If you are heavy into cult trash TV movies and Afterschool Specials like I am then this TV Movie starring Charlene Tilton IS worth a peek, but not worth driving yourself nuts trying to get a copy of (I bought a used VHS of it from AMAZON for like two bucks). Charlene Tilton plays a cute young thing named Julie who is spending the summer working at the hot dog stand at the beach and hitching rides, even though she knows that girls who do that often get raped, beaten, killed or left for dead. A few of her friends who like to hitch turn up missing and STILL Julie hitches. Shame, shame, shame!
This movie is a little on the long side. It pads the plot to develop Julie's character: she's an artist who gets involved with an older man COACH's Craig T Nelson!) . That part is sort of boring. Obviously,the best parts are when you see girls getting in cars with strangers and just KNOW something bad is gonna happen! SPOILER.....I love the part where a girl gets in a car and the driver starts freaking her out, acting like he's going to hurt her.Then he pulls over the car and lets her know he is a friend of hers father and he was just trying to scare some sense into of her. That,to me, was the best scene in the movie. (END OF SPOILERS)
Very amusing was the casting of Peter Brady as the boyfriend Julie breaks up with early in the movie. Actually, there are a few familiar TV faces in this show. But for true classic Camp Art check out DAWN PORTAIT OF A TEENAGE RUNAWAY(Eve "Jan Brady" Plumb) or BORN INNOCENT(Linda "Excorcist" Blair)
This movie is a little on the long side. It pads the plot to develop Julie's character: she's an artist who gets involved with an older man COACH's Craig T Nelson!) . That part is sort of boring. Obviously,the best parts are when you see girls getting in cars with strangers and just KNOW something bad is gonna happen! SPOILER.....I love the part where a girl gets in a car and the driver starts freaking her out, acting like he's going to hurt her.Then he pulls over the car and lets her know he is a friend of hers father and he was just trying to scare some sense into of her. That,to me, was the best scene in the movie. (END OF SPOILERS)
Very amusing was the casting of Peter Brady as the boyfriend Julie breaks up with early in the movie. Actually, there are a few familiar TV faces in this show. But for true classic Camp Art check out DAWN PORTAIT OF A TEENAGE RUNAWAY(Eve "Jan Brady" Plumb) or BORN INNOCENT(Linda "Excorcist" Blair)