The Wraith
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… From TMDB
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60 of 156 · most liked firstAnybody remember the 1986 film, The Wraith?
unlabelledView post →THE WRAITH could have been kind of a cool movie if it was shot better. Or had a good script. Or had any style whatsoever. Basically if it was a well-made movie it would have been pretty cool
unlabelledView post →localizing a movie title to EXECUTION RIDER is raw as hell but The Wraith is one that definitely is worthy of it
unlabelledView post →Skipping horror tonight to watch futuristic rocket car movie The Wraith (1986). Charlie Sheen! Sherilyn Fenn! Randy Quaid before all the troubles! #filmsky 📽️
unlabelledView post →Episode 2 of the PoG podcast is out today! @brockway.bsky.social joins me to kick off Tubi Tuesday, where we celebrate the only movie streaming algorithm that respects our time. We begin with The Wraith, a movie that asks "What if The Crow, but sweet-ass car instead of bird"
unlabelledView post →Movie 6 of Sinema: THE WRAITH
unlabelledView post →I caught an old movie on TV called The Wraith and this shape car was the focus..
unlabelledView post →Combined movie I like (Nope) with game I like and made a new Wraith #pikmin Steven is only based off of the character Jupe from the movie, the whole wanting to feed people to the Wraith thing is original
unlabelledView post →The Wraith is an incredibly dumb 80s sci-fi movie. But I can't stop watching it. It's a car themed, hair metal precursor to the Crow.
unlabelledView post →#JUneSPLOItaTION Day 09: Free Space! THE WRAITH - 1986 dir. Mike Marvin It’s a teenagers, drag racing, sci-fi, revenge, crime movie: Platoon-era Charlie Sheen! Smoking hot Sherilyn Fenn! Clint Howard with Eraserhead hair! Thank you @patrickbromley.bsky.social for being a Charlie Sheen guy!
unlabelledView post →Saturday night come join @barelyashley.bsky.social and myself for one of my all time favorite movies THE WRAITH. This movie has everything, Charlie Sheen, Clint Howard, Nick Cassavetes and Sherilyn Fenn’s Twin Peaks. So fire up Tubi and Skeet along with us for another #TechnicolorTerrors
unlabelledView post →Cool weekend to everyone. Have not had the time to play anything but did watch a terrible 80’s movie that was great, called the Wraith. I also rewatched fightclub still good.
unlabelledView post →Figured some more 80s fan favorite films. Yep watching The Wraith a film with an interesting premise and well a cool car and a Charlie Sheen lol #filmsky #thewraith #80s
unlabelledView post →They’re playing THE WRAITH at Bottlerocket in Pittsburgh right now if you want to see the American’s #1 1980’s movie about drag racing aliens slash ghosts
unlabelledView post →On the newest supporter episode of the Retroist Podcast, I am talking about the action sci-fi film, The Wraith. While it didn't have a huge budget and didn't win over critics, its stunt work, cool car, and memorable performances have won it fans. www.retroist.com/p/retroist-t...
unlabelledView post →Randy Quaid has always looked exactly the same, hasn't he? #MondayActionMovie #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →Another evening with a Robert Palmer soundtrack 🎉 SHOUT OUT TO @Dancingvalentine & @TheSproles for the 1985 playlist on #ILikeToWatch this weekend 👍🏼 #MondayActionMovie #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →I have the most random movie hangups, I swear. I can't watch The Crow because I keep thinking about The Wraith (an admittedly inferior movie) Similar with Inception. I just kept thinking "you know, this feels a lot like Paprika". Yes Soph, it's an homage, keep watching 😅
unlabelledView post →Thank you ALL for coming to tonight's #MondayActionMovie and thank ALL OF YOU who encouraged me to pick #TheWraith for MAM 🤣🤣🤣
unlabelledView post →Billy! Billy! You were supposed to do the crane! #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →@ManWithPez And now... POWER BALLAD TIME! #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →1 down 💀🪦 👍🏼 How many more to go? #MondayActionMovie #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →CatBusRuss & @couchmanbakes.bsky.social compose two movie triple-features that culminate with “The Thing” 1982. What films are the better lead ins: Russ’s “The Wraith” & “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956) or Andrew’s “The Faculty” & “Child’s Play” (1988)? #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky
unlabelledView post →Ten non horror movies to get to know me Dune Transformers the Movie Robocop The Wraith The Crow Empire Records Space Balls Happy Gilmore Akira Royal Space Force: Wings of Honanomise
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching rewatching The Wraith. I love this movie and it was filmed where I live!! #MutantFam #HorrorCommunity #Horror
unlabelledView post →Join #FrightClub at 9CST as they present the best killer car movie this side of The Wraith! #Christine! @stephenking.bsky.social 's heartwarming teenage tale of a young man and the car that loves him a little too much! "Okay. Show me."
unlabelledView post →His mind riddled by drugs, Malcolm could barely recall the days he had been regarded as a remarkable genius. #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →Paging KITT! #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie https://mastodon.social/@MatthewTitus88/113784539030474805
unlabelledView post →So, this never surrender song is not a parody. #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →The YT copy bleeped out Nick's expletive 😆 #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →Just watched THE WRAITH (1986) on Criterion Channel and…uh…the most famous part of the chase sequence in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a straight steal from this movie.
unlabelledView post →Finally feel vindicated now that THE WRAITH, the insane horror / desert / ghost / alien / car movie filmed In my hometown of Tucson, Arizona is on the Criterion Channel as part of their Highway Horror series.
unlabelledView post →What's your favourite revenge movie? For me... The Wraith.
unlabelledView post →#31DaysofHalloween Movie 14: The Wraith (1986) Rewatch #SCVpsychochallenge Guideline: 14. “SHUT THE FACE UP”: Watch a TV edit of an R rated movie, you fairy godmother. @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →The Wraith rules! (hey, Charlie Sheen. Connection to this movie.) #TheLastDriveIn
unlabelledView post →"I believe you left something behind." FINALLY we'll get that weird disappearing part from #TheWraith explained! #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →and for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT tomorrow, join #TVMysteries for Brit cops #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie https://mastodon.social/@SesameSquirrel/113777865826661605
unlabelledView post →@LisaMarieBowman No! It can't be! I'm surprised are you surprised? 🤣 #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →@allanb we're here every Monday -- come by for more in(s)anity 😆 #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →Oh my! Speeds up to 55 MPH! #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →Yay! That ugly tomato red striped car blowed up real good! #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →@LisaMarieBowman It's a grease trickle-down economy #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →and we have a 2 for 1 special 💀🪦💀🪦 #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie Adios Skank and sidekick guy
unlabelledView post →Did he just say "I'm a 4 day virgin"?? #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →@LisaMarieBowman You are a priceless part of MAM, Lisa 😆 #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →Crashing Crazy Guy directly into the cemetery seems a little on the nose 😆 #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →okay watching those pieces of car fly in the air made me laff #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →Officer, THAT is LITTERING! #TheWraith Also, RUDE! #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →He actually looked kinda bored. Weird reaction 🤷🏻♀️ #MondayActionMovie #TheWraith https://mastodon.social/@ManWithPez/113784503070441748
unlabelledView post →My 17 yo grandnephew loves and fixes all of the family's cars -- I think all of this vehicular destruction might make him sad #MondayActionMovie #TheWraith Or not -- I have zero idea about the worth of those [former] cars 😂
unlabelledView post →So maybe he just needs to get back to the future. #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →NIGHTMARE FUEL idea 🙈 #MondayActionMovie #TheWraith https://mastodon.social/@JunkyWithAMonkE/113784457568778574
unlabelledView post →The Wraith, 1986 car themed version of the Crow. I must have watched this movie hundreds of times as a kid. They played it multiple times per day on early 90s HBO.
unlabelledView post →What’s your favorite movie with a “rotten” (below 60%) rating in Rotten Tomatoes The Wraith 1986
unlabelledView post →Not exactly Starman but still a good watch! You guys had me rolling. #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →Clint Eastwood did it better. Thanks @SesameSquirrel and the MAM riders! #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →I bet he used that old line that he'd be going off to war soon. #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →@revmagdalen well TECHNICALLY, it was Crazy Bad Guy who did it 😆 #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie
unlabelledView post →Death Proof! #MondayActionMovie 👻 #TheWraith
unlabelledView post →Yep. Or so that cryptic flashback implied #TheWraith #MondayActionMovie https://dobbs.town/@revmagdalen/113784531613190133
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