HELL'S HIGHWAY is a documentary about those educational / safety films that flickered in many a darkened classroom of yesteryear. The best of these films were the "Driver's Ed." movies. Hyper-dramatic, preachy, and, in retrospect, extremely entertaining, these moralistic tales are very watchable today.
The concept of "Teenicide": the idea that teens are just an accident waiting to happen, is as hilarious today as it was serious way back when.
The switch from the early, choreographed films to those containing actual car accident footage is chronicled. The shocking images are discussed, as well as their impact and the reasoning behind them. The ghoulish nature of the films, the filmmakers, and those creepy narrators are also examined.
Though the movies themselves were / are exploitative and manipulative, this documentary is quite informative. It even explores the Highway Safety Foundation, its alleged connections to pornography, and a murder mystery involving one of its photographers!
In addition, there's an interesting segment featuring none other than Jimmy Hoffa!
Plus, the company's most controversial films about homosexual encounters and child molestation, the latter of which traumatized many an elementary school student!
An educational, entertaining investigation into these short films...
The concept of "Teenicide": the idea that teens are just an accident waiting to happen, is as hilarious today as it was serious way back when.
The switch from the early, choreographed films to those containing actual car accident footage is chronicled. The shocking images are discussed, as well as their impact and the reasoning behind them. The ghoulish nature of the films, the filmmakers, and those creepy narrators are also examined.
Though the movies themselves were / are exploitative and manipulative, this documentary is quite informative. It even explores the Highway Safety Foundation, its alleged connections to pornography, and a murder mystery involving one of its photographers!
In addition, there's an interesting segment featuring none other than Jimmy Hoffa!
Plus, the company's most controversial films about homosexual encounters and child molestation, the latter of which traumatized many an elementary school student!
An educational, entertaining investigation into these short films...