Black Cadillac (2003)

What starts as a night of celebration for three friends, quickly becomes the ultimate test of survival when their car breaks down on a frozen and deserted mountain road. The mystery grows further when they are joined by a local deputy sheriff and are stalked down the mountain by the ominous, probing headlights of a black Cadillac. It’s a terrifying race against man, machine and Mother Nature’s most feared elements. Based on a true story, when writer/director John Murlowski and two friends were on a late night road trip from Wisconsin to Minneapolis in a January of 1983.

Great acting and fantastic fun! What a ride!

I loved this movie and wish there were even more stars to give it. This starts out as a typical B horror movie, but the acting and writing quickly skyrocket this movie up to classic cult status. It's both hilarious and gripping. By far, the best actor in the entire movie is Jason Dohring. He does a wonderful job of portraying a young man with just the right amount of brains and looks. Honestly, I watched this twice during the same weekend and I usually don't do that; but, this movie is well worth the time. May 24, 2008

A true B thriller

Ok, this wasn't the best movie and it wasn't the worst either. I was getting the feeling that the black cadillac was a paranormal vehicle until it was revieled that it wasn't. It did remind me of the movies Christine and Dead End but was a little different. I was also wondering through the whole movie where in WI this took place. I live here and was just curious. The movie was scarey and funny at times. I recommend this movie to someone that likes a thriller that is not gorey. January 14, 2007

Duel With Christine

WARNING: possible spoilers ahead

Going by Black Cadillac, you'd think it was impossible to make a good scary road movie. But what about THE HITCHER? Or even more recent is the surprisingly effective DEAD END, which I've recommended highly on this site. It's definitely possible to make a good scary road thriller, but Black Cadillac is not one of them.

Randy Quaid is the only thing that saves this movie from being much more than a rotting pile of road kill. The story centers on three underage guys who make their way across the state line to get drunk and hopefully get laid. One of the trio is a smartass with a weird scar on his face who continually pops Pez candy through the whole movie. I love those quirky characters. Nothing screams B-level thriller like an intentionally quirky character.

Scarface Pez Eater gets into a fight at the bar, which causes our trio to go on the run before any of them can get lucky with the ladies. The local hicks chase them out into the parking lot and throw bottles at their car as our heroes make their escape.

Pretty soon, a mysterious black Cadillac starts following them. There are some decent chase scenes through the snow, with this demonic black Cadillac chasing our boys. Reminded me a little of Christine or even The Car. But after about twenty minutes of this cat and mouse routine, it starts to get a little boring. So, enter Randy Quaid as a stranded Law Dog.

Our boys pick up Randy, who instantly becomes the Mysterious Oracle in the Back Seat, spouting crude jokes and words of wisdom with equal enthusiasm. His presence in the car causes all the requisite dirty little secrets to come to the surface. We come to find out that all three of our boys have skeletons in their closet, things that they don't like to talk about. The big reveal is that one the boys slept with Randy Quaid's wife and ruined his marriage.

If you've seen Angel Heart, you'll probably be able to figure out that Sheriff Randy planned this whole evening as a really long, boring, drawn out way of getting his revenge against the pipsqueak who stole his woman. He could have just confronted the kid at the beginning of the movie and saved me 90 minutes of my life.
November 24, 2005

this is a great movie

u guyes got to remember that this was a true story this is how it when i loved it to tell u the truth i want to be in something like that same set up and everything just to see what i would of did and the dude that said this was a joyride wannabe dude remember they didnt sit down and make this up like joyride this was based on a TRUE STORY so i would tell anybody that likes road trips and likes them scary then this is the one i mean the movie company was cheap and all but the story and how life like it was they did a good job October 10, 2005

The Worst....

Some really bad movies are fun to watch. This isn't. A quarter of the way through the movie I was praying that the Black Cadillac would catch up with our "heroes" and swiftly kill them. It didn't. This movie's a real life turd. October 3, 2005

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