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Titolo originale: The Wraith
Regia: Mike Marvin |
Anno: 1986
Origine: United States of America | Canada |
Generi: Azione Fantascienza
Tag: sheriff | car race | cemetery | killing | arizona | reincarnation | car crash | romance | street race | revenge | murder | gang | motorcycle | ghost |
Cast: 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 |

Una banda di drogati violenti che gestiscono un'officina dove si truccano motori è sconvolta dall'apparizione di un giovane redivivo che, a bordo di una potente turbo, si vendica dei responsabili della sua morte. Racconto di vendetta che assembla in maniera magistrale gli ingredienti d'obbligo del cinema per teenager: violenza, rombi di auto in corsa, musica assordante, un'oncia di sesso, un pizzico di macabro.

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Brooke Burke's debut. Eventually she would be involved in another production about cars and chases a [...] D
Johnny Depp was considered for the roles of Jake Kesey and Oggie. D
The dual-sport motorcycle driven by Jake is a Honda XL350R. In the film, the motorcycle's its charac [...] D
This film contains recognizable elements from a clutch of other popular films: lights flying along l [...] D
Packard Walsh drove a late-1970s Chevrolet Corvette with a custom paint job and nose clip, with the [...] D
When the Wraith kills each gang member, their bodies are left undamaged although their eyes appear t [...] D
Rugheads truck is not a Chevrolet, as noted before, but a GMC as can be seen by the GMC emblem on th [...] D
According to Charlie Sheen when he appeared on Jay Leno's Garage - "I shot this in a pit stop on the [...] D
The "futuristic" weapon wielded by The Wraith is a Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun, with a folding stock. It [...] D
The scars on Jakes body matches where Jamie was cut and stabbed when Packard and his gang killed him [...] D
Johnny Depp, who was then dating Sherilyn Fenn, was present during filming and was living in the fil [...] D
The place where The Wraith arrives to Earth is a desert crossroad. In several beliefs and superstiti [...] D
Each time The Wraith kills one of the gang members, a mysterious arm or leg brace is shown vanishing [...] D
Clint Howard wore a wig for his role as Rughead. D
Dedicated to the memory of Bruce Ingram, who worked on the film as an assistant cameraman. He was th [...] D
A 16 year old Brooke Burke has an uncredited small part in the film as a waitress. Her official debu [...] D
Clint Howard's character "Rughead" was given a hairstyle similar to Jack Nance's character Jack Spen [...] D
Although listed as Plymouth Caravelles in other notes. The cop cars and Loomis's car are Dodge 600s [...] D
While filming a chase sequence shot on a mountainside outside of Tuscon, a crew member was killed an [...] D
The beginning of the chase scene where Skank & Gutterboy chase Keri Johnson & Jake on Jake's motorcy [...] D
The phrase "weird & pissed off* originated in John Carpenter's La cosa (1982). D
Randy Quaid's character shared the same last name from the character he played in Scappiamo col mall [...] D
Even though both characters are adversaries, Packard and Sheriff Loomis wear identically styled gems [...] D
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (2017) star Felicia Day (Kinga Forrester in the series) has [...] D
Sherilyn Fenn, Charlie Sheen and his future ex-wife Denise Richards all went on to play in different [...] D
Matthew Barry (Billy) has worked as a casting director for several of Nick Cassavetes (Packard) film [...] D
The motorcycle Jake rides is a Honda XL350R, not an XR600R as previously stated. D
The black car featured in the movie was a real-life technological wonder, the Dodge M4S. A joint eff [...] D
The interiors for the headquarters for Packard's gang was shot inside a warehouse in Tucson, Arizona [...] D
Originally titled "Turbo Interceptor", after the car. D
The movie was filmed during the American winter of January 1986. D
Both main characters, Jake and Packard, were played by sons of very famous actors trying to make nam [...] D
Lo straniero senza nome (1973), Interceptor (1979) and its sequel Interceptor - Il guerriero della s [...] D
Pack's full name, "Packard" is fitting for a character obsessed with cars. The Packard Motor Car Com [...] D
Shot in 27 days. D
Bears a lot of similarity in plot to the TV movie starred by Charlie's father Martin Sheen, Californ [...] D
The character of Oggie was based on someone screenwriter Mike Marvin knew in Lake Tahoe. D
When police are chasing Packard Walsh and The Wraith at the end of the movie, at background can be s [...] D
Because of a tight timing window prior to filming Platoon (1986), Charlie Sheen's scenes were filmed [...] D