Highway to Hell

Charlie Sykes and Rachel Clark are eloping to Las Vegas to marry, but their night drive goes wrong when Charlie takes a secondary road and dozes at the wheel. A sinister officer with a scarred face tears open the car and abducts Rachel, carrying her off toward a hellish city where Satan, known here as Beezle, keeps young women as his brides. The old owner of a roadside gas station and motel, who has seen other girls vanish on that route, explains that an invisible road runs alongside the highway and gives Charlie a special weapon and a car. Charlie follows into the underworld, where Beezle offers him a chance to win Rachel back if he can escape the officer known as the Hell Cop.

This 1991 American release, running 94 minutes, mixes action, comedy, fantasy and horror. Ate de Jong directed it from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland. It was de Jong's first feature, followed the same year by Drop Dead Fred, with Heart Strings arriving much later in 2025. Chad Lowe and Kristy Swanson lead as the couple, with Patrick Bergin as Beezle, Adam Storke as Royce, Pamela Gidley as Clara and Jarrett Lennon as Adam among a credited cast of 34. Hemdale Film Corporation produced on a reported budget of 9 million dollars. On IMDb it holds 6 out of 10 from around 6,100 votes, and on TMDB 5.9 out of 10 from 135 votes, indicating a modest but settled following.