Josh, an everyday Manhattan resident, meets the woman of his dreams one day on the streets of New York. The sparks are flying between them when Cheryl unexpectedly collapses, being quickly picked up by an ambulance. Josh goes to visit Cheryl in the hospital but strangely she hasn't been admited. As Josh digs deeper into the mystery he discovers a dark secret, The Ambulance isn't what it appears to be. Larry Cohen's The Ambulance is a highly entertaining thriller about a crazed doctor who uses his ambulance to kidnap people and sell their organs on the black market. One has to look no further than the main protagonist in The Ambulance to realize that Cohen is being tongue-in-cheek, with Eric Roberts portraying a cocky, Marvel comic book artist who rocks a mullet. Pretty much everything that comes out of his mouth is pure gold, making The Ambulance a throughly enjoyable experience from start to finish. While the film never takes itself too seriously it's stil an effective horror/thriller which uses impressionistic lighting and well-crafteed cinematography to create a tense and creepy experience. Like many of Cohen's genre films, The Ambulance is quirky yet assured, being a highly enjoyable experience with a truly memorable central performance by the one-and-only Eric Roberts.
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