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The Wraith
Supernatural & Occult

The Wraith

1986

He's not from around here...

Directed by Mike Marvin

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Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...

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Director
Mike Marvin
Written by
Mike Marvin
Produced by
John Kemeny
Cinematographer
Reed Smoot
Origin countries
Canada, United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
en
Rating
R
TMDB
6.4/10 (505 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
33% Rotten
Metacritic
39/100
IMDb
5.9/10 (20,948 votes)
Released October 1, 1986·$2,700,000 budget·$3,500,000 revenue

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