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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Creator/PeterFonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Creator/BrianDennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of a cult's targets, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In an early scene, Frank is showing Roger all the features in his $36,000 RV (money that, today, would buy a bare-bones BMW 3-Series). Said features include a color television with stereo sound, a microwave oven, and tons of faux-wood and chrome paneling inside and out.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/DriveAngry'' is basically a modern-day attempt at remaking this film (except both the chaser and the chased are associated with Satan).
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* SoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets ''Film/TheOmen1976''; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.

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* SoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets ''Film/TheOmen1976''; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.this trope.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Creator/PeterFonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of a cult's targets, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').

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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Creator/PeterFonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy Creator/BrianDennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of a cult's targets, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of a cult's targets, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
* SoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets Film/TheOmen; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda Creator/PeterFonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of a cult's targets, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
* SoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets Film/TheOmen; ''Film/TheOmen1976''; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.Good.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of the targets of a cult, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').

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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of the targets of a cult, cult's targets, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character, who is also a DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad of ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character who is also a DirtyCop in ''Film/FirstBlood'').

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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad Neil Kirklander, who ironically is a cult leader unlike Fonda's character in this film who is one of the targets of a cult, in ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character character, who is also a DirtyCop DirtyCop, Art Galt in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
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* HilariousInHindsight: Star Peter Fonda and actor-director Jack Starrett who both worked on this film would separately worked with director Ted Kotcheff and actor Brian Dennehy together on 1982 films for Creator/OrionPictures (Fonda would play the BigBad of ''Split Image'', while Starrett would play DirtyCop AssholeVictim and TheDragon for Dennehy's BigBad character who is also a DirtyCop in ''Film/FirstBlood'').
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* SoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets TheOmen; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.

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* SoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets TheOmen; Film/TheOmen; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.
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* SoBadItsGoodSoBadItsGood: You've got two couples in a mobile home doing their best to escape a gang of [[ReligionOfEvil murderous Aztec-Satanic cultists]] with wild driving and gunplay a-plenty. This film is basically generic 70's road picture meets TheOmen; it ''defines'' So Bad It's Good.
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* SoBadItsGood: For some people, anyway. For others, the AssPull climax in which [[KillEmAll the protagonists all die]] and [[ParanoiaFuel we learn that everyone in rural Texas is a murderous devil-worshipper]] comes across as [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible something else]].

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* SoBadItsGood: For some people, anyway. For others, the AssPull climax in which [[KillEmAll the protagonists all die]] and [[ParanoiaFuel we learn that everyone in rural Texas is a murderous devil-worshipper]] comes across as [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible something else]].SoBadItsGood
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* SoBadItsGood: For some people, anyway. For others, the AssPull climax in which [[KillEmAll the protagonists all die]] and [[ParanoiaFuel we learn that everyone in rural Texas is a murderous devil-worshipper]] comes across as [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible something else]].

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