Back in the day they released Highway To Hell starring Kristy Swanson whose star was shining brightly back then and also starring Rob Lowe’s brother Chad in a movie that probably killed his career, don’t worry he became Hilary Swank’s house husband for a bit … Highway To Hell has a Hell Cop that drags people to hell. The movie has Ben Stiller and Jerry Stiller and Gilbert Godfrey as ghouls stuck in hell in this horror comedy b movie.
Highway to Hell Facts
Make-up artist Steve Johnson got the idea for the writing on the Hellcop from Clive Barker’s Book of Blood. The initials SJ and LQ can be found on the Hellcop for Steve Johnson and his wife, Scream Queen Linnea Quigley.
People all over Arizona donated and drove their own Volkwagens for the big chase.
Despite being named Highway to Hell, the production could not actually afford to use the
AC/DC song in the movie and had to use a generic rock soundtrack.
Ben Stiller’s whole family is in the movie. In addition to him his father Jerry, mother Anne
and sister Amy are all in the movie with him.
Screenwriter Brian Hegeland is one of only 3 people who have won both an Oscar and a
Razzie the same year. He won in 1998 for LA Confidential (Oscar) and The Postman (Razzie).