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Hit and Run (2009 film)
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Hit and Run is a 2009 horror film from MGM, released only in an unrated version. The film tells the story of a young woman who tries to cover up a deadly hit and run accident, only to have the supposedly dead victim come back to terrorize her.
), a young student, leaves a lively party at a club in New Jersey one night. She hits a bad bump driving home drunk on a dark road. Later, hearing noises in the garage, she finds a bleeding man, mangled and impaled on her jeep's bumper. Not calling 911, she tries to help, but he suddenly attacks. Panicked, she hits him with a golf club. After, she buries his body in a shallow grave in the woods off Clover Rd.
The next day, Mary covers up the crime (before parents return from a weekend trip); she scrubs off the blood but doesn't get the dent fixed (a suspicious cop at the auto shop scares her off, then she detours for her grandmas parrots at airport cargo). Mary starts coming apart. Irrational, she crashes on a tree to camouflage the small dent with a bigger.
Later the news reveals the missing man is kindergarten teacher Timothy Emser (Kevin Corrigan
), bipolar and unstable when he vanished. Strange things occur in Mary's house, making her feel toyed with by someone unseen; she descends into paranoia. It transpires that Rick (Christopher Shand), her boyfriend, gets involved in the cover up and goes to retrieve incriminatory evidence (a blanket) off the corpse, but is killed, replaced in Emser's grave.
It becomes clear Emser survived. Unhinged, he returns to make Mary live through the same nightmare she inflicted on him. He stalks Mary many ways. The parrots squawk strange phrases, which alert Mary. At one point, she falls down the stairs, impaling a screw driver in her thigh. Emser surprise attacks, biting and stabbing her, and she passes out. In a reversal, when Mary revives, Emser has strapped her to the bumper with electric cords and Xmas lights and takes her on a sadistic, all-night "revenge drive".
Along the way, after a struggle, Emser kills a gas attendant (who was about to call the cops) by pumping petrol down his throat. Emser parks back at his own house, leaving Mary trapped in his garage, as she did to him. He reunites with his worried family, but is ever more delusional, violent. Soon, Emser murders his wife Jane when she accidentally stumbles on and tries to untie Mary.
It transpires that Emser goes to bury Mary in the woods with Rick's body, after detaching her and the bumper using a blowtorch and welding mask. However, in the grave, Mary is able to maim his eye with a plug from the cords and escapes in the jeep. When Emser blocks her path, Mary revs up and purposefully hits and runs down her demon-like tormentor several times, liberated. She speeds off in the dark.
Next morning, Mary wakes on the roadside, numb and battered, and drives to a local auto shop. There, the mechanic and passersby ultimately discover, and pull out, Emser's body from under the jeep, where it got snagged. Seeing this, Mary has a mental breakdown, saying "I don't think I need that bumper anymore", laughing as the police sirens close in on her. The film ends moving closer to Emser's bloodied face on the pavement in the early rain, and it appears to be left uncertain whether he is actually dead or not.
Throughout the narrative, a radio DJ called Eddie the Spaz is periodically heard, hosting a weekend music marathon, the "Spazathon", which bookends the film. The film is loosely inspired by an urban legend
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released the film to DVD
on January 13th 2009 in North America (USA & Canada); February 9, 2009 in the UK; June 17, 2009 in Argentina and Finland; October 1, 2009 in Germany; February 3, 2010 in Spain; February 10, 2010 in Australia; April 30, 2010 in Belgium; and May 26, 2010 in the Netherlands.
Plot
The film opens as Mary Murdock (Laura BreckenridgeLaura Breckenridge
Laura Breckenridge is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, most noted for her portrayal of 19-year-old college student Rose Sorelli on The WB's Related as a young woman who switches her major from pre-med to experimental theater...
), a young student, leaves a lively party at a club in New Jersey one night. She hits a bad bump driving home drunk on a dark road. Later, hearing noises in the garage, she finds a bleeding man, mangled and impaled on her jeep's bumper. Not calling 911, she tries to help, but he suddenly attacks. Panicked, she hits him with a golf club. After, she buries his body in a shallow grave in the woods off Clover Rd.
The next day, Mary covers up the crime (before parents return from a weekend trip); she scrubs off the blood but doesn't get the dent fixed (a suspicious cop at the auto shop scares her off, then she detours for her grandmas parrots at airport cargo). Mary starts coming apart. Irrational, she crashes on a tree to camouflage the small dent with a bigger.
Later the news reveals the missing man is kindergarten teacher Timothy Emser (Kevin Corrigan
Kevin Corrigan
Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan is an American actor who has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s.-Life and career:Corrigan was born in The Bronx, New York to an Irish-American father and a Puerto Rican mother...
), bipolar and unstable when he vanished. Strange things occur in Mary's house, making her feel toyed with by someone unseen; she descends into paranoia. It transpires that Rick (Christopher Shand), her boyfriend, gets involved in the cover up and goes to retrieve incriminatory evidence (a blanket) off the corpse, but is killed, replaced in Emser's grave.
It becomes clear Emser survived. Unhinged, he returns to make Mary live through the same nightmare she inflicted on him. He stalks Mary many ways. The parrots squawk strange phrases, which alert Mary. At one point, she falls down the stairs, impaling a screw driver in her thigh. Emser surprise attacks, biting and stabbing her, and she passes out. In a reversal, when Mary revives, Emser has strapped her to the bumper with electric cords and Xmas lights and takes her on a sadistic, all-night "revenge drive".
Along the way, after a struggle, Emser kills a gas attendant (who was about to call the cops) by pumping petrol down his throat. Emser parks back at his own house, leaving Mary trapped in his garage, as she did to him. He reunites with his worried family, but is ever more delusional, violent. Soon, Emser murders his wife Jane when she accidentally stumbles on and tries to untie Mary.
It transpires that Emser goes to bury Mary in the woods with Rick's body, after detaching her and the bumper using a blowtorch and welding mask. However, in the grave, Mary is able to maim his eye with a plug from the cords and escapes in the jeep. When Emser blocks her path, Mary revs up and purposefully hits and runs down her demon-like tormentor several times, liberated. She speeds off in the dark.
Next morning, Mary wakes on the roadside, numb and battered, and drives to a local auto shop. There, the mechanic and passersby ultimately discover, and pull out, Emser's body from under the jeep, where it got snagged. Seeing this, Mary has a mental breakdown, saying "I don't think I need that bumper anymore", laughing as the police sirens close in on her. The film ends moving closer to Emser's bloodied face on the pavement in the early rain, and it appears to be left uncertain whether he is actually dead or not.
Throughout the narrative, a radio DJ called Eddie the Spaz is periodically heard, hosting a weekend music marathon, the "Spazathon", which bookends the film. The film is loosely inspired by an urban legend
Urban legend
An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true...
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Cast
- Laura BreckenridgeLaura BreckenridgeLaura Breckenridge is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, most noted for her portrayal of 19-year-old college student Rose Sorelli on The WB's Related as a young woman who switches her major from pre-med to experimental theater...
as Mary Murdock - Kevin CorriganKevin CorriganKevin Fitzgerald Corrigan is an American actor who has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s.-Life and career:Corrigan was born in The Bronx, New York to an Irish-American father and a Puerto Rican mother...
as Timothy Emser - Christopher Shand as Rick
- Megan Anderson as Jane
- Michael Gell as Andy
- Nitin Adsul as Gas Attendant
- Eric Zuckerman as First Street Mechanic
- Joe Hansard as Quarantine Dude
- Lance Lewman as Mechanic
- Rebecca Gebhard as News Anchor
- Al Twanmo as Newscaster
- Kara Quick as Reporter #1
- Katherine Schmoke as Reporter #2
- Mary Lechter as Teacher
- Robert CaitRobert CaitRobert Cait is a Canadian-born comedian and voice actor.Among the characters he voices are Duke the Golden retriever in Bush's Baked beans television commercials and Horace T...
as Eddie the Spaz
- Larry CarterLarry CarterLarry Gene Carter was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the San Francisco Giants in 1992.-External links:...
as Bar Patron (uncredited) - Michael CohenMichael CohenMichael Cohen may refer to:*Michael Cohen , Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School*Michael Cohen , a Canadian actor...
as Bar Patron (uncredited) - Mike Dusi as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- Blaze Foster as Making out couple outside bar (uncredited)
- Kiersten Hall as Shot Girl (uncredited)
- Jason Moffett as Mechanic (uncredited)
- Kevin E. Scott as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Katelyn Linnell as Bar Patron, Stand-in for Laura Breckenridge (uncredited)
Release
MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio. It was established in 1976 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video and FoxVideo, Inc....
released the film to DVD
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
on January 13th 2009 in North America (USA & Canada); February 9, 2009 in the UK; June 17, 2009 in Argentina and Finland; October 1, 2009 in Germany; February 3, 2010 in Spain; February 10, 2010 in Australia; April 30, 2010 in Belgium; and May 26, 2010 in the Netherlands.
Soundtrack
Songs in the film include:- "Roller Coaster" (Rafelson) Performed by Erika JayneErika JayneErika Jayne is an American Dance/Electronica singer/dancer who currently lives in Los Angeles, California, but was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia....
- "Float OnFloat On (Modest Mouse song)"Float On" is a single released by indie rock band Modest Mouse. It also appears on their album Good News for People Who Love Bad News. The track is generally considered to be the band's signature song.The song was nominated for a Grammy in 2005....
" (Gallucci, Judy, Brock) Performed by Modest MouseModest MouseModest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think... - "Noise" (Frost, Coates, Murphy) Performed by Bangkok 5
- "90 Miles An Hour" (Costner, Morgan, Chisolm) Performed by Kevin Costner and Modern WestKevin Costner and Modern WestKevin Costner & Modern West is a rock/country band which Kevin Costner founded with the encouragement of his wife Christine. He began a worldwide tour with the band in October 2007, which included shows in Istanbul and Rome...