Plantiana
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
Artivels
Undescribable Perfection
Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Baseshment
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
MrGKB
...Fifties drive-in flick you could hope to see, as pure an example of the early output of that supreme ginch-meister distributor, American International Pictures, as you could hope for. Featuring a risible screenplay with some of the goofiest dialog imaginable ("Don't boil!"), equally laughable and indifferent direction, production values that only The Three Stooges could love, and acting chops straight out of the "I Love Lucy/Donna Reed" playbook, "Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" manages to fail on every count while still providing mucho unintentional amusement. Thankfully, it's barely an hour long. Currently "free" on Amazon Prime, it's undoubtedly out there equally cheap on platforms like YouTube. Need a sleeping pill? Here ya go! Truly, I should have rated it much lower, but somehow it struck my funny bone in all the right (or wrong) ways.
dougdoepke
I guess my brain removal has finally kicked in, but I enjoyed this slice of teen-age nonsense. The r&r seldom stops along with the twirling teens catching the beat. Add the humorous asides from an array of eccentric characters, including a nerdy duo, a wacky spinster with a winged hat, and a parrot from heck. Sure there's no plot, just a blast in a haunted house with a monster in need of employment. But it's a good chance to catch up with the lingo and styles of the day. Of course, for some of us, it's also a tour down memory lane. The cast may be no-names, still they do well enough, even the killjoy dad (Smith). And, oh yeah, catch how the canny producers loaded the first part with dragsters and road racing. That's a good action hook, but turns out to be different from the rest. Then too, I'll bet Tommy Ivo's dragster he so proudly shows off was really his own since he was a dedicated drag racer and designer (IMDB). Anyhow, give your brain a rest and join the nonsensical fun of drive-in 1959.
incorrigableaz
I thought the movie was fun. I would like to see it again. I would think about buying it if I knew where to get it. Thats how much I enjoyed it. ENJOYED IT. My Sister and I have brought it up a lot over the years. We would often say Polly want a cracker and just laugh. We would then have to explain where that came from. At that time for our age, it scared us in some spots and made us laugh in others. The bird was a riot. Some of our friends also have fond memories of this movie. I remember we woke our Mother up with our antics while watching it. She was not please as she had to work the next day. I have told my children about it and they would like to see it to.
Lee Eisenberg
"Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" was one of the many '50s movies about hot-rodding teens encountering the supernatural. In this case, the teens can't pay the rent for their hangout and get evicted. With nowhere else to go, they decide on an apparently haunted house. As you may have guessed, once they arrive, some weird things start happening. And there's a twist at the end.There's nothing in this movie that you haven't seen in other movies, but it's nice entertainment nonetheless. My favorite character was the foul-mouthed parrot. Well, let me rephrase that: he didn't talk like a character in a Quentin Tarantino movie, but he said things that we don't expect out of a bird. The movie's pure hokum, but harmless.
