Spare Parts

1979 "The cutting edge in medical terror!"
6| 1h54m| en
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Honeymooning couple Monica and Mike check into a motel in New Mexico. All seems normal until an ambulance pulls up and abducts Mike. Monica narrowly escapes and, with the help of truck driver Bill, discovers the awful secret of the motel and the ambulance service.

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Also starring Herbert Herrmann

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Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Supelice Dreadfully Boring
Tacticalin An absolute waste of money
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Rainey Dawn Drive-in 50-pack is where I got this film, under the name "Spare Parts". I didn't think I would like it but the movie actually pulled me in - got me interested fairly fast and held it to the end of the film - I was surprised.It's a weird film! A couple gets married, goes on honeymoon, stays at the honeymoon motel, here comes the ambulance then complete strangeness of the film begins. The more of the film you watch, the stranger it gets.The movie will have you asking questions: Why didn't she go to the police right from the start? Why did truck driver Bill help her (he never answered her nor the viewer's question)? Why did the truck drivers help her? When the police did get involved, why didn't she tell them there ARE other witnesses - the truck drivers? What happened to the ambulance drivers at the end of the film - were they caught? Dr.Jackson is creepy - even when she decides to turn herself into the police and helps the girl she's just plain creepy! This is not a great film but it is an interesting one. It takes some twists and turns that are unexpected - it's not a slasher film like I thought it was going to be. It's not perfect - it's got it's flaws - but it is worth watching for a 1970s made for TV horror-thriller.6/10
Red-Barracuda A rundown hotel is a human trap for a black market in body parts.This television movie is distinctive for being a German production that was shot in America. Despite featuring an incredible premise, the events are played out very much in a low-key. And it actually works really well in the first half of the film, where odd events happen with quite a bit of genuine intrigue surrounding them. The odd ambiance of this section of the film is accentuated by an atmospheric synth score played in a minor key, while the remote dusty locations are integrated well too. The idea of a human parts black market was also an interesting one. But events do slow down in the second half and the film gets a little lethargic, not helped by the slightly overlong run-time; having said that, the good work in the first half compensates for this somewhat. On the whole, this is a slightly odd horror film that isn't too derivative and has some good atmosphere in places. Worth seeing.
Claire Mojave They simply made it less predictable.The story concerns a pair of newlyweds terrorized by organ thieves. When the groom is kidnapped by a pair of sinister ambulance drivers the bride runs off shrieking then spends six days with a kindly trucker before thinking to rescue her husband. Why didn't she go to the police? Why, later in NYC did she just sit and stare at the hospital where said hubby was being held instead of doing something? Why did the song that opens the movie make my ears bleed in the beginning and yet by the end had me singing along? Not sure I have answers but somehow it all worked, the story itself made an odd sort of sense and the characters pulled me right along with them on their madcap journey.Visually bleak with the film makers choosing the grimmest shots possible of New Mexico and NYC it's worth looking for, give it a try.
Cujo108 The opening scenes of this film are pure cheesecake with soul music, people frolicking through the street and dogs trying to grab wedding bouquets. There's some cheesy dubbing as well. It eventually settles down into a more serious affair after a sinister ambulance abducts one half of a honeymooning couple. The girl, Monica, gets away and eventually garners the help of trucker Bill and his trucking buddies in finding out where the ambulance took her husband.This is a pretty good film which kept me on edge throughout, as the characters were really likable. Good cinematography and a moody score help it along, and the story here is intriguing... certainly a hell of a lot moreso than the somewhat similar 1980 piece of garbage, Cardiac Arrest. If you find a copy, give it a look.