There is a lot to like about Pacific Drive's tense, vehicle based horror but the thing that impresses me most is how well it captures the very essence of 'car'. Not just the driving, because that's a given, it's everything else: the physicality of popping open the trunk to drop things inside, remembering to put it in park so it doesn't roll downhill, turning on wipers in the rain, even the tinny sound of the radio absolutely channels the vibe of just you and your wheels on the road.
