Short-form British exploitation where hitchhiking turns into a nightmare on the road to a pop festival.
TAKE AN EASY RIDE
Two young female hitch-hikers are preyed upon by those who would do them no good. On their way to a pop festival two hitch-hikers are abducted by a rapist/murderer.
Proof that sometimes the road to a pop festival is paved with exploitation and public-service pretensions.
Take an Easy Ride serves up British exploitation with a pseudo-documentary spin, blurring public information film tropes and sexploitation shock tactics. At just 44 minutes, it packs in hitchhiking peril, explicit content, and a distinctly seedy vision of 1970s counterculture gone wrong.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Take an Easy Ride is a 1976 United Kingdom drama-horror short directed by Kenneth F. Rowles about two young female hitchhikers who are abducted by a rapist and murderer while en route to a pop festival.
Synopsis
Why Cult
The film masquerades as a public information film, lending its exploitation content an unsettlingly realistic edge.
Loaded with sexploitation and erotic elements, it's a prime example of 1970s UK exploitation cinema—nudity, taboo-busting, and all.
The innocent quest for music and freedom takes a dark turn, highlighting the era’s anxieties around youth culture and hitchhiking.
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Questions from the Vault
What is Take an Easy Ride about? +
Two young female hitchhikers are abducted by a rapist and murderer while traveling to a pop festival in this British exploitation short.
When was Take an Easy Ride released? +
Take an Easy Ride was released in 1976.
Who directed Take an Easy Ride? +
Kenneth F. Rowles directed Take an Easy Ride.
How long is Take an Easy Ride? +
Take an Easy Ride has a runtime of 44 minutes.
What genre is Take an Easy Ride? +
Take an Easy Ride is a drama, horror, and short film.
Where can I watch Take an Easy Ride? +
Take an Easy Ride is available to stream on SassyFlix.
