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Hell's Highway - The True Story of Highway Safety Films

Richard Anderson (Actor), Sonny Bono (Actor), Bret Wood (Director, Producer, Writer), Rated:
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Format: DVD
3.6 out of 5 stars 53 customer reviews
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Critically-acclaimed upon its 2003 theatrical release, Hell's Highway The True Story of Highway Safety Films recovers a missing chapter of American film history as it examines the fascinating and shocking driver education films of yesteryear. Produced between 1959 and 1979 by a group of volunteers in Mansfield, Ohio, these films promoted safety by presenting color footage of careless driving's dark consequences: blood-stained wreckage, injured bodies, fresh corpses. In the 1970s and '80s, these films disappeared from the American classroom and assumed an almost mythical status among those who had once seen them. Hell's Highway unearths these artifacts of grim Americana and interviews the filmmakers responsible for this radical educational movement.

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  • Actors: Richard Anderson, Sonny Bono, John F. Butler, Hans Conried, Earle Deems
  • Directors: Bret Wood, Richard Wayman
  • Writers: Bret Wood
  • Producers: Earle Deems, Bret Wood, Richard Wayman, Felicia Feaster, Tommy Gibbons
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Black & White, Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated:
    NR
    Not Rated
  • Studio: Kino Lorber films
  • DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000D0YWQ
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,548 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Hell's Highway - The True Story of Highway Safety Films" on IMDb

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5.0 out of 5 starsMorbid fascination with blood and gore
By J. Chambers HALL OF FAMETOP 10 REVIEWER on March 26, 2015
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The film includes a number of stills and video clips from highway safety films made in the 1950s through the 1970s. Many of these films were produced by the Highway Safety Foundation (HSF), a small privately owned company based in Mansfield, Ohio. The film focuses on the history of the HSF and the films it produced. Initially, the company made highway safety films aimed at teenagers, but eventually branched out into training films for law enforcement agencies as well. Some of the films have achieved a cult status due to the true-life scenes of bloody, mangled victims of highway accidents.

In the 1970s, the HSF name became better known when entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. became the company's spokesperson. Ironically, that association led to the downfall of the HSF when a celebrity telethon headlined by Davis lost so much money that the company never recovered.

It's a fascinating story of the rise and fall of a company that made films that are now iconic symbols of an earlier time when depictions of blood and gore were believed to be effective in altering risky behaviors.

Note: The film includes a lot of video clips of real car accidents and the victims of those accidents. Many of these images are pretty gory, especially when you know those are real people who were injured or killed.
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4.0 out of 5 starsEverybody Should Experience This
By A Customer on November 1, 2003
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I have been waiting for this release for over a year now.I must say that I am a little disapointed.The idea behind this film is sound,and its good to see the people behind these old films,but the clips shown are in no particular order,scattered all over with very little thought behind their placement.I would have started with Signal 30 clips and then gone in chronological order with the additional scenes.It was "good" to see clips of the rare "drive and survive" and "death on the highway" though as these I have never seen before.Overall though,everyone should see this..its good information for drivers even today.Once you see some of the "reality" you will never want to be a Signal 30 yourself.Much thanks to all those behind the Highway Safety Films,and the makers of this release.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting documentary about the evolution of the highway safety films ...
By S. Edmondson on March 10, 2016
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Interesting documentary about the evolution of the highway safety films of the 50's and 60's... lots of death footage from these creepy scare tactic films.
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3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars
By Amazon Customer on June 2, 2016
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DVD does have a spot ware it skips. Other than that. It is ok.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWarning videos are fun to watch.
By JPD on July 9, 2015
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I always enjoy these warning videos.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting Piece of History
By Teacher/Firefighter on December 13, 2009
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This video provides an interesting and balanced view of the development of highway safety films. Some of the video is difficult to watch, but the video delivers what it promises.
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2.0 out of 5 starsInteresting and shocking.
By Amazon Customer on April 23, 2015
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But when they traversed into the world of sex offenders and the aftermath.....I turned it off. Much too disturbing, disgusting and haunting.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFrom the mind of Stephen King comes Hell's Highway
By Bukley on September 18, 2014
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Ready to take a trip into Stephen King's mind and see some gruesome gore? Then your gonna love this chilling movie!
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