As the Lutzes fled the house, did their car fail to start, like in the movie?
Well, in the movie they had trouble starting the van, but I think most of that was them fumbling around for the keys. Oddly enough, in real life the Lutzes’ van, in fact, did not start up as they tried to flee; but it wasn’t a big deal. The van was equipped with two different types of ignitions. George opened the hood, switched the van to conventional ignition by pushing a switch, and the van then started right up.