After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend.When his younger brother, Steve, is killed racing a hot-rod, Jeff Northup blames himself for the accident since he had built the car for his brother and had encouraged him to race it, with other boys on a special course provided by police detective Ben Merrill, who is working to reduce the city's hot-rod fatalities by providing supervision for the dangerous hobby. Jeff withdraws from participating in races on Merrill's course and, without his leadership, reverts to racing on the streets. "Bronc" Talbott, a newcomer, makes a play for Jeff's girlfriend, Lisa Vernon. Eventually, the taunting-Talbott forces Jeff into a race which results in the death of a bicycling child, and evidence seems to indicate Jeff was at fault.
Kalifornien, 1958: In der kleinen Wüstenstadt Clarksburg wacht der mürrische Sheriff Roy Childress mit eiserner Faust über das Gesetz. Verbittert vom Unfalltod seiner Familie, macht er auf den Highways sadistisch Jagd auf Temposünder, die er mit Vorliebe über Abhänge drängt und in den Tod stürzen lässt. Eines Tages kommt der junge Michael McCord in die Stadt, um den mysteriösen Tod seines Bruders aufzuklären. Was Michael noch nicht ahnt: Auch dieser wurde ein Opfer des gefährlichen Sheriffs.
Der rebellische Punk Johnny Varron ist ein furchtloser Hot-Rod-Fahrer. Er tritt das Pedal durch und wird nicht eher stoppen, bis er Anschluss an Velocity erreicht hat. Im Autorenn-Zirkus lebt er ein gefährliches und abenteuerliches Leben - bis er irgendwann zuviel riskiert.
Teenage beach party/spy spoof/musical comedy about a plot to bomb a music fair. As his boss is on vacation, a superspy's butler must come to the rescue, while being pursued by a trio of gorgeous assassins who're agents of F.L.U.S.H. Features George Barris hotrods, along with the musical talents of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Astronauts, The Knickerbockers, Freddy and the Dreamers, and the only film appearance of The Turtles.
While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.
Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, and author of Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger was a unique figure in post-war American culture. His iconic short films are characterised by a mystical-symbolic visual language and phantasmagorical-sensual opulence that underscores the medium’s transgressive potential. Anger’s work fundamentally shaped the aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s subcultures, the visual lexicon of pop and music videos and queer iconography. These nine films form the basis of Anger’s reputation as one of the most influential pioneers of avant-garde film and video art. Fireworks, 1947, 14 min
Puce Moment, 1949, 6 min
Rabbit's Moon, 1950/1971, 16 min
Eaux d'Artifice, 1953, 13 min
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, 1954, 37 min
Scorpio Rising, 1964, 28 min
Kustom Kar Kommandos, 1965, 3 min
Invocation of My Demon Brother, 1969, 11 min
Lucifer Rising, 1981, 27 min
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural mid west community with a group of heroic young people led by Chase Winstead attempting to destroy the creature.
Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.
A group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters. They hold a Halloween masked ball for the club's grand opening, and invite everyone to come dressed as their favorite monster! Oddly enough, the festivities turn sour when one of the bright youths discovers an impostor among them in the form of an honest-to-gosh live monster who's been hogging all the dances with the best-looking girls
Nancy Fallon gets her teenage daughter back from her ex-husband when she remarries and must win her love.
A kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.
A young man builds a hot rod despite the disapproval of his father, a Juvenile Court judge. Circumstantial evidence points to the innocent teenager when his car is involved in a hit-and-run accident and he must reconcile with his father.
From a brand new car in a showroom that draws every eye, to a discard in a second-hand lot and ultimately Skid Row, Susie's story has the highest of highs, and plummets to the lowest of lows... an automotive riches to rags story.
A teenager is involved in running from the police in his hot rod hits a car in a hit-and-run case where the victims turn out to be his mother and his best friend in another hot rod.
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
Lucas Doolin kehrt aus dem Korea-Krieg nach Tennessee zurück. Dort übernimmt er die Whisky-Brennerei seiner Familie, um seinen jüngeren Bruder aus illegalen Geschäften rauszuhalten. Schon bald mischt sich Gangster Kogan in Doolins Angelegenheiten ein.
A documentary film, delivers insight into multiple American counter-cultures by following the great American artist and underground legend Robert Williams. From Hot Rods to Punk and Metal, from LSD to the top of the art world, the influential paintings of Robert Williams defied categorization until they became their own art movement.
Big Arnie tries to make it in a hot-rod gang and get the girl... none who find him all that appealing.