Charlie Sheen

Nick Cassavetes

Sherilyn Fenn

Randy Quaid

Matthew Barry

Clint Howard

David Sherrill

Jamie Bozian

Griffin O'Neal

Chris Nash

Vickie Benson

Peder Melhuse

Jeffrey Sudzin

Michael Hungerford

Steven Eckholdt

Elizabeth Cox

Christopher Bradley

Jeffery Feaster

Brooke Burke

Richard Alexander

Mike Marvin

Buck Houghton

John Kemeny

Michael Hoenig

J. Peter Robinson

Reed Smoot

Scott Conrad

Gary Rocklen

Dick Ziker

Sandy Berumen

Ilene Starger

Dean Tschetter

Michele Starbuck

Norman Howell

David R. Ellis

Freddie Hice

Steve M. Davison

Buddy Joe Hooker

Karen Price

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The Wraith

New Century Entertainment Corporation

Alliance Entertainment

Turbo Productions

United States of America

Canada

English

sheriff

car race

cemetery

killing

arizona

reincarnation

car crash

romance

street race

revenge

murder

gang

motorcycle

ghost

misubisu

I first saw this movie back in 1986... didn't really remember too much about it... decided to watch it again after seeing the car in an episode of Leno's Garage.

You know what.. it is actually very entertaining movie... it doesn't suck at all. The bad boy characters are somewhat stupid but fit in quite well... the story is a little simplistic... but sometimes watching a movie that is entertaining and you don't need to think too much about is just what you need.
Plus it was a trip down memory lane from 35 years ago.

Charlie Sheen was 21, but looked a lot younger!!

For the time, the movie had a good look and feel to it.
And the Wraith car stands the test of time really well.

**_Hammy 80’s motorhead thriller with Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn_**

A ruthless (but comical) gang terrorizes a town in southern Arizona, forcing guys to drag race in order to ‘win’ their vehicles; that is, until a young man comes to town (Sheen), along with a mysterious black sportscar and driver. Randy Quaid is on hand as the Sheriff.

"The Wraith" (1986) is like a meshing of the contemporaneous “Top Gun” with the campiness of “Lost Boys” (which came out the next year), just trade the pilot ace flying with drag racing and the vampires with a thug gang. The hammy approach mainly applies to Skank (David Sherrill), Gutterboy (Jamie Bozian) and tech-geek Rughead (Clint Howard) whereas Nick Cassavetes is more subdued about it as the lead bully, but still cartoonishly exaggerated. Nick, by the way, is the son of John Cassavetes & Gina Rowlands, which is odd since John was only 5’7” while Nick is 6’6”, but I guess it happens.

I’m not a fan of the hammy tone and think it would’ve worked better if done more seriously, like “Top Gun.” However, if you can roll with the goofiness, it’s entertaining on several fronts. For instance, the Arizona locations are spectacular, Sherilyn Fenn’s beauty is well captured and there’s a lot of thrilling vehicle mayhem.

It runs 1 hour, 33 minutes, and was shot in the Greater Tucson area, including the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Gila Bend, which is 92 miles northwest of Tucson (and just southwest of Phoenix).

GRADE: B-

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The Wraith( 1986)

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Written by misubisu on Tue Aug 06 2024

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