Driven to Kill

★★★ · Cars Are for Fun, Until Somebody Gets Killed · Christine Hennig · 2006-09-10

Lowell Thomas narrates this mawkish driving safety film. He tells us the story of Hal, a nice guy and solid citizen, except when heâs driving. Hal drives like a jerk and eventually causes an accident that kills the other driver. Thomas makes a lot of emotional hay with this, but somehow I doubt the film had much impact on jerky drivers. The film is very similar to many other driving safety films of its time, with little to make it stand out, other than Thomas and the shameless overacting of the woman who plays Halâs wife. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest…

★★★ · Cars, Knives, Guns, Prune Juice. · Spuzz · 2005-01-29

Pretty standard 50's shock driving ed film made that much more bizarre with the addition of Lowell Thomas's somewhat monotenous delivery. Tells a somewhat compareable story to Borrowed Power about The Nicest Person In Town turning into scum when he gets behind the wheel of a car. (which of course reminds me of the War Amps cartoon which I'm sure you've seen?). The main character of this film of course, Hunts, lets his kid play with knives in the kitchen and makes what looks like prune juoce. Curiously, in all of the "angry behind the wheel" films, a curious thing always happens though, the…