Hellgate is a 1989 horror film directed by William A. Levey, written by Michael S. O'Rourke,[4] and starring Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott, and Carel Trichardt.

Bobby tells the story of the Hellgate hitchhiker, an urban legend about a spectral female hitchhiker alleged to be the ghost of a woman, Josie Carlyle, the daughter of a mining magnate who was kidnapped by a biker gang in 1959 and brutally murdered in the now-ghost town of Hellgate, where her father served as mayor.

Lucas, distraught over Josie's death, used the crystal's powers to reanimate her corpse, inadvertently wreaking supernatural havoc on anything that came in contact with it.

Matt, Bobby, Pam, and Chuck drive to Hellgate to investigate despite Zonk's warnings, and find Josie's grave in the local cemetery.

In the cemetery, Lucas invokes the powers of the crystal to bring the various deceased residents of Hellgate back to life, and they begin to attack Matt, Pam, Chuck, and Bobby.

Alone in the saloon, Bobby watches in disbelief as a vaudeville show is put on by the ghosts before Lucas strangles her, turning her into one of the undead.

[5] Levey initially planned to cast Embeth Davidtz in one of the lead female roles, but ultimately chose not to hire her as she was unable to speak with a convincing American accent at the time.

[10] Andrew Smith of Popcorn Pictures gave the film an abysmal score of 1/10, writing, "Hellgate isn’t just bad, it’s on the same ‘utterly terrible’ plane of existence as the likes of Troll and Raging Sharks.

"[11] Michael Weldon in The Psychotronic Video Guide gave the film a negative review, noting: "Ron Palillo (from Welcome Back, Kotter), who was nearly 40 at the time, stars in this awful, irritating teen horror movie.