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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsA near-exact cross between Rosemary's Baby, Duel, and The Parallax View, Race With The Devil has problems getting over the flat, TV-style direction by Cleopatra Jones director Jack Starrett, but it gets by on engaging drive-in goofiness, even if it's tough to swallow the idea that mid-'70s Texas swarmed with Satanists.
- 80Time OutTime OutA wittily efficient quickie, the film is a winner all the way - a surprise, since Starrett's career thus far had been the movie director's equivalent of a criminal record.
- 70IGNIGNWhile Race with the Devil is a bit slower, it's a haunting, unforgettable experience.
- This is some dumb, thoroughly predictable, drive-in flotsam, but between the cast and the nonstop action, it's fun nonetheless.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineFairly effective action-horror film.
- 50As followup by 20th-Fox to its surprise success with last year’s Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, this Peter Fonda-Warren Oates meller should do okay with action audiences, since it includes the requisite road chases and other hyped-up thrills, some of them slickly executed by director Jack Starrett. Otherwise the production is a sloppy, cynical blend of second-hand plot elements.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineFonda might have been able to look good in most everything he was in, but even he can’t save a turd like Race with the Devil.
- 30The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyThis is a ridiculous mishmash of a movie for people who never grew up, which is not so say it's for children. One would think that Mr. Fonda and Mr. Oates had better things to do, but perhaps not. American movie production is in a bad state.