Straight to Hell is a 1987 independent action comedy film directed by Alex Cox and starring Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer (frontman of the Clash), Dick Rude, and Courtney Love.

The film also features cameos by Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Edward Tudor-Pole, Kathy Burke, and Jim Jarmusch.

[2] Straight to Hell received few positive reviews upon release, and was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult film status.

On 14 December 2010, an extended cut of the film, titled Straight to Hell Returns, was released on DVD, featuring additional footage and digitally enhanced picture quality.

[4] This version of the film, under the collaboration of Alex Cox, was also screened at several cinemas as part of a midnight movie theatrical run.

Much to the dismay of Velma, who insists they keep a low profile and leave, the three men enter the town, which is now full of townspeople, and go back to the bar.

A stand-off ensues, but before guns are drawn, another group, led by a man named Rusty Zimmerman, arrives to arrest Bruno and Angel-Eyes for previous (minor) crimes.

The bizarre townspeople include George and Fabienne, a couple who own a general store, Karl, a man running a hot dog stand, and countless cowboys and other unusual characters.

Meanwhile, Simms and Fabienne have an affair, while Willy falls for Louise, one of the few women in the McMahon clan, who spurns his advances and is clearly only interested in learning where they have hidden their money.

Farben, who claims to be a house developer, enters town with his wife Sonia and introduces himself, but quickly disappears, living a suitcase of machine guns for Norwood, Simms, and Willy.

The film was not originally intended to be made at all, and the reason for a preponderance of musicians in the cast was the result of a concert tour of Nicaragua that was planned in the first place.

Cox wrote the part of Velma specifically for Courtney Love, who had starred in a supporting role in his previous film, Sid and Nancy (1986).

In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, "The result is a mildly engrossing, instantly forgettable midnight movie.

"[9] Hal Hinson, in his review for The Washington Post, wrote, "The action is so gratuitous, and so indifferently presented, that it's impossible to think that Cox ever truly intended it to be seen by anyone outside of the cast and crew and their immediate families.

He wrote: 'After "Repo Man" and "Sid and Nancy," I believed that [Cox] could scarcely do wrong, and that there was a streak of obsession in his genius that might well carry him into the pantheon.

Leading up to the DVD release, Straight to Hell Returns was screened at several arthouse theaters across the United States and Canada in October and November 2010.