Difference between revisions of "Road Games"
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<div class="large-6 columns">'''Road Games''' ([[:Category:1981|1981]], [[:Category:Ozploitation|AUS]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Thriller]] film directed by Richard Franklin. | <div class="large-6 columns">'''Road Games''' ([[:Category:1981|1981]], [[:Category:Ozploitation|AUS]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Thriller]] film directed by Richard Franklin. | ||
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[Road Games (1982)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | *'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[Road Games (1982)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | ||
*'''Featured in''': [[Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (BluRay)]] | *'''Featured in''': [[Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (BluRay)]] | [[Not Quite Hollywood]] | [[Ozploitation Trailer Explosion]] | ||
*'''Included in''': [[20 Outrageous Ozploitation Classics]] | *'''Included in''': [[20 Outrageous Ozploitation Classics]] | ||
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===Main Details=== | |||
* Released in 1982 | Color | * Released in 1982 | Color | ||
* Running Time: 101 min | Sweden:93 min | * Running Time: 101 min | Sweden:93 min | ||
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* Cinematography by Vincent Monton | * Cinematography by Vincent Monton | ||
* Film Editing by Edward McQueen-Mason | * Film Editing by Edward McQueen-Mason | ||
====Also Known As | |||
===Plot Summary=== | |||
* A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia starts to suspect a man driving a green van of killing young women along his route, and proceeds to play a cat-and-mouse game in order to catch him red-handed. | |||
===Also Known As=== | |||
* Déviation mortelle (France) | * Déviation mortelle (France) | ||
* Enigma na Estrada (Brazil) | * Enigma na Estrada (Brazil) | ||
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* Truck Driver (Hungary) | * Truck Driver (Hungary) | ||
* Truck Driver - Gejagt von einem Serienkiller (Germany) | * Truck Driver - Gejagt von einem Serienkiller (Germany) | ||
===Taglines=== | |||
* On the world's loneliest highway it's not a game - it's murder! | * On the world's loneliest highway it's not a game - it's murder! | ||
* The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all! | * The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all! | ||
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[[Category:1982]][[Category:Films]][[Category:Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Ozploitation]][[Category:Richard Franklin]][[Category:Brian May]][[Category:AVCO Embassy]] | [[Category:1982]][[Category:Films]][[Category:Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Ozploitation]][[Category:Richard Franklin]][[Category:Brian May]][[Category:AVCO Embassy]] |
Revision as of 19:14, 22 May 2021
Road Games (1981, AUS) is a Thriller film directed by Richard Franklin.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Film Review | Blu Ray | Available DVDs | Poster Art | Fun Facts
- Featured in: Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (BluRay) | Not Quite Hollywood | Ozploitation Trailer Explosion
- Included in: 20 Outrageous Ozploitation Classics
Main Details
- Released in 1982 | Color
- Running Time: 101 min | Sweden:93 min
- Production Co: Essaness Pictures | Quest
- Distribution Co: AVCO Embassy Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical) | Magna-Filmi (1983) (Finland) (theatrical) | New World-Mutual (Canada) | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Directed by Richard Franklin
- Written by Everett DeRoche
- Starring Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page
- Produced by Richard Franklin, Bernard Schwartz, Barbi Taylor
- Original Music by Brian May
- Cinematography by Vincent Monton
- Film Editing by Edward McQueen-Mason
Plot Summary
- A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia starts to suspect a man driving a green van of killing young women along his route, and proceeds to play a cat-and-mouse game in order to catch him red-handed.
Also Known As
- Déviation mortelle (France)
- Enigma na Estrada (Brazil)
- Kuolema kyydissä (Finland)
- Lift åt döden (Finland) (Swedish title)
- Lift med döden (Sweden)
- Truck Driver (Hungary)
- Truck Driver - Gejagt von einem Serienkiller (Germany)
Taglines
- On the world's loneliest highway it's not a game - it's murder!
- The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!