Race with the Devil
Race with the Devil is a 1975 occult thriller and action film starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit and Lara Parker. This was the second of three films Fonda and Oates would star in together The Hired Hand was their first and 92 in the Shade was their third. The film was a hybrid of the horror, action and car chase genres. Wes Bishop scripted the film with Lee Frost. The two had previously teamed up in 1972 for the camp classic The Thing With Two Heads.
Along the way, they set up camp in a desolate meadow of central Texas, where Roger and Frank race their motorcycles together. Later that night after their wives retire to the RV, the men witness what turns out to be a Satanic ritual human sacrifice a short distance from their campsite across a river.After being caught by the Satanists and barely escaping with their lives, they report the incident to the local sheriff R.G. Armstrong, who investigates their report but attempts to convince them that they probably only saw hippies killing an animal. Unbeknownst to the sheriff, Roger steals a sample of dirt stained with the murder victims blood, intent on delivering it to the authorities in Amarillo. At the same time, the wives find a cryptic messagea rune pinned to the broken back window while cleaning, and steal books about occultism from the local library to further research the incident, one such book reveals the ritual is what Satanists often perform to gain magical powers. As the foursome leaves town, the sheriff knowingly sees a red truck begin to follow them, making it clear that he is either aware or part of the Satanic cult. ........
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