Car Problems are a scary thing. It does not matter whether it’s a faultyDiesel Injector or a malfunctioning Engine Control Module. The issue is either going to cause unsafedriving, or scare the stuffing out of your wallet. Although failing car parts are bone-chilling,cars themselves can be even more menacing. Over the years, the movie industry has tapped into this and has given ussome classic movie villains. While themovie, Friday the 13th did not star any of these vehicles, I thoughtI would mention some of the definitive horror cars to honor this day.Any conversation about horror movies and cars must start withChristine. The killer in this JohnCarpenter movie was a 1958 Plymouth Fury. In Stephen King’s book Christine was haunted by her past owner, but inthe movie adaptation the car was born bad. The film’s tagline claims the vehicle was possessed by Hell. So, before you decide to restore an oldPlymouth make sure you warn your girlfriend, because it may try to kill her.
One of the creepier cars to grace the silver screen was therusty old 1941 ChevyCOE (Cab Over Engine) in Jeeper Creepers. The movie starts off with a young brother andsister driving back from spring break in a 1960 Chevy Impala. As they drive through some corn fields themassive COE tries to run them off the road. Then a bunch of people die, more non-car related stuff happens, the driverof the COE grows wings and I think someone gets eaten. At least I know the COE’s license plate was,B EATING U, so someone better have gotten eaten.
Stephen King makes his second contribution to this list withhis 80’s horror movie stinker Maximum Overdrive. In this movie, Emilio Estevez is chased by abunch of vehicles that came alive because of a freak radiation storm. The leader of these deadly automobiles is aWhite Western Star 4800 semi-truck, with the face of Green Goblin fromSpiderman. Unlike the Spiderman moviethis Green Goblin was not voiced by Willem Dafoe, it simply made a lot of vroomvroom and toot toot sounds.Honorable mentions go to, Herbie from The Love Bug and TheDelorean from Back to the Future 2. Herbie makes the list because anything thathas to do with Lindsay Lohan scares the me. Sadly, the Dolorean gets a mention because Back to the Future 2 was oneof the worst sequels of all time, It was scary bad. Also, it’s 2012… WHERE IS MY HOVERBOARD!!!
Hope you have a frightening Friday the 13th Muahahahahaha
