Race with the Devil
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: June 27, 1975 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2
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83
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
A near-exact cross between Rosemary's Baby, Duel, and The Parallax View, Race With The Devil has problems getting over the flat, TV-style direction by Cleopatra Jones director Jack Starrett, but it gets by on engaging drive-in goofiness, even if it's tough to swallow the idea that mid-'70s Texas swarmed with Satanists. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
A wittily efficient quickie, the film is a winner all the way - a surprise, since Starrett's career thus far had been the movie director's equivalent of a criminal record. Read full review
70
IGNR.L. Shaffer
While Race with the Devil is a bit slower, it's a haunting, unforgettable experience. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJerry Renshaw
This is some dumb, thoroughly predictable, drive-in flotsam, but between the cast and the nonstop action, it's fun nonetheless. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Fairly effective action-horror film. Read full review
50
VarietyJoseph McBride
As followup by 20th-Fox to its surprise success with last year’s Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, this Peter Fonda-Warren Oates meller should do okay with action audiences, since it includes the requisite road chases and other hyped-up thrills, some of them slickly executed by director Jack Starrett. Otherwise the production is a sloppy, cynical blend of second-hand plot elements. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineSimon Abrams
Fonda might have been able to look good in most everything he was in, but even he can’t save a turd like Race with the Devil. Read full review
30
The New York TimesVincent Canby
This is a ridiculous mishmash of a movie for people who never grew up, which is not so say it's for children. One would think that Mr. Fonda and Mr. Oates had better things to do, but perhaps not. American movie production is in a bad state. Read full review
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