Harold Ramis · 1983 · road

Harold Ramis's 1983 comedy, from a John Hughes script. Clark Griswold packs his family into the hideous Wagon Queen Family Truckster for a cross-country drive from Chicago to the Walley World theme park in California, a pilgrimage of escalating disasters that ends with the park closed and Clark completely unhinged.

1. 1
   Chicago

   Clark Griswold loads the family into the Wagon Queen Family Truckster for an epic cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park.

2. 2
   St. Louis

   A wrong turn into a rough neighbourhood strips the car of its hubcaps and most of Clark's confidence.

3. 3
   Cousin Eddie's Farm

   A dreaded visit to the in-laws in Kansas saddles them with cranky Aunt Edna and her vicious little dog.

4. 4
   The Grand Canyon

   A thirty-second glance at the canyon, and poor Aunt Edna dies in the back seat, to be strapped to the roof.

5. 5
   Walley World

   They reach the promised land at last to find it closed for repairs, and Clark holds the place hostage to ride the rides.