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The Wraith (1986)

In this movie some teenager who was murdered by some gang scum comes back from the dead as my man Jake Kesey played by legend dude Charlie Sheen to take his revenge on those ridiculously looking jerks led by the extraordinary uncharismatic Packard Walsh aka Nick Cassavetes

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The Wraith aka Il Replicante in Italy, Turbocop in Mexico and Phantom in France is an american independent action horror romantic movie released in 1986 directed and written by Mike Marvin. My dude Mikey was a big shot in the 70s in the sport movie scene, precisely he mad a bunch of ski movies during the birth of the extreme skiing movement. He’s mostly a legend for writing those 2 movies called Hot Dog the movie & Hamburger the movie. 

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Few words about the cast, first of all you have my man, the legend who almost made a trash tv show like 2 & a half men funny (i said almost), probably in my top 10 just because of the ridiculous amount of times i watched the Hot Shots VHS in the 90s, Charlie Sheen.

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Then you have probably the ultimate crush, i’ve been in love with her since when i tried to watch Twin Peaks to look cool and edgy, Audrey Horne aka Keri Johnson in this movie aka Sherilyn Fenn.

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Get a load of this girl, she probably smells like peach, i do not know how to make heart eyes emoji on tumblr

The rest of the cast is not that noticeable, the bad guy looks ridiculous and the chief of police is that drunk dude from Independence Day with Will Smith who possibly gave his life to save the planet, Randy Quaid.

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Yes those 3 dudes form the most feared gang in Arizona

This is by far the best movie about a dude returning from the dead in the shape of a different dude just to take his revenge on a bunch of other dudes who absolutely don’t look dangerous by street racing them to death with a magic ghost car while getting his old girlfriend back in the process. Parts of it look cheap, the cast is weird, Randy Quaid as the big deal cop is less charismatic than Paul Blart the mall cop, the bad guy looks like a dude from a surf movie about buddies smuggling booze into the school campus and there’s no obvious limit to what this ghost dude can do but apparently he can live a normal life and move to california like any other douchebag around.

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This movie was released as Phantom in France and is about revenge what else do you need

But this movie has cars and some of the best car chases scenes ever, not kidding. Jake Kesey drives the Turbo Interceptor which was actually a real car, the Dodge M4s prototype, then you have the bad guy old corvette, the dodge daytona turbo z, the pontiac firebird, the plymouth barracuda, the triumph spitfire 1500, if you’re into old cars you will dig. 

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I don’t think the soundtrack is that good, classic 80s corny stuff but it could have been better, one of those time when i wish i could get my hand on the movie with the just the dialogues and fx tracks so i could re score everything. It really looks amazing tho, the movie has been filmed in Tucson, Arizona (big up Go Go Bizkitt, Richie and Jose, throwback to a El Paso - Las Vegas road trip 4/5 years ago with a stop in Tucson) so many stills worth a screenshot and i really wish the Big Kay’s Burger joint was real.

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Apparently there’s only one road leading in and out of the place

Of course you can cut the sound and pair this movie with your favorite synthwave mp3s.

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No one can say “you’re pathetic !” like keri johnson, classic 80s bad guy knife action + real fuckboy move

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This is the bad guy the entire town has been fearing, seriously this is the gang leader, no jokes, oooor theory this is future Steve Harrington from Stranger Things

Special shout out to this asshole cop who didn’t get charged for this burger because he’s the big police dude around and who shows a really despicable attitude regarding the planet and the big kay’s burger staff, fuck you Randy Quaid.

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Decomposed Artichoke rating : 94 %

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