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Crash!
| AKA's: | Akaza, The God Of Vengeance / Death Ride / Draculas Todesrennen / Killermaschine, Die |
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| Release date: | 1976 USA | Running time: | 78' (cover 86'/USA 85') - Source: VHS PAL | Rating: | Germ.: 16; UK: 15; US: PG | ||
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Director: Charles Band (Blood Dolls 1999; The Creeps 1997; Trancers II 1991) Producer: Group One / BLC Services Inc. Score: Andrew Belling Writer: Marc Marais Director of photography: Andrew Davis |
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The statuette of an evil God gives a young woman (Sue Lyon) who is threatened to be killed by her wheelchair-bound husband (Jose Ferrer) the power of remote control over her sportscar to gain revenge on him.
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short review: Why did they extend this boring flic to nearly 80', when 20' would have been sufficient for it! There are absolutely no vampires in the movie, although the German release title (Draculas Todesrennen - Dracula's Deathrace) suggests it, but that's pure name-dropping. It is a mystery thriller about a mind-controlled car used as a deadly weapon. The only vampiric contents could be find in the German dubbing. To justify their misleading title, they changed some short sequences into (completely unfitting) "Dracula" instead of "Akaza", the ancient God of revenge which this movie is about. They even named the murdering car "Dracula" - dig it! So, the German title is the only reason to have this movie in your collection.  |
