Wheels of Terror (1990)

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Just discovered this "evil vehicle" TV movie. And it's a very good surprise to me. Well, some scenes are non-understandable because of logicals lacks (why Laura didn't call the police the second time she seen "Charger" closed to the school, for example) and during final pursuit, the damaged "Charger" became less damaged in few shots. In same time, the slow parts of this pursuit with melancholic music is kind of ballet without any continuity with the rest. Also, editing would be re-arranged a bit to be more clear but hey, for a TV movie, it's pretty nice and dark story. Look-like "The Car" but it's not the same plot. "Duel" seems more closer than the Elliot Silverstein movie.

"Wheels Of Terror" is a rather improbable tale focusing on one of the major themes of the modern action film: the chase. A beat up, blacked out but seemingly indestructible automobile is being driven around a rural American town by a psychopathic child molester who is snatching young girls off the street, sexually abusing them, and then letting them go. Until the next missing girl is found in the river, which makes it a whole new ball game.The protagonist of our invisible fiend is a lady school bus driver, a single mother who has relocated to the countryside to raise her daughter away from the pernicious influences of the big city, but who is surely questioning the wisdom of that move now the bad guy has kidnapped guess who?So what does the film have to offer? Apart from the slow motion chases there are one or two fairly spectacular scenes, but the showdown is too silly for words. There is no side plot, indeed no plot worthy of the name, no resolution, no anything.

Sometimes less is more...The lack of over-editing and great camera angles make Wheels Of Terror my 2nd favorite ghost car film. A very well-crafted one for a TV movie, that makes up for the bad acting with very stylish atmospheres and amazing camera work! They modified the Dodge Charger superbly into a truly sinister-looking car. Yes, it is at times boring but it does have some really good car chases that are really raw and lengthy in the vein of Bullitt (1968) or The Driver (1978). I enjoyed the collision scenes very much, they were realistic and very well edited, unlike many well-recognized titles such as Drive (2011). This isn't exactly for Fast & Furious fans, but for people who enjoy seeing car chases without 40 montages per minute. Definitely an underrated one.

'Horrible' is an apt description of this bomb of a movie. (Actually, it's insulting to all other movies, just to call it a "movie"!) I would be embarrassed to have my name associated with this waste of time -- it's nothing but a ridiculous plot, with bad acting and ludicrous scenarios. A driver-less car? Flying off of cliffs, only to return to torment (us the viewers, I presume?). No other cars on the road? ANYWHERE?! A 12-year-old kidnap victim is magically a stunt person with acrobatic skills? PLEASE!!! And in case you're waiting for an explanation of the 'plot' in this drivel, give up. It never happens.If this waste of time shows up on a channel in your area, you'll have the perfect reason for throwing out your television.