Anchor Bay has long since earned my respect for putting out a fantastic lineup of mostly high quality stuff. Sure, they’ve had a clunker or two along the way–who hasn’t?–but for the most part, when I find Anchor Bay horror in my inbox, well, I go after it. And that’s just what I got with a copy of Super Hybrid, which they sent out for me to review.

Super Hybrid takes us out to Chicago, where a mysterious driverless car is on the loose. Possessing the ability to transform itself into other vehicles and lure the unwary into climbing in. Once they do, it devours its own occupants. And now, it’s been towed into a police impound lot, where it proceeds to carry on with its murder spree. Can the night shift of secretaries, mechanics and assorted personnel manage to junk the homicidal ride? Or will this car get away clean?

I have to hand it to these guys–the last time I heard a plot even vaguely similar to this was Christine, and in all honesty, Christine never actually ate anybody. And there is just a bit of similarity between this and a title from the Fangoria Frightfest lineup called Road Kill, but even that’s a bit tenuous at best. This is something of a unique title, and frankly, nothing impresses me quite so much as a unique movie. Now, of course, uniqueness alone isn’t enough to carry the day, but it does go a long way. The only question left: can this perform sufficiently in the execution of its unique idea to be worth watching?

The answer, at least for the most part, is yes. A quite thoroughly resounding yes, as a matter of fact. It does a delightful job of building, and regularly releasing, tension, which is always a plus for any good horror movie.

About the only thing I object to is that they kind of tipped their hand a little early on, showing us the exact nature of the car within the first half hour. However, it did pave the way some pretty nice horror-action hybrid stuff going on, and that’s well worth our time to watch.  Anchor Bay has once again put out a nice quality piece of hardware.

The Screenhead Ten Scale, meanwhile, gives Anchor  Bay’s terrific Super Hybrid an eight out of ten–it’s not perfect, but it’s very watchable. A great blend of horror, action, and just a little bit of sci-fi monster movie thrown in for variety, Super Hybrid does a terrific job.