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Rollercoaster was
a by-product of the brief "Sensurround" craze of the 1970s.
Nutsoid Timothy
Bottoms sabotages an amusement-park roller coaster, killing several
innocent revelers. After several other acts of terrorism, Bottoms (whose
character is credited as Young Man) presents his demands to the authorities via
audio tape: one million dollars, or he'll stage five roller-coaster disasters simultaneously
in five different parks. Because detective Harry Calder George Segal evinces
a grudging respect for the elusive extortionist, Bottoms declares
that only Detective Calder will be permitted to deliver the money. Thus the
stage is set for an explosive climax, which during the film's original run was
accompanied by the Sensurround effect, a gimmick that electronically caused the
filmgoer's chairs to begin shaking and vibrating during the "thrill
scenes." As with most disaster flicks of the era, Rollercoaster is
top-heavy with "guest stars," including Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino,
and Susan
Strasberg. Watch for 13-year-old Helen Hunt as
Detective Calder's spunky daughter.
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