History YMMV / TheCar

* HilariousInHindsight: The Car looks a ''lot'' like the taxi from the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode ''Ello Guv’nor''.

* HellIsThatNoise: The Car's horns blaring ''"BAAAAA, ba-ba-BAAAA!"''

* GeniusBonus: The very idea of The Car being [[spoiler:powered by Satan]] may be a ShoutOut to certain legends told about clever man-eating animals like the Beast of Gevaudan being [[DemonicPossession possessed]].
* HellIsThatNoise: The car's horns blaring ''"BAAAAA, ba-ba-BAAAA!"''

* ValuesDissonance: Amos is first shown beating his wife during a very loud altercation and is later shown roughing her up in public and ends up being one of the film's heroes. While the film does justify it, having The Car being heavily implied to be a minion of the Devil and as such would want to spare bad person so they could do more evil, and also drops Amos's wife-beating habit in the second half, there's no way audiences would accept such a character surviving virtually unharmed in a modern film.

* SoBadItsGood: It's saved from being designated as a horrible movie mainly due to the fact that the actors seem to be portraying real people, done with far greater subtlety than is usual for [[BMovie one of these movies]]. Even the {{Jerkass}} Amos Jenkins has some HiddenDepths that are hinted at rather than shoved in our faces. And The Car itself manages to be cool and evil-looking, again without completely rubbing it in the viewer's face.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' meets ''Film/{{Duel}}''.

* SoBadItsGood: It's saved from being designated as a horrible movie mainly due to the fact that the actors seem to be portraying real people, done with far greater subtlety than is usual for [[BMovie one of these movies]]. Even the {{Jerkass}} Amos Jenkins has some HiddenDepths that are hinted at rather than shoved in our faces. And The Car itself manages to be cool and evil-looking, again without completely rubbing it in the viewer's face.

* HellIsThatNoise: Lauren has this reaction to the sound of The Car's engine.
* SoBadItsGood: It's saved from being designated as a horrible movie mainly due to the fact that the actors seem to be portraying real people, done with far greater subtlety than is usual for [[BMovie one of these movies]]. Even the {{Jerkass}} Amos Jenkins has some HiddenDepths that are hinted at rather than shoved in our faces. And The Car itself manages to be cool and evil-looking, again without completely rubbing it in the viewer's face.

* SoBadItsGood: It's saved from being designated as a horrible movie mainly due to the fact that the actors seem to be portraying real people, done with far greater subtlety than is usual for [[BMovie one of these movies]]. Even the {{Jerkass}} Amos Jenkins has some HiddenDepths that are hinted at rather than shoved in our faces.

* GeniusBonus: The very idea of The Car being [[spoiler:powered by Satan]] may be a ShoutOut to certain legends told about especially clever man-eating animals like the [[BigBadassWolf Beast of Gevaudan]] being [[DemonicPossession possessed]].

* SoBadItsGood: The movie does definitely qualify for this. It's saved from being designated as a horrible movie mainly due to the fact that the actors seem to be portraying real people, done with far greater subtlety than is usual for [[BMovie one of these movies]]. Even the {{Jerkass}} Amos Jenkins has some HiddenDepths that are hinted at rather than shoved in our faces.

* NightmareFuel: At one point, The Car intentionally sends itself into a flip, in the process caving in the roofs of two cop cars. [[{{Squick}} With the cops in them.]]
** Really, [[spoiler:ignoring the demonic elements,]] the mere idea of someone driving around [[SerialKiller looking for people to run down and brutally kill]] [[ForTheEvulz just for laughs]] is downright terrifying.

** Really, ignoring the [[spoiler:demonic]] elements, the mere idea of someone driving around [[SerialKiller looking for people to run down and brutally kill]] [[ForTheEvulz just for laughs]] is downright terrifying.

* SoBadItsGood: The movie does definitely qualify for this. It's saved from SoBadItsHorrible mainly due to the fact that the actors seem to be portraying real people, done with far greater subtlety than is usual for [[BMovie one of these movies]]. Even the {{Jerkass}} Amos Jenkins has some HiddenDepths that are hinted at rather than shoved in our faces.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: At one point, The Car intentionally sends itself into a flip, in the process caving in the roofs of two cop cars. [[{{Squick}} With the cops in them.]]