Race With the Devil (1975)

When you witness a ritual human sacrifice in the woods out somewhere in the middle of Texas, it has a way of ruining your road trip to Aspen. Things get worse when the Satanists notice you and then chase you all over the state. It could happen to anybody. Hopefully, you’re a motorcycle racing champion like Peter Fonda here and can handle yourself on the road. A sturdy buddy like Warren Oates also helps, but for how long? This is a horror movie after all and nicely dedicated to being nasty. There’s not much gore, but plenty of well-done dread. A great car chase scene puts this one over the top. Also, this is the only movie I know of that has a Satanic pedal steel player in a roadhouse country band.