Classic Driver's Ed Scare Films

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DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 01 Decent folks paid good money for their teens to see these gory scare films in Driver's Ed classes across America! Some were even shown at traffic and defensive driving schools, ensuring that no one would ever get behind the wheel again. These videos will have you squirming to the infamous Driver's Ed classic "Mechanized Death"! Then, the other videos will provide you with the everlasting enjoyment of enduring school bus fires, booby traps and the Smith system of no-accident driving! Some are informative, and yes, some are just downright scary! Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 02 As if the charred-flesh and head-through-the-steering-column horrors of Signal 30 (color) aren?t enough for you, there are five other gruesome spools of road rage on this second collection of when good drivers go bad! Night time is considered pure evil in Visibility (color), geared toward the total idiot behind the wheel. For instance, when the weather outside is frightful, your visibility is decreased, so slow it down! If you don?t understand what this means, a superimposed speedometer will show you the way. A dead-ringer for Fidel Castro has a cameo. To test your reaction time, there?s a fun interactive game involving pesky brake lights. Freeway Driving Tactics (color) also assumes you don¹t have opposable thumbs, enlightening the driver with wisdom on the ABCs of merging, changing lanes and pulling over to help pretty ladies stranded on the shoulder, with its points driven home with a brief cartoon of a convertible plowing into a moving semi. To demonstrate why you shouldn?t follow closely, two guys tie their cars together with a tow rope and test if car No. 2 can avoid smashing into Car No. 1 when hitting its brakes. Kids, don?t try this at home. Following is Traffic Rules (color), aimed at kids with its nifty retro cut-out animation, and Alco Beat (color), which pits a couple of inebriated partygoers against a makeshift obstacle course, reminding one of that killer Brady Bunch episode where Greg and Marcia square off against eggs atop traffic cones. Finally, Fatal Meeting (color) recalls the glory days of primitive crash tests, in all their slow-motion, neck-snapping, limb-flailing glory! Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 03 Thinking about taking a nice quiet drive this weekend? What, are you nuts?! Watch this third volume of Driver?s Ed Scare Films and you?ll undoubtedly never want to get behind the wheel of a car again... Wheels of Tragedy (color): More charred corpses and smashed skulls from everyone?s favorite highway gore film makers! But this doozy marked the first time a Highway Safety Film featured third-rate actors in goofy re-enactments moments before the inevitable footage of real dead bodies. One minute it?s pretend, the next, real corpses! And not only do we get the ominous narrator guiding us through the usual blood ?n? guts footage, now we have a host of cardboard cops commenting on the action. Like all good HSF productions, this one is impossible to turn off. Incidently, HSF?s motto was "Motion pictures that tell it like it is!" The Bottle and the Throttle (b&w): You really fouled up this time, didn?t you, Bill? That woman is dead and her child is in critical care all because you had that one extra beer. You had a "Superman" complex behind the wheel just when you should have been paying attention. How does it feel, Bill? Might we remind you that this moment will haunt you for the rest of your life?... Help Is... (color): What do you do if come upon a bad car accident? Why, just wait for the echo-chambered voice to start giving you first aid tips! Funky grooves and lots of zooms make this weirdo Canadian flick a sure-fire block-party rocker. It even looks like a zombie movie. Short Stops (b&w) The art of braking is explored using an array of giant old 1950?s gas-guzzling cars. Later we see strange archaic experiments involving darts shooting out of tires (don?t ask), all the while our happy narrator chirps on about brakes, brakes, and brakes. You Can?t Stop on a Dime (b&w): Sid Davis soft-core about young people?s misconception of how long it takes to stop. Looped muzak and out-of-sync narration bring unintentional surreality and hilarity to the proceedings. Surprising for a Sid Davis picture, no one even gets hurt (let alone dies). However, all his sly hallmarks are in place and it?s as nutty as ever. What Right of Way (b&w): Limited access highways and left-turn fender benders come under the close scrutiny of our unnamed host. He yaps away, fumbling lines, and looking like he needs a very stiff drink. The Perfect Crime (color): It starts like a sleazy crime film: a gunman goes into a store and shoots a little girl. It makes the headlines but the cops eventually bust the guy. What does all this have to do with Driver?s Ed? You just wait and see. Our hard-as-nails narrator makes a heartfelt yet head-scratchingly strange case for vehicular manslaughter being "the perfect crime." Ouch! Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 04 The theory, apparently, is that a good driver is a terrified driver. And what better way to scare people about getting behind the wheel of a car than with this fourth volume of Pegasus? Driver?s Ed Scare Film series... Highways of Agony: After Dick Wayman?s alleged porno film scandal, Highway Safety Films was in desperate need of a hit. With Highways of Agony it got one. It may have been with a new crew, but the approach was tried and true. Trust those offal hounds from Ohio to one-up their own oeuvre (Signal 30, Wheels of Tragedy) in not only gore quota but in tone and shock value. Just as horrific and scary as you remember it being. Possibly more so. What?ll You Do If... (b&w): We see a little boy behind the wheel of a car. Classical music is playing. Is this boy really a race car driver? No, but a faux Rod Serling tells us that children who play act driving will grow up to be better drivers. "This wacky day dreamer will become the type of driver you want to meet on the highway!" Soon he?s off reminding us that neighborhoods have special needs and to always apply the brakes slowly. Don?t Be a Sitting Duck (b&w): Anatomy of an accident. Boffin? geezer looks at all sides, draws conclusions, and rewards the viewer with a comprehensive understanding of how not to be a sitting duck. Best bit: said geezer acts out what it?s like to drop a cigarette while driving. Winter Driving (b&w): Goofy music. Goofy narration. Amazing footage of old cars spinning out on ice, snow, and sleet. The Golden Rule of Driving (color): Hippy dippy narrator is just dying to let us know what the golden rule is. Do you know? Do you want to know? If the rule suggested here is in fact the golden rule, millions of teenagers across the country have been cheated out of an education. Great cars, too. Matter of Judgement (color): A Highway Safety Film that makes up for its lack of blood through bold editing and casting. Scary-looking old men and teen punks drive aimlessly through the great Ohio expanse, their narratives intersecting and skidding together periodically. Perhaps HSF was trying to go legit. Perhaps crash test dummy footage was redefining the genre. Regardless, crank the bass and invite the kiddies: an HSF flick for the whole family! Ride to Live, Live to Ride (color): Warning: If you thought HSF took Highway gore to its apex, think again! This grizzly film was made by a company called the Suicide Club (!). The narrator sounds as if he?s had a few beers to help ease the task of looking at all these grim pictures of torn bodies, decapitated heads and charred children. Not a film to show at your Grandma?s birthday party (unless you want to get cut out of the will). Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 05 It Is with great pleasure that Pegasus presents perhaps the most Infamous Driver Scare film of all, The Last Prom. It opens with a smashed car parked in front of a high school. It ends with a funeral. The meat in the middle is perhaps the most haunting visualization of reckless teenicide ever committed to film. Good luck. Courtesy (b&w) Part one in a safety series In which the all-knowing, all-seeing Sergeant Bruce does his bit to ensure that blood stays off the streets and drivers don?t explode into a frenzy of road rage. Sgt. Bruce?s intellectual command is amazing. Way to go Sgt Bruce! Dateline Today (b&w) The confidential report was produced by Chevrolet to show off just how amazing their 1960?s models were. More death-defying than Evel Knievel, more stunts-per-minute than Dukes of Hazmrd, this Is one helluva joy ride. Why Take a Brake? (b&w) Yelling narrator alert! The recent tire scandal makes this fire scare film timely and relevant. Very grim for it?s time. And all the better for it. Split Second Decision (color) Presented in CINEMASCOPE, or rather DRIVE-A-VISION. This classic P-0-V driving flick was filmed down In sunny Florida. Strangely there are moments in this film that seem to have been shot by Italian auteur Antonioni. Seriously. Teenicide (b&w) Sgt. Bruce Is back, mad as a hornet. Crazy teens are upping the death rate on the highway death statistic chart. Bruce questions whether people under the age of 20 are able to handle big killing machines. You?ll have to watch to see his answer. Highway Driving (b&w) Sgt. Bruce again. He?s had some time to relax after screaming about Teenicide. Now he?s on about being careful on the highway. Bruce is a true trooper. Left Turns (b&w) And again! Is there no stopping this man? Left turns are the subject, and, well, Bruce again displays his mastery of the subject. The Last Date (b&w) What better way to round out this stuffed volume than DICK YORK participating in a The bit of teenicide. Last Date was somewhat of big deal for it?s production company Wilding. Not only did they treat it like a mini-feature, they had crashed cars parked out in front of all the theatres showing it. Oh, the class. Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 06 American Highways: Way of Life - Way of Death (color) As grim-as-you-like 1970s driver education nightmare film. Still with us? You see, this was exactly the type of film that scared the bejesus out of teenagers across the country, yet did almost nothing to curb the number of car related deaths in America. So enjoy it for the horror film it is. Advanced City Driving Presented in WIDESCREEN format for the very first time. A Driver?s Ed movie that was shot in WIDESCREEN deserves a hero?s welcome any day of the week. So bow down to the greatness of this WIDESCREEN driving educational bonanza. The Final Factor (color) Mysterious auteur Gene Starbecker shows up with this bloodless yet totally over the top Drver?s Ed meat-and- potatoes scare film. He loops the score of Sid Davis? seminal Keep Off the Grass for maximum effect and rips off countless HSF hallmarks. Starbecker went on to make a series of gory school bus films. He is a genius. Highway Driving (b&w) Epic 1950?s cross country car odyssey that suggests driving on the highway is a bigger adventure then you might believe. An Easy Rider for the Perry Mason set. What more could you want? Drive Defensively (b&w) More screeching tires, smashed metal frames and deathly screams. By no means a Happy Driver Film. The Third Killer (color) Everybody knows HSF made some weird movies, but this one really takes the cake. An older looking creep appears in several vignettes, always providing bad advice to people that go on to die in traffic fatalities. Third Killer will test the limits of any die hard Driver?s Ed fan. You ain?t seen nothing yet! Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FILMS VOL. 07 Before you again climb into the Family Death Machine, perhaps you?d best watch this seventh volume of Driver?s Ed Scare Films and learn just how many ways you can get mangled out there Carrier or Killer (color): Highway Safety Films finally gets around to making a Truck movie, and its every bit as good as you would imagine: truckers reading Playboy, barbecued truckers getting pulled out of smoldering rigs, trucks turning into tanks, and.. well you get the idea. Once again HSF revels in the carnage and offers up trucker stereotypes that make BJ and the Bear look like high art. The Sixth Wheel (color): Nice, kindly Remember-to-Drive-Safely-won?t-You-Please slice of Americana. Story flips between three different types of drivers: Business Man to whom time equals money, Soccer Mom with kids, and Fresh-outta -Driver?s-Ed Teen. Guess who screws up? Safety Belt for Susie (color): Classic Driver?s Ed horror film that lives on in notoriety thanks to a creepy doll named Susie. After a totally improbable accident a white-coated scientist treats us to some tasty UCLA stock footage of crash-test-dummy mayhem which turns nasty when dummies are replaced by dolls and baby screams fill out the monster music soundtrack. Watch for Sid Davis? blonde daughter (the Shirley Temple of Scare Films!) as Nancy. Brake for Safety (color): Tailgating is not only an annoying thing, its a deadly thing. A trusty Hollywood Stunt Driver is thankfully on hand to illustrate just how hard it is to brake within safe distances. Interrupted Morning (b&w): RAYMOND BURR introduces this Hospital Morality Play about seat belts, although he seems to have misplaced his script somewhere on the Perry Mason set. A bunch of doctors argue back and forth via over-dub about the merits of seat belts, until some more trusty UCLA dummy footage settles the issue once and for all. Traffic Strategy (color): Another classic 2.35:1 WIDESCREEN "Drive-a-Vision" point-of view flick that packs all the excitement of a drive without actually having to get into a car. For Want of a Seat Belt (color): This is possibly the Single Most Grisly Driver?s Ed Scare Film Ever Made. A scary man in plaid shows us pictures of accident victims whose faces look like Texas chili on a bad day. Good God! And then a lady called Mrs. Gore (!!!) weeps about losing her pretty face and missing the prom. Folks, this flick would make even the most hardened Fangoria fan blush. Be careful. Be very careful. Running time: approx. 2 hours	$14.95 + $2.95 s&h	VHS: DVD:
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