Chad Lowe and Kristy Swanson play Charlie and Rachel, a young couple who've hit the road to Vegas in order to elope. Despite the warnings of grizzled desert gas station owner Sam (Richard Farnsworth), they manage to fall prey to a character known as The Hellcop (C. J. Graham). The evil lawman abducts Rachel and takes her to Hell; Charlie learns from Sam that he has a limited amount of time in which to rescue his bride-to-be. Receving assistance from a man named "Beezle" (Patrick Bergin), and befriended by Beezles' young charge Adam (Jarrett Lennon), Charlie is plunged into a variety of weird environments and encounters.Directed by Dutch filmmaker Ate de Jong ("A Flight of Rainbirds", "Drop Dead Fred"), this cult comedy isn't terribly funny overall, and the story, conceived by Brian Helgeland ("L. A. Confidential", "Payback") is pretty conventional. This derives most of its modest amusement from incidental moments and gags, not to mention some delicious cameos (which I won't spoil here). Overall, "Highway to Hell" (it seems like a no-brainer that we'd have the AC/DC song on the soundtrack, but we don't) is just quirky enough to make it a decent watch, and is graced with a good forward pace and respectable amount of energy. It's also got a groovy rock score by the group Hidden Faces.The lovely and appealing Swanson and the likable, earnest Lowe are good as the couple at the centre of the tale, while Bergin definitely elevates the proceedings with his charismatic performance as a dapper, engaging version of Satan. Graham, who "Friday the 13th" franchise fans know as their favourite hockey masked killer in Part VI of that series, has a solid screen presence as the mute villain. Farnsworth is as delightful as he's ever been, and the movie likewise benefits from his brief screen time.Worth a look for people looking for something a little different.Six out of 10.

Must have been 16 years ago since I saw this movie for the very first time, as a kid just 10 years old. Last week I made a trip to memory lane and boy did I got entertained ! Highway to Hell tells the story of Charlie Sykes (Chad Lowe) and Rachel Clark (Kristy Swanson)on a trip to Las Vegas to get secretly married. While driving on the Interstate Charlie decides to take a shortcut but finds out he should've listened to his girlfriend and just kept driving on the main roads. They stop at a gas station for a quick fill and have a strange encounter with the attendant and owner named Sam (Richard Farnsworth). He warns Charlie not to fall asleep on the road ahead, but as you can guess this is exactly what happened. He wakes up to find out a strange cop named "Hellcop" arrests them and takes Rachel with him. Charlie hurries back to the gas station and tells Sam the situation. Sam explains he has to get to Hell because that is where Hellcop took his fiancée.Then the adventure begins ! As a Kid I just loved the creativity of Hell and it's citizens. There's a lot of comedy in this movie, like you see in most Horror movies from this era. Horror is a genre which doesn't fit this movie well anyways. There are even Cameo's of the Stiller's ( Ben (in one of his first movies), his father Jerry and his sister ). If you're into Comedy-Horror movies then you shouldn't miss this gem. It's very underrated and to a lot of people this classic has become a cult-movie. Take this roller-coaster ride to hell and I'm sure you'll have a big smile on your face at the end.

This was an incredible time .... This was my first movie standby, while VERY boring still cool. I spent my time with the 2nd unit, never having met a stuntman or special fx guys nobody really wanted to talk to us paramedics. I think this would have been a terrible two weeks had it not been for the stunt folks being stuck on SUPER MARIO WORLD. I helped them get thru the game and it was on.....Long days on set and even longer nights in the wahweap bar...Although the movie didn't set records, still cool to see both sides. What an amazing amount of manpower and equipment, not to mention the stunt folks risking their health and lives. Thanks to all the TONS of staff that took care of us.Doc

~Spoiler~Highway to Hell is one of the most interesting and off-the-wall horror/comedies that came out of the 90's. It's about a young couple (played by Kristy Swanson and Chad Lowe) who take the wrong road out in the middle of the desert. It's the highway to hell, hence the title, and the Hellcop who patrols this area gives our young couple one hell of a time. Bad pun, I know. This is one of those movies that sounds incredibly silly on paper but just has to be seen. Along with Swanson and Lowe, Highway to Hell stars Patrick Bergin, Adam Storke, and Pamela Gidley. The really cool actor here though is the Hellcop. He's played by C.J. Graham and this is Graham's only other role besides playing Jason is Friday the 13th Part 6. There are a ton of cameos in this film too. The late, great Richard Farnsworth, Lita Ford, both Jerry and Ben Stiller, and Kevin Peter Hall all pop up for a minute or two. And Gilbert Gottfried plays Hitler. Like I said earlier, this one has to be seen to be appreciated. It's not the best movie you will ever see, but it's entertaining and that's what counts with this kind of film.