00.000-04:002008-08-05T16:42:00.000-04:00Well that's it. Now I'm going to have to customize...Well that's it. Now I'm going to have to customize my car to make the horn honk triumphantly. I wonder if that'll void the warranty...OCKerouachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026976675774709272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-43836088424200027832008-08-05T15:46:00.000-04:002008-08-05T15:46:00.000-04:00I'm such a jerk. I watched this movie- and LOVED i...I'm such a jerk. I watched this movie- and LOVED it, yet couldn't throw together a review. Jerk with a capital "J I tell ya.<BR/><BR/>My big revelation was going to be this:<BR/>I watch all movies with the subtitles on as I am mildly deaf and an above ground subway track is right outside my window. Whilst reading these subtitles I caught a trend. Every time the Car killed, the subtitles said <B>"Horn Honks Triumphantly"</B> OMG LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-18138518998479985202008-08-05T13:14:00.000-04:002008-08-05T13:14:00.000-04:00We've got our review up at House of 1000 Courses.We've got our review up at <A HREF="http://veganpotluck.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/final-girl-film-club-the-car" REL="nofollow">House of 1000 Courses</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-23997072973384312472008-08-05T11:00:00.000-04:002008-08-05T11:00:00.000-04:00A touch late, but here it be...A touch late, but <A HREF="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/08/05/what-evil-drives/" REL="nofollow">here it be...</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-84268891065916376782008-08-05T08:51:00.000-04:002008-08-05T08:51:00.000-04:00I'm writing. I'm writing. I want to be a coolies.I'm writing. I'm writing. I want to be a coolies.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-89858936529068502312008-08-05T04:27:00.000-04:002008-08-05T04:27:00.000-04:00First time Film Clubber here; after some truly mad...First time Film Clubber here; after some truly maddening Blogger formatting nightmares and font formatting issues, I've survived:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://monstruoscalientes.blogspot.com/2008/08/final-girl-film-club-car.html" REL="nofollow">Monstruos Calientes - Final Girl Film Club: The Car</A><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the fun pick, Stacie.Dave Ehrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904614542154717039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-12378194198538732712008-08-05T02:45:00.000-04:002008-08-05T02:45:00.000-04:00Damn, I missed yet another club selection. I reall...Damn, I missed yet another club selection. I really wanted to be apart of this one too. It is a movie that I had watched before, on late night cable once. I have been busy trying to get a few posts ready, so the club selection slipped my mind. Hopefully I will be apart of the next one.Heather Santroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225708725622936749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-78052559095009294372008-08-05T01:30:00.000-04:002008-08-05T01:30:00.000-04:00Crap, now I want to watch it a third time because ...Crap, now I want to watch it a third time because I somehow missed the "cat poo" lady!<BR/><BR/>I didn't dislike Lauren all that much, but for a teacher she did do some really stupid things didn't she? <BR/><BR/>I point a few out somewhere <A HREF="http://www.askewedviews.net/2008/08/fgfc-beardless-brolin-edition-aka-car.html" REL="nofollow">in here</A>FatalPiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650173927932329844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-26465026508118485472008-08-05T00:59:00.000-04:002008-08-05T00:59:00.000-04:00Gosh, I loved this movie! It takes guts to film a...Gosh, I loved this movie! It takes guts to film a car as if it were a human stalking killer, but kudos to the filmmakers for going with it.<BR/><BR/>I concur on "cat poo." That is ABSOLUTELY what I heard when I watched it.P. K. Nailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286042203186668113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-71741692952671454572008-08-04T19:32:00.000-04:002008-08-04T19:32:00.000-04:00I agree. THE CAR is a very cool flick. That scene ...I agree. THE CAR is a very cool flick. That scene with Lauren and the car jumping into the house to kill her made me laugh so hard.<BR/><BR/>Here's my review if you're interested:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://fullmoonreviews.blogspot.com/2008/07/car-1977.html" REL="nofollow">Full Moon Reviews Presents: THE CAR (1977)</A>Fred [The Wolf]https://www.blogger.com/profile/03208803636786210066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-86558367065019831132008-08-04T19:17:00.000-04:002008-08-04T19:17:00.000-04:00for what it's worth, I kept hearing about this so ...for what it's worth, I kept hearing about this so I tried.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-car-wont-start.html" REL="nofollow">This Car Won't Start</A><BR/><BR/>4realNATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-71321945103654784472008-08-04T19:05:00.000-04:002008-08-04T19:05:00.000-04:00I so regret not mentioning the oil painting in my ...I so regret not mentioning the oil painting in my 'review'! I even guffawingly pointed it out whilst watching. Ah well, here we go:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://zombiecupcake.blogspot.com/2008/07/weve-got-crazy-on-our-hands.html" REL="nofollow">http://zombiecupcake.blogspot.com/2008/07/weve-got-crazy-on-our-hands.html</A><BR/><BR/>It's not my greatest work ever, but I'm not so ashamed that I won't share. Looking forward to the next one!Zombie Cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176349073306338323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-2546305418719133072008-08-04T17:30:00.000-04:002008-08-04T17:30:00.000-04:00i didn't find lauren that annoying, and i had symp...i didn't find lauren that annoying, and i had sympathy for the actress who had to do a five-minute monologue to a car.<BR/><BR/>weird: the word verification for this comment is "nqHELL." spooky!rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-19132917142357238042008-08-04T16:11:00.000-04:002008-08-04T16:11:00.000-04:00Wait just a minute... A full on review of The Car ...Wait just a minute... A full on review of The Car wiothout a single mention of the giant Jimmy Brolin oil painting in the middle of Lauren's living room? I certainly hope ole JB got to hold on to that treasure after the film wrapped. I get the feeling it's hanging over Barbara Streisand's gold-plated toilet at this very second. <BR/><BR/>Also, did anybody else notice the chilling psychic quality of The Car's menacing horn? If you ask me, it was eerily reminiscent of the Aamco commercial horn... Commercials that in later years would feature old Beardy Brolin himself!<BR/><BR/>What The Car lacks in entertaining gore, it certainly makes up for in useless prognostication...OCKerouachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026976675774709272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-36667873194841413952008-08-04T16:01:00.000-04:002008-08-04T16:01:00.000-04:00It's the devil's car! That car is sedan-ic!I'm he...It's the devil's car! That car is sedan-ic!<BR/><BR/>I'm here all week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-52539526707834248262008-08-04T14:45:00.000-04:002008-08-04T14:45:00.000-04:00Thanks for re-introducing THE CAR to me. I haven't...Thanks for re-introducing THE CAR to me. I haven't seen it since I was a yungun.<BR/><BR/>In the seventies you couldn't lose with cars, Indians-who-know-better, Marlboro man moustaches or unstoppable devil forces. <BR/><BR/>THE CAR was like a seventies movie mashup - Smokey and the Bandit, Jaws, The Exorcist, and Easy Rider all rolled into one.<BR/><BR/>And of course my favorite thing is that everyone could have survived if they just stayed off the frigging road (especially at the parade which no one attended except the participants). And those bicyclists had mad shoulder to pull onto!!! They asked for it!timothy granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178816364209218617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-87014288655635504322008-08-04T14:44:00.000-04:002008-08-04T14:44:00.000-04:00Stick with "Cat Poo." I think it's hard to go wron...Stick with "Cat Poo." I think it's hard to go wrong with that as high-quality dialogue, regardless of the situation.Scott Siglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724924650642233497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-4381587915788574772008-08-04T14:31:00.000-04:002008-08-04T14:31:00.000-04:00I could have done with more car-nage too...but the...I could have done with more car-nage too...but the car slowly pushing the cop's door shut, then off the cliff kinda made up for it.<BR/><BR/>After the car takes care of the bikers, and we get the close up exhaust "Blech!!!" sound...I thought we were in for a lot more "Love Bug" style hijinx...thank goodness the car went crazy... [could you imagine HERBIE vs. THE CAR....??? holy crap...]<BR/><BR/>Besides "cat poo!!!" the other lines that made me laugh out loud were: "she was the first..." and the native american officer telling the wife beater to "sit 'em down". Crazy.<BR/><BR/>Great pick, thanks Stacie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com