Highway to Hell (film)

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Highway to Hell
VHS cover for Highway to Hell
Directed by	Ate de Jong
Produced by	John Byers Mary Ann Page
Written by	Brian Helgeland
Starring	Patrick Bergin Chad Lowe Kristy Swanson Adam Storke
Cinematography	Robin Vidgeon
Editing by	Todd Ramsay Randy D. Thonrton
Distributed by	Hemdale
Release date(s)	March 13, 1992 (USA)
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$9 million
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Highway to Hell is a 1992 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.

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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.