A ridiculous mishmash of drag racing, ghosts, and science fiction.
The Wraith (1987)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:3
Rotten:7
Average Rating:3.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A marauding gang of car-racing delinquents terrorize the residents of a small town, until a mysterious, otherworldly stranger arrives to challenge the ruthless roadsters.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard, Griffin O'Neal, Sherilyn Fenn, Elizabeth Cox
Director: Mike Marvin
Director: Mike Marvin
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Reviews for The Wraith
The town (comprising one house, a burger joint and no citizen who isn't a teenager or a cop) is overseen by Sheriff Randy Quaid, who displays all the reverence the script deserves.
Mr. Cassavetes is effectively black-hearted, and makes a striking figure, and Randy Quaid does a lot with the underdeveloped role of a local sheriff.
There is all too little of the quietly charismatic Sheen and all too much of Cassavetes, who is a dead ringer for the young Hugh Hefner.
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