A motorcycle gang kidnaps a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally kills her. Many years later, the girl's father finds a magic crystal that can bring the life back to dead objects. ...
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Abigail Wolcott | ... | Josie Carlyle |
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Carel Trichardt | ... | Lucas Carlyle |
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Petrea Curran | ... | Pam |
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Evan J. Klisser | ... | Chuck |
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Joanne Warde | ... | Bobby (as Joanne Ward) |
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Frank Notaro | ... | Buzz (as Frank Notard) |
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Lance Vaughan | ... | Zonk |
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Victor Melleney | ... | Jonas (as Victor Mellaney) |
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Len Sparrowhawk | ... | Deputy no. 1 |
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Alan Granville | ... | Deputy no. 2 |
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Lynda Powell | ... | Waitress 1958 |
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Kimberleigh Stark | ... | Waitress 1989 |
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Craig Freimond | ... | Gas Station Attendant |
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Alan Pierce | ... | Fast Freddy |
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A motorcycle gang kidnaps a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally kills her. Many years later, the girl's father finds a magic crystal that can bring the life back to dead objects. He uses it to re-animate his daughter. He lets her seduce any young man that comes to visit the small town and then kills them. Four young students, two boys and two girls spend a vacation near the town, Hellgate. They hear about the story and get involved. Written by Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords:
white panties | waitress | characters killed one by one | female rear nudity | nipples |Taglines:
Once in, you'll never come out. See more »Genres:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Porta do Inferno See more »Filming Locations:
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[motions Chuck closer]
Matt: You really are.
[motions Chuck even closer]
Matt: I mean it.
[both laugh]
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Written by Frank Zappa & Ray Collins
Performed by The Penguins
Published by Drive-In Music
By Arrangement with Original Sound Entertainment
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Did You Know?
Quotes
Matt: [to Chuck] You know you're an asshole?[motions Chuck closer]
Matt: You really are.
[motions Chuck even closer]
Matt: I mean it.
[both laugh]
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MEMORIES OF EL MONTEWritten by Frank Zappa & Ray Collins
Performed by The Penguins
Published by Drive-In Music
By Arrangement with Original Sound Entertainment
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Three teens are sitting around in a cabin telling spooky stories when one tells the back-story of the Hellgate hitch-hiker, a girl, living in the '50's whom a motorcycle gang kidnaps and kills. Her father resurrects her with a magic stone to lure men to his house and kill them. After the story is finished the three are joined by a forth, the hero of the film (it says so on his license plate) Mattt (yup Ron Palillo, Horshack himself) who had a run-in with the fabled girl on his way there.
This movie strives to be a horror-comedy but sadly falls on it's face in both those genres. It's not funny as the humor is way too cornball, and it's most certainly not scary in the least. In fact it teeters between the boring and banal side of the spectrum. I don't even think I'd have watched this movie if it wasn't on the same disc as "the Pit" (a much better 'bad' film that's actually enjoyable in it's awfulness)
Eye Candy: Joanne Warde goes topless, Abigail Wolcott shows T&A multiple times
My Grade: D
Anchor Bay DVD Extras: nada, zilch (on a double-bill with "the Pit" on this flip-side DVD)