Horror House on Highway Five (1985)

A van full of college students traveling down a highway is terrorized by a psycho killer in a Richard Nixon mask.

Director:

Richard Casey

Writer:

Richard Casey

Stars:

Phil Therrien, Max Manthey, Irene F.

Cast

Cast overview:
Phil Therrien	...	Dr. Marbuse
Max Manthey	...	Gary
Irene F.	...	Sally Smith
Michael Castagnolia	...	The Pothead
Susan Leslie	...	Louise
Randy Daitch	...	Teacher
Bill Pope	...	Gentleman (as William Pope)
Richard Meltzer	...	Tough Guy
Kathleen Battersby	...	Housewife
Ronald Reagan	...	Richard Nixon
Steve DeVorkin	...	Van Driver
Robert Gaulin	...	Student
S. Eisenstein	...	Student

Storyline

As part of a project are sent to a place called Littletown to investigate and research a supposedly deceased German (and possible Nazi) ex-patriot rocket scientist, named Frederick Bartholomew who it seems was supposedly responsible for the V2 rocket before embarking on a murderous rampage slaying all who he worked with in his final days spent here in America. In Honor of this achievement our project student group have got to make replicas of the rockets whilst at that location. A trio of this select members wind up stumbling across a pair of demented brothers, one, Mabuser is an unlicensed doctor, who's become mentally unhinged due to being convince destructive parasites have infested his brain, while his stuttering teenage brother Gary, is a shy and lonely psychopath with a thing for Tarot cards and concealed necrophiliac tendencies. All the while their father prowls the nights' lonely highways, dressed in one of his previous victims...as of all things Richard Nixon (complete with ...

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Plot Keywords:

student | mask | highway | van | psychopath | 

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Taglines:

See It Or Die!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

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Quotes

Female Passenger: [Barking at Joe] What's wrong with you? You just run that guy over!...
[Unkindly]
Female Passenger: ... You must have a very low IQ!

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Connections

References Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Holocaust"
by Abyss (Brett Ericson, Pat Millius, Pat Lydon, & Andy Sykora)

User Reviews

Horrendously Bad (But Fun)

HHOH5 will cause any "Scream"-fan to shut the tape off in under three minutes. However, fans of horrible horrors will eat up the killer-in-a-Richard-Nixon mask thing, as well as plenty of priceless dialogue. You've been warned.