Themes: Finding a Way Back Home, Deal With the Devil, Woman In Jeopardy
Main Cast: Patrick Bergin, Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson, Adam Storke, Pam Gidley
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This semi-spoof of the Orpheus legend stars Chad Lowe and Kristy Swanson as newlyweds whose car is pulled over by Beezelbub (Patrick Bergin), who kidnaps the girl and takes her to Hell. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Richard Farnsworth - Sam; Jarrett Lennon - Adam; C.J. Graham - Sgt. Bedlam (Hellcop); Lita Ford - Hitchhiker; Gilbert Gottfried - Hitler; Kevin Peter Hall - Charon; Anne Meara - Medea, Waitress; Jerry Stiller - Desk Cop; Amy Stiller - Cleopatra; Ben Stiller - Cook/Attila The Hun; Michael Dellafemina - Woodsman Gang Member; Buddy Douglas - Page; Michael Reid Mackay - Rachel Demon; Paul Mackey - Palace Guard; Gregory Mars Martin - State Policeman; Richard Harrison - Cop; Brian Helgeland; Benton Jennings - Escaped Murderer; Blue Thomson - Girl; Marina Palmier - Good Intentions; Michael Waxman - Beer Pitchman; Darlene Wyatt; Diane Dimeo
Credit
Dennis Murphy - Associate Producer, Brian Helgeland - Co-producer, Daniel Rogosin - Co-producer, Florence B. Kemper - Costume Designer, B.A. Jenkins - First Assistant Director, Ate de Jong - Director, Todd Ramsay - Editor, Randy D. Thornton - Editor, Tangerine Dream - Composer (Music Score), Frank Fitzpatrick - Composer (Music Score), Hidden Faces - Composer (Music Score), Philip Foreman - Production Designer, Dennis Murphy - Production Designer, Robin Vidgeon - Cinematographer, John Daly - Producer, Barry Rosen - Producer, Mary Anne Page - Producer, Lynda Burbank - Set Designer, Christine Baur - Stunts, Jack Gill - Stunts, Brian Helgeland - Screenwriter
Highway to Hell is a 1992 horror comedy film directed by Ate de Jong starring Chad Lowe and Kristy Swanson. Charlie Sykes (Lowe) and his girlfriend Rachel Clark (Swanson) run away to Las Vegas to get married. Along the way Rachel is kidnapped by a Hellcop and taken to Hell to become one of Satan's brides, and Charlie must travel to Hell to rescue her. The film was written by Brian Helgeland and was rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, profanity, and sexual innuendos.
Storyline
Sykes (Chad Lowe) and Rachel Clark (Kristy Swanson) are a young all-American couple that decide to run away and elope in Las Vegas. On the road to Vegas, they ignore the warning of a local gas station attendant named Sam (Richard Farnsworth). They take an abandoned backroad where Rachel is kidnapped by a Zombie Hell Cop (C. J. Graham) who takes her to hell. Charlie goes back to Sam, and Sam explains what the Hellcop is and how to save her, he then gives him a shotgun with special ammo, and a car that holds a special attribute. On the highway, Charlie meets other dead people that live in Hell and even a motorcycle gang. On the road, he meets a mechanic named Beezle (Patrick Bergin), with his young apprentice. Beezle gives him tips on how to save his girlfriend and even brings him back to life. After Charlie rescues Rachel, Beezle reveals himself to be Satan and proposes a deal to let them, and his apprentice, go free if they can defeat Hell Cop in a race to the portal that connects Earth and the backroads of Hell.
