Rollercoaster (1977) on Netflix
A young man plants homemade bombs on roller coaster tracks at American amusement parks, then demands $1 million from park executives. Safety inspector Harry Calder is called to investigate.
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Plot summary
In a series of amusement parks, something deadly is happening. Rollercoasters are flying off their tracks, and people are dying. It soon becomes apparent that these are not a series of coincidences, but the work of a psychopathic extortionist who is placing explosives on the tracks. The FBI is called in to investigate and traces the crimes to a young man. But even after the man gets his ransom, he plans to blow up another rollercoaster...this one at a well-known park in California. Will the FBI be able to arrest him before he can carry out his murderous plan...or will another rollercoaster go off the rails?
Cast
- Harry Davisas Benny Neilson
- G.F. Roweas Wayne Moore (as Gerald Rowe)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rollercoaster (1977)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The band Sparks appears in the film performing "Fill 'Er Up" and "Big Boy" from their 1976 album Big Beat at the roller coaster's opening concert, an appearance the band later named as the biggest regret of their career.
- Rollercoaster marked the film debuts of both Helen Hunt, who played Harry Calder's teenage daughter Tracy, and Steve Guttenberg, who had an uncredited bit part as a messenger at Magic Mountain.
- The amusement park Kennywood was originally set to host the film's opening crash sequence, but its owners refused to let the production film there, so the crew shot the scene at Kings Dominion instead.
- Rollercoaster was shown in Sensurround, a system that pumped extended-range bass frequencies into theaters so audiences physically felt vibrations during the roller-coaster ride scenes.
